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Last Update: 2023-08-30 02:17 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:
 • 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
 • 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
 • More OpenMandriva releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2023-01-07 OpenMandriva offers rolling release branch
 • 2019-09-30 OpenMandriva compiles Linux with Clang
 • 2016-05-12 OpenMandriva uses Clang
 • 2016-04-18 OpenMandriva opens build farm
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Feature 23.08
ROME
5.0-candidate 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.03 2014.2 2013.0 Feature
Release Date 2023-08-24 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 23.08 5.0-candidate 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.03 2014.2 2013.0 Full Package List
Package 23.08
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 (1.2.10) 1.2.9 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 (1.2.10)
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 5.2rc3 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.4.12 4.3 4.2 bash (5.2.15)
bind (9.18.19) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.18.19)
chromium (117.0.5938.92) 110.0.5481.177 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (117.0.5938.92)
cups (2.4.7) 2.4.6 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 (2.4.7)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3 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 (117.0.1) 116.0.2 -- -- -- -- -- 57.0 38.0.5 25.0.1 firefox (117.0.1)
freetype (2.13.2) 2.13.1 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 (2.13.2)
gcc (13.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gcc (13.2.0)
gimp (2.10.34) 2.10.34 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (2.10.34)
glibc (2.38) 2.38 2.36 2.34 2.33 2.30 2.29 2.26 2.19 2.18 glibc (2.38)
gnome-shell (45.0) 44.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (45.0)
gnucash (5.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.3)
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 (4.12.2) 4.12.0 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 (4.12.2)
httpd (2.4.57) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.57)
inkscape (1.3) 1.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.3)
k3b (23.08.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- 17.04.0 2.0.3 2.0.2 k3b (23.08.1)
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 (7.6.1) 7.6.0.3 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 (7.6.1)
linux (6.5.4) 6.4.11 5.19.5 5.16.7 5.10.14 5.5 5.1.9 4.13.12 3.18.16 3.11.8 linux (6.5.4)
Package 23.08
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 (11.0.3) 10.10.3 10.9.1 10.5.8 10.5.8 -- -- 10.1.22 10.0.19 -- mariadb (11.0.3)
mate-desktop (1.26.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.26.2)
mesa (23.1.8) 8.5.0 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 (23.1.8)
mysql (8.1.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.5.30 mysql (8.1.0)
nautilus (45.0) 44.2.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (45.0)
NVIDIA (535.113.01) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (535.113.01)
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 -- -- -- -- -- 3.6.1 -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (21) -- -- 15.0.0 15.0.0 -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (21)
openssh (9.4p1) 9.4p1 9.0p1 8.6p1 8.4p1 8.1p1 8.0p1 7.5p1 6.6p1 6.4p1 openssh (9.4p1)
openssl (3.1.3) 3.1.2x 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 (3.1.3)
perl (5.38.0) 5.38.0 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 (5.38.0)
php (8.2.10) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.2.10)
plasma-desktop (5.27.8) 5.27.7.1 5.25.4 5.23.5 5.20.5 5.17.5 5.15.5 5.10.5 -- -- plasma-desktop (5.27.8)
postfix (3.8.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.8.2)
postgresql (16.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (16.0)
Python (3.11.5) 3.11.4 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 (3.11.5)
qt (6.5.2) 6.6.0 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 (6.5.2)
samba (4.19.0) 4.19.0 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 (4.19.0)
systemd (254.4) 253.8 251 249 247 244 242 234 208 208 systemd (254.4)
thunderbird (115.2.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (115.2.3)
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) 21.1.8 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: 23.08
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-09-14
Votes: 0


I can not recommend this distribution. Everything is broken. System update is broken: Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'rolling-x86_64-unsupported. Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'rolling-x86_64-restricted. Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'rolling-x86_64-non-free. DnfDrake is broken : This application has raised an unexpected error and must abort. [29] Invalid object. FLOADLISTE.Timer1_Timer.86. The Matrix bridge is broken. Never seen that before in any other distribution I used.


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Version: 23.08
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-09-11
Votes: 6


I couldn't agree more with one of the previous reviewers: OpenMandriva is a hidden gem (easily the best distribution I've ever tried, and I've tried many) hidden under just about the worst possible promotion (or lack thereof).
Maybe the OpenMandriva guys are intentionally trying to be the opposite of Apple (perfect marketing with products just barely meeting MVP demands), but that doesn't work.
Now to be fair, OpenMandriva is a pure Open Source project that doesn't have any big name sponsoring behind it, so we can't expect their PR to be on par with, say, Ubuntu. Maybe by the nature of the work, it seems to be a lot easier to get excellent developers to work for free than to get good marketeers to work for free.
But back to the OS: It combines ease of use (I think I could give this to my grandma) with sane underlying technologies (I think I could give this to Linus Torvalds himself as well) and a current software stack - where from any other distribution I've tried you get only 2 out of 3, in particular ease of use and a sane core system tend to be mutually exclusive.
It also dares to diverge from what everyone else is doing where it makes sense (such as building the entire system with clang).
Documentation could be better, but to make up for it, the community on the Matrix channel is extremely helpful and often manages to fix problems the same day they're reported.
If anyone with marketing skills is reading this review, why not help them out? It would be great to have an OpenMandriva level product with Mint level publicity!


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Version: 23.08
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-09-06
Votes: 0


Hello

A BIG disappointment. Users of an Nvidia graphics card, this message is for you. From the live, there is no option during the installation process which allows you to select the proprietary Nvidia graphics driver. The nouveau driver will be used and depending on the model of your graphics card after the reboot you could have the unpleasant experience of a desktop freeze taking the whole system with it. Only an hard reset will be possible with the possibility of a corrupted file system. Bravo !


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