OpenMandriva Lx

OpenMandriva Lx is an independent, community-driven Linux distribution and a direct descendant of Mandriva Linux.

Two editions:
* ROME (Rolling OpenMandriva Edition), the rolling release, always up to date. Current images: 26.09.
* Rock, the fixed-point release, for those who prefer stability. Current: 6.0.

The whole distribution is built with LLVM/Clang, with LTO and PGO, and offers optimised builds for modern AMD CPUs (znver1). Default desktop: KDE Plasma 6 (Wayland and X11); GNOME, LXQt, Xfce and MATE are also available.

Website: https://www.openmandriva.org
News and release notes: https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/
Forum: https://forum.openmandriva.org
Chat (Matrix): https://matrix.to/#/#openmandriva:matrix.org
Source code: https://github.com/OpenMandrivaSoftware and https://github.com/OpenMandrivaAssociation
Bug reports: https://github.com/OpenMandrivaAssociation/distribution/issues
Donate: https://www.openmandriva.org/donate

Features

KDE Plasma 6 by default, on Wayland and X11
GNOME, LXQt, Xfce and MATE editions
Whole system built with LLVM/Clang, LTO and PGO
Optimised znver1 builds for modern AMD processors
Two editions: ROME (rolling) and Rock (fixed release)
Live ISO images with the Calamares graphical installer
DNF package manager on RPM 6
Linux kernel built with Clang, GCC-built variant available
Open NVIDIA kernel module shipped with the kernel
Local AI stack in the repositories: llama.cpp, Ollama, ComfyUI, ROCm
x86_64 and aarch64; RISC-V and LoongArch64 ports in progress
OM Welcome and OM Repository Management Tool (om-repo-picker)

Project Samples

OpenMandriva ROME Startup and Configuration tool

OpenMandriva ROME Repository Management Tool

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License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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jhketelsen Posted 2021-09-11

Iso file installed to a USB stick dos not work. I only got a black screen with a blinking curser.

Reply from OpenMandriva Lx

Edited 2021-10-08

@jhketelsen <https://www.openmandriva.org/en/download> "To transfer the live/installation image to an USB storage device you may use: ROSA-imagewriter, KDE isoimagewriter, SUSE Studio ImageWriter, dd command line. Please do not use other usb-writing tools as some Windows tools (e.g. Rufus) truncate the volume name and will break the boot process."
angrypenguin Posted 2021-05-29

Great distro! Based on always latest Clang/LLVM instead of GCC. LTO and PGO support by default. Plasma5, LXQT, Lumina, Gnome, Mate, Cinnamon, Budgie, Xfce, i3, IceWM and more desktops/wm availavble in latest version. Try it.
aponomarenko Posted 2021-02-19

Hardware probe utility is preinstalled in 4.2. Easy to list hardware and find drivers for unsupported devices.
ramzydoni Posted 2018-01-03

جيدة
rugyada Posted 2016-02-08

Awesome system !

Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Linux

Languages

Brazilian Portuguese, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish

Intended Audience

Developers, End Users/Desktop, System Administrators

User Interface

Console/Terminal, KDE, Qt

Registered

2013-10-20

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