Mageia 2

Mageia 2 Beta2 is out.

The main new features from Mageia 1 are:

• Kernel 3
• Systemd
• KDE 4.8
• GNOME 3 (currently 3.3, 3.4 is planned for release)
• Many updated browser versions (Firefox, Chromium, Opera)

The installation on my trusted companion, the MSI s271 went very well and the issues presented by Mageia 1 have been resolved (I had to upgrade to the latest firmware for the power management to work correctly).

Sadly, NetworkManager still fails me (fortunately, Mageia includes Mageia Control Center so network configuration is still a breeze, even if there's no connection monitor on Gnome3).

Currently, I'm using the Gnome3 desktop as main environment on this installation and the only complaint I can think of is lack of customization possibilities.