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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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 • 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
 • 2021-01-01: Development Release: OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 RC
 • 2020-07-28: Development Release: OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 Alpha
 • 2020-02-02: Distribution Release: OpenMandriva Lx 4.1
 • 2020-01-29: Development Release: OpenMandriva Lx 4.1 RC
 • 2020-01-10: Development Release: OpenMandriva Lx 4.1 Beta
 • 2019-11-10: Development Release: OpenMandriva Lx 4.1 Alpha 1
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Feature 23.03
ROME
5.0-candidate 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.03 2014.2 2013.0 Feature
Release Date 2023-03-30 2022-09-04 2022-02-06 2021-02-13 2020-02-01 2019-06-16 2017-11-21 2015-06-29 2013-11-22 Release Date
End Of Life                 2014-08 End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 1000-2800 2400-2500 2400-2500 2200-2400 2600-2700 2500-2600 2100-2200     Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop GNOME, KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE KDE Default Desktop
Package Management RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM5 RPM5 RPM5 Package Management
Release Model Rolling Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture aarch64, x86_64 aarch64, x86_64 aarch64, x86_64 aarch64, x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd Init Software
Journaled File Systems ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Asian Language Support cn,jp cn,jp cn,jp cn,jp cn,jp cn,jp cn,jp     Asian Language Support
Full Package List 23.03 5.0-candidate 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.03 2014.2 2013.0 Full Package List
Package 23.03
ROME
5.0-candidate 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.03 2014.2 2013.0 Package
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.9) 1.2.8 1.2.7.2 1.2.6.1 1.2.4 1.2.1.2 1.1.9 1.1.5 1.0.29 1.0.27.2 alsa-lib (1.2.9)
amdgpu (23.0.0) 23.0.0 22.0.0 21.0.0 19.1.0 19.0.1 19.0.1 -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.15) 5.2.15 5.2rc3 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.4.12 4.3 4.2 bash (5.2.15)
bind (9.18.15) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.18.15)
chromium (114.0.5735.106) 110.0.5481.177 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (114.0.5735.106)
cups (2.4.4) 2.4.2 2.4.2 2.4.1 2.3.3 2.2.12 2.2.11 2.1.3 1.7.2 1.7.0 cups (2.4.4)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3-P1 4.4.3 4.4.2 4.4.2 4.4.2 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.2.8 4.2.5 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.5 1.46.1 1.45.5 1.45.2 1.43.7 1.42.13 1.42.8 e2fsprogs (1.47.0)
firefox (114.0.1) 111.0 -- -- -- -- -- 57.0 38.0.5 25.0.1 firefox (114.0.1)
freetype (2.13.0) 2.13.0 2.12.1 2.11.1 2.10.4 2.10.1 2.10.0 2.8.1 2.5.0.1 2.5.0.1 freetype (2.13.0)
gcc (13.1.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gcc (13.1.0)
gimp (2.10.34) 2.10.34 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (2.10.34)
glibc (2.37) 2.37 2.36 2.34 2.33 2.30 2.29 2.26 2.19 2.18 glibc (2.37)
gnome-shell (44.2) 43.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (44.2)
gnucash (5.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.1)
gnumeric (1.12.55) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.55)
grub (2.06) 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.04 2.04 2.02 2.02 2.02beta2 2.00 grub (2.06)
gtk (4.10.4) 4.8.3 4.6.7 3.24.31 3.24.24 3.24.13 3.24.8 3.22.26 3.8.9 3.8.1 gtk (4.10.4)
httpd (2.4.57) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.57)
inkscape (1.2.2) 1.2.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.2.2)
k3b (23.04.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- 17.04.0 2.0.3 2.0.2 k3b (23.04.2)
kmod (30) 30 30 29 28 26 26 24 21 15 kmod (30)
krita (5.1.5) 5.1.5 5.1.0 5.0.2 4.4.2 4.2.8.1 4.2.1 3.3.1 2.9.4 2.7.2 krita (5.1.5)
libreoffice (7.5.4) 7.5.2 7.4.0 7.3.0 7.1.0 6.4.0 6.2.4 5.3.3 4.4.3 4.1.3 libreoffice (7.5.4)
linux (6.3.7) 6.2.6 5.19.5 5.16.7 5.10.14 5.5 5.1.9 4.13.12 3.18.16 3.11.8 linux (6.3.7)
Package 23.03
ROME
5.0-candidate 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.03 2014.2 2013.0 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.1.1) 10.10.3 10.9.1 10.5.8 10.5.8 -- -- 10.1.22 10.0.19 -- mariadb (11.1.1)
mate-desktop (1.26.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.26.1)
mesa (23.1.2) 23.0.0.0 22.1.4 21.3.5 20.3.4 19.3.3 19.1.0 17.2.3 10.4.7 9.2.3 mesa (23.1.2)
mysql (8.0.33) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.5.30 mysql (8.0.33)
nautilus (44.2.1) 43.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (44.2.1)
NVIDIA (530.41.03) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (530.41.03)
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 -- -- -- -- -- 3.6.1 -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (20.0.1) -- -- 15.0.0 15.0.0 -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (20.0.1)
openssh (9.3p1) 9.1p1 9.0p1 8.6p1 8.4p1 8.1p1 8.0p1 7.5p1 6.6p1 6.4p1 openssh (9.3p1)
openssl (3.1.1) 3.1.0 3.0.5 3.0.1 3.0.0alpha11 1.1.1c 1.1.1c 1.0.2m 1.0.1o 1.0.1e openssl (3.1.1)
perl (5.36.1) 5.36.0 5.36.0 5.34.0 5.32.1 5.30.1 5.28.2 5.20.3 5.16.3 5.16.3 perl (5.36.1)
php (8.2.7) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.2.7)
plasma-desktop (5.27.5) 5.27.3 5.25.4 5.23.5 5.20.5 5.17.5 5.15.5 5.10.5 -- -- plasma-desktop (5.27.5)
postfix (3.8.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.8.1)
postgresql (15.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (15.3)
Python (3.11.4) 3.11.2 3.11.0rc1 3.9.8 3.9.1 3.8.1 3.7.3 3.4.4 2.7.6 2.7.5 Python (3.11.4)
qt (6.5.1) 6.4.2 5.15.5 5.15.3 5.15.2 5.14.1 5.12.3 5.8.0 5.4.1 5.1.1 qt (6.5.1)
samba (4.18.3) 4.18.0 4.16.2 4.15.3 4.13.2 4.11.6 4.10.4 4.6.9 4.1.17 4.0.6 samba (4.18.3)
systemd (253.5) 253.1 251 249 247 244 242 234 208 208 systemd (253.5)
thunderbird (102.12.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (102.12.0)
vim (9.0) 9.0 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.4 7.4 vim (9.0)
vlc (3.0.18) 3.0.18 3.0.17.4 3.0.16 3.0.12.1 3.0.8 3.0.7 2.2.4 2.1.6 2.0.7 vlc (3.0.18)
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.22.0)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.8) 21.1.7 21.1.4 21.1.3 1.20.10 1.20.7 1.20.5 1.19.5 1.15.2 1.14.3 xorg-server (21.1.8)

