Mageia 10 Enters Public Beta Testing with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS and Mesa 26.0

Mageia 10 Enters Public Beta Testing with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS and Mesa 26.0

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Marcus Nestor
Apr 8, 2026

The biggest change in this beta, compared to the Mageia 10 alpha release, is that the distribution is now powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.18 LTS kernel series, a hefty upgrade from Linux 6.12 LTS, along with the latest and greatest Mesa 26.0 graphics stack.

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Marcus Nestor

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