[Mageia-discuss] Mageia 2 alpha 1 is out

[Antoine Pitrou]

The i386 live CD works much better (unfortunately GNOME 3 seems a chore
to use).

Regards

Antoine.


On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:23:01 +0100
Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:35:57 +0100
> Anne nicolas <ennael at mageia.org> wrote:
> > Hi there
> > 
> > Mageia 2 alpha 1 is finally available on public mirrors. Thanks
> > everybody for the hard work.
> > http://blog.mageia.org/en/2011/11/25/mageia-2-alpha1-ready-for-testing/
> > 
> > Isos are being synced on all mirrors (see http://mirrors.mageia.org/mirrors)
> > 
> > As usual we need your feedbacks. Testers welcome!
> 
> Ouch!!
> I've just tested the x86-64 GNOME Europe-America live CD, and it felt
> like going back to 2000.  First it didn't try to recognize or configure
> my keyboard, so I ended up with an American layout on my AZERTY
> keyboard.  Second it logged me into IceWM (!) and when I logged out
> didn't propose me anything else than either IceWM or drak3d.  I know
> that GNOME 3 is "slimmer" and "more streamlined" but I didn't expect it
> to completely hide itself from the list of available desktops.
> 
> (ah, and in the boot menu, it says "Mageia 1" instead of "Mageia 2")
> 
> Gonna give a test to the i386 live CD, just in case it's usable...
> 
> Regards
> 
> Antoine.
> 
> 
>