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Last Update: 2025-07-13 01:46 UTC


The OpenMandriva distribution is a full-featured Linux desktop and server, sponsored by the OpenMandriva Association. It was based on ROSA, a Russian Linux distribution project which forked Mandriva Linux in 2012, incorporating many of Mandriva's original tools and utilities and adding in-house enhancements. The goal of OpenMandriva is to facilitate the creation, improvement, promotion and distribution of free and open-source software in general, and OpenMandriva projects in particular. OpenMandriva has traditionally been a fixed release distribution, but in 2023 the project began releasing an alternative rolling branch called ROME.

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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2025-04-23: Distribution Release: OpenMandriva Lx 6.0
 • 2024-12-11: Distribution Release: OpenMandriva Lx 24.12 "ROME"
 • 2024-07-20: Distribution Release: OpenMandriva Lx 24.07 "ROME"
 • 2024-07-03: Development Release: OpenMandriva Lx 24.07 RC "ROME"
 • 2023-11-25: Distribution Release: OpenMandriva Lx 5.0
 • 2023-08-30: Distribution Release: OpenMandriva 23.08 "ROME"
 • 2023-03-30: Distribution Release: OpenMandriva Lx 23.03 "ROME"
 • 2023-01-07: Distribution Release: OpenMandriva Lx 23.01 "ROME"
 • 2022-07-27: Development Release: OpenMandriva Lx 5.0 Technical Preview
 • 2022-02-07: Distribution Release: OpenMandriva Lx 4.3
 • 2021-05-24: Development Release: OpenMandriva Lx 4.3 RC
 • 2021-02-13: Distribution Release: OpenMandriva Lx 4.2
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 • 2023-01-07 OpenMandriva offers rolling release branch
 • 2019-09-30 OpenMandriva compiles Linux with Clang
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 • 2016-04-18 OpenMandriva opens build farm
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ROME
6.0 5.0 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.03 2014.2 2013.0 Feature
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Package cooker 24.12
ROME
6.0 5.0 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.03 2014.2 2013.0 Package
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amdgpu (23.0.0) 23.0.1 23.0.0 23.0.0 23.0.0 21.0.0 19.1.0 19.0.1 19.0.1 -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
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apt (3.1.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apt (3.1.3)
bash (5.3) 5.3 5.2.37 5.2.37 5.2.21 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.4.12 4.3 4.2 bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.10) 9.21.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.10)
chromium (138.0.7204.92) 137.0.7151.103 131.0.6778.86 135.0.7049.95 119.0.6045.159 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (138.0.7204.92)
cinnamon (6.4.10) 6.4.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.4.10)
cups (2.4.12) 2.4.12 2.4.11 2.4.12 2.4.7 2.4.1 2.3.3 2.2.12 2.2.11 2.1.3 1.7.2 1.7.0 cups (2.4.12)
e2fsprogs (1.47.3) 1.47.3 1.47.1 1.47.2 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.1 1.45.5 1.45.2 1.43.7 1.42.13 1.42.8 e2fsprogs (1.47.3)
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firefox (140.0.4) 140.0 133.0 -- 120.0 -- -- -- -- 57.0 38.0.5 25.0.1 firefox (140.0.4)
flatpak (1.16.1) 1.16.1 1.15.12 1.16.0 1.15.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- flatpak (1.16.1)
freetype (2.13.3) 2.13.3 2.13.3 2.13.3 2.13.2 2.11.1 2.10.4 2.10.1 2.10.0 2.8.1 2.5.0.1 2.5.0.1 freetype (2.13.3)
gcc (15.1.0) 15.1.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gcc (15.1.0)
gimp (3.0.4) 3.0.4 3.0.0rc1 3.0.2 2.10.36 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (3.0.4)
git (2.50.1) 2.50.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- git (2.50.1)
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gnome-shell (48.3) 48.3 47.2 48.1 45.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (48.3)
grub (2.12) 2.12 2.12 2.12 2.12 2.04 2.04 2.04 2.02 2.02 2.02beta2 2.00 grub (2.12)
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httpd (2.4.64) 2.4.63 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.64)
inkscape (1.4.2) 1.4.2 1.4 1.4.1 1.3.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4.2)
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krita (5.2.10) 5.2.9 5.2.7 -- 5.2.1 5.0.2 4.4.2 4.2.8.1 4.2.1 3.3.1 2.9.4 2.7.2 krita (5.2.10)
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ROME
6.0 5.0 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.03 2014.2 2013.0 Package
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mate-desktop (1.28.2) 1.28.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
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mysql (9.3.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.5.30 mysql (9.3.0)
nautilus (48.3) 48.3 47.0 48.1 45.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (48.3)
NVIDIA (575.64.03) 575.51.02 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (575.64.03)
openjdk (24.0.1) -- -- -- -- 15.0.0 15.0.0 -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (24.0.1)
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php (8.4.10) 8.4.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.4.10)
plasma-desktop (6.4.2) 6.4.2 6.2.4 6.3.4 5.27.9 5.23.5 5.20.5 5.17.5 5.15.5 5.10.5 -- -- plasma-desktop (6.4.2)
postfix (3.10.3) 3.10.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.10.3)
postgresql (17.5) 17.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (17.5)
Python (3.13.5) 3.11.11 3.11.10 3.11.11 3.11.6 3.9.8 3.9.1 3.8.1 3.7.3 3.4.4 2.7.6 2.7.5 Python (3.13.5)
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Version: 24.12
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-07-11
Votes: 1


