Just pick the ISO image that is best for you; if you are not sure, you should pick from the first two. If you are using Mandriva Linux 2010.1 or 2010.2, you may directly upgrade your system to Mageia 1 as well.
For live test and install: LiveCD 32bit
| Flavour | Language | Size | Popularity | Direct link | BitTorrent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KDE | Europa 1 | 700 MB | 4 | download | download |
| KDE | Europa 2 | 700 MB | 3 | download | download |
| KDE | Asia | 700 MB | 1 | download | download |
| KDE | Africa/India | 700 MB | 1 | download | download |
| GNOME | Europa 1 | 700 MB | 3 | download | download |
| GNOME | Europa 2 | 700 MB | 2 | download | download |
| GNOME | Asia | 700 MB | 1 | download | download |
| GNOME | Africa/India | 700 MB | 1 | download | download |
European set 1 of languages: Deutsch, English (several variants), Greek, Español, Français, Italiano, Dutch, Português, Português do Brasil, Turkish.
European set 2 of languages: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, American English, Estonian, Finnish, Croatian, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Norwegian Bokmaal, Norwegian Nynorsk, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Uzbek (cyrillic), Русский.
Asian set 1 of languages: American English, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional.
African/Indian set of languages: Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Assamese, Berber, Bengali, American English, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Igbo, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Yoruba, Zulu.
For a full, Free Software-only, installation:
Note that these DVD ISOs are made of Free Software exclusively. As a consequence, proprietary Wi-Fi and video drivers are not included. If you need WiFi or specific video drivers at install time, you should go with above LiveCDs instead. After the installation, you may add and use the nonfree software repository.
| Flavour | Language | Size | Popularity | Direct link | BitTorrent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32-bit DVD | All supported | 4 GB | 5 | download | download |
| 64-bit DVD | All supported | 4 GB | 3 | download | download |
| Dual Arch CD | Limited | 700 MB | 1 | download | download |
All supported: up to 167 locales are supported: Deutsch, English, español, français, italiano, português, svenska, nederlands, polski, dansk, Русский and so much more! See the comprehensive list.
Limited: Belarussian, Catalan, German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Ukrainian
For a wired network install:
| Flavour | Language | Size | Popularity | Direct link | BitTorrent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boot.iso 32-bit CD | All supported | 40 MB | 1 | download | |
| boot.iso 64-bit CD | All supported | 40 MB | 1 | download |
Not sure of what ISO to download? This may still be a bit verbose, but you may want to read this article detailing our different install media.