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Version: 23.03
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-04-07
Votes: 7


First I have to say I did not have any issues installing the distro. I have read that some had blank screens and crashes I did not. There were some small isssues that I had to resolve myself like printing and Latte not all apps icons stayed put. Getting past these small issues Open Mandriva Lx is very fast and it is very stable. I have been an Arch Linux user for more then 5 years but right now Open Mandrive Lx is my main driver and I am very happy using it. It also uses less ram for some strange reason then Arch and handles my Nvidia driver without any issues. It also intergrates with Flatpak seamlessly much better then Arch Linux as an example. I can not compare this with other distros such as Debian or Ubuntu since I do not use those other distros but Arch I will say that it can and does do some things better then Arch Like Flatpak and Nvidia drivers intergartion as n example. I gave it a 8 rating only because of those small issues and to be honest I have never given any distro a 10 not even Arch Linux.
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Version: 23.01
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-03-08
Votes: 8


I had to choose the version as 23.01, but the latest version of Rome is 23.03.
I have been using Openmandriva since it was born, after having used Mandriva and Mandrake for a long time.
Over the past 3 years it has become my main distro.
I am very satisfied with Openmandriva: it is fast, stable and complete. No problems with installation, customization and daily use.
The rolling release has all the software up to date, but very rarely do I suffer from blockages of the programs or of the entire system.
Forum support is very good, both in English and Italian, problems are quickly addressed and resolved by the support team. There is certainly a lot still to be done, but I would recommend the distro to average Linux users.


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Version: 23.01
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-01-30
Votes: 18


Unlike the reviewer in DW Weekly, I can't find any instability in this rolling release. It works flawlessly. No crashes during installation, no X11 crashes, no Plasma crashes even with full graphical effects.
It includes everything a normal user will need, and it's all working and the components go well together. No weirdness of different applications using different button order ("Yes|No" vs. "No|Yes") that plagues some other distros.
If you're looking for something that "just works", give OpenMandriva a try!


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