Mageia 9 has reached its end of support as of September 30, 2026, meaning users will no longer receive security updates or patches, leaving their devices vulnerable. The community is urged to upgrade to Mageia 10, which features significant improvements including a modernized Linux kernel 6.18 and over 20 desktop environments. Users can upgrade through an in-place tool, command line instructions, or by performing a clean install, but must back up their data first to avoid loss. Mageia 10 will be supported until approximately March 2028, providing users with continued security and improvements

Mageia 9 End of Support: Upgrade to Mageia 10 Before It's Too Late

Mageia 9 reached end of support on 30 September 2026, ending all security updates and patches for the ninth release of the community-run Linux distribution. The announcement, posted 25 September 2026 by contributor joselp on the official Mageia Blog, asked users to migrate to the current stable release, Mageia 10. Since unsupported releases stop receiving security advisories, devices still on 9 will remain exposed to any newly found vulnerabilities, especially servers. Users can upgrade in place through the system-tray tool or command line, or perform a clean install while being careful to back up any data first.

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