I installed the 64 bit version of Mageia, on a 500 gig HD. It was the only OS on the disk. I had tried the 32 bit CD, but had multiple problems, and after posting on the forums was advised to try the 64 bit DVD. The install was almost identical to Mandriva, and like Mandriva, I had to find, and install the correct, proprietary driver for my Nvidia 8400 GS card. I then proceeded to download, a few graphic intense games. The first game I tried to play would not even load. As I recall, this was one of the reasons I left Mandriva, and switched to PCLOS. I discovered several applications which would not load also. There are a few things that are annoying about this distribution, but nothing that would prevent me from installing it again, once they have some of the rough edges smoothed out. I have never been a fan of their software installer, plus the repositories were not loaded automatically. I had to set up the internet connection after the install, manually. Never did get my Netgear USB wireless device to connect. They have some of the best people from Mandriva working on it, and I’m sure they can fix the minor problems. I didn’t find it good enough to replace Mint, Peppermint2, PCLOS. The specs on my machine are: MSI 760GM-E51 mobo, AMD 640 quad core processor, 600 watt power supply, 16 gig DDR3, 1.5 TB HD, Nvidia 8400GS, 512 meg video card, and a 500 gig HD, which I use for testing different distributions.
