[Mageia-sysadm] getting mageia

[Randy Anderson]

I filled in the registration form, which is straight-forward and like those for every other distribution. I then clicked the link sent to my e-mail account. But when I returned to the Mageia site, I could not log in.
As for the other problems, I cannot be more specific. I tried the forgot password option a few times, but each time it generated a failed to connect message. It was not a problem with my computer, because I was having no problems at any other web-sites.
And I believe the beta was still out when I tried downloading it, but I do not remember the exact procedure I used.

--- On Tue, 6/7/11, Michael Scherer <misc at zarb.org> wrote:

From: Michael Scherer <misc at zarb.org>
Subject: Re: [Mageia-sysadm] Fwd: [Mageia-contact] getting mageia
To: randicusdracoalbus at yahoo.com
Cc: "Mageia Sysadmin discussions" <mageia-sysadm at mageia.org>
Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 11:21 AM

Le mardi 07 juin 2011 à 12:57 +0200, Anne nicolas a écrit :
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Randy Anderson <randicusdracoalbus at yahoo.com>
> Date: 2011/5/20
> Subject: [Mageia-contact] getting mageia
> To: mageia-contact at mageia.org
> 
> 
> I am interested in trying Mageia, because if it will be Mandriva without the
> bugs, it would be a great system. I have run into problems however. First; I
> registered with the fora, but could not log in.

Hi, 
Can you explain how you registered exactly ? ( ie, what step did you
follow, etc )

>  The system would not
> recognise my name/password. When I chose "forgot password" I could not
> connect. 

The same, can you be more explicit on the step you took. We tried to
make sure that everything goes to the wrong site, but we may have forgot
something.

> When I tried starting a new account I could not, because my e-mail
> address is already being used. I tried to download the beta and give the
> system a try, but again, I could not connect to the URL.

We no longer distribute the beta, as we have now a final release. Can
you tell us where you tired to download, and details the steps leading
to that so we can understand where we should fix the website ?

> If the fora has bugs and people cannot download the system, things do not
> bode well for the future.

Yup, that's why we should try to fix everything. However, it work with
us, so maybe there is something that we overlook or that broke without
us noticing.
-- 
Michael Scherer

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