Best computer usage experience I have had out of the box. The Rolling ROME variant gets updates when they are ready so no need to fear for an update to break my system as much. I do have Timeshift setup with the really good instructions from their forum. Their community forum is full of handy information and tips and tricks. The Rock stable variant is also great for a computer you wish to give to someone as it has Draketray to help inform about a security updates and you can use the graphical system managment tools to install updates. I have yet to try out their cooker variant but when I feel adventurous I will try that one out. Currently I am happy just running the ROME (rolling openmandriva experience)


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Version: 24.12
Rating: 7
Date: 2025-07-09
Votes: 1


Im on the fence with this distro tbh.

I love the ethos of the devs of this distro and it is a beautiful distro, the artwork and plymouth is exceptional but the ethos does not carry through in the distro itself.

Functionality wise, its the same stuff the others are doing.

Its got systemd, kde and dnf in three different versions which vary across stoble to unstable patch release cycles.

What is completely strange is that they split the above in to wayland downloads and x11 downloads when you have a choice of both in other distros.

Kde are pulling support for x11 so the only option will be wayland which is a problem for people with impairments.

The dev community is super friendly which is great and they were quite happy to bring in grub-btrfs packages for timeshift.

They have community builds with other DE's but they dont work properly or are missing features that are in the main distro.

For example, I installed rome xfce, it had no package manager installed where as the kde distro had two. I also tried xfce cooker, could not even get it to boot to the desktop, hung at a grey screen.

What I would like to see is a distro with a choice of DE's and choice of init systems to match the devs ethos.

At present the distro does not match the linux ethos and goes with the crowd.

Downloads are very slow as well.

The foundation is good, just need to push the limits now.

Thanks to the devs for being great.


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Version: 6.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-06-27
Votes: 2


pros:

+ stable rolling release, can be updated after long break unlike Arch

+ quite big official repos as for niche distro

+ SPECIAL VERSION DEDICATED TO AMD CPU

+ sane default settings in kde desktop (auto hibernate disabled by default etc)

+ keeping legacy of mandrake/mandriva linux

+ friendly and helpful community and developer team, welcoming to new users


cons:

- no choice of desktop environment and init, you're stuck with kde + systemd

- not as close to upstream as arch or fedora

- lacks innovation, almost identical to opensuse, so choice of openmandriva is because of preference not because of unique features




For me it was perfect distro for gaming/desktop use.


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