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Always had a soft spot for Mageia, as I thought their Admin panel was an improvement compared to SUSE's.
But unfortunately I think they are slowly dying. Their forum is a ghost town, and besides their Admin panel, there isn't anything compelling about Mageia that would make me consider it over other options.
Because of the Redhat incident, I started to see people asking for community-based distros without a corporate that dominates the community. And, Mageia is one of them. So, I hope it will be more popular.