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Last Update: 2026-09-02 08:15 UTC


openmandriva-6.0 (more screenshots in our gallery)  
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
 • 2016-05-12 OpenMandriva uses Clang
 • 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
Release Date 2026-09-02 2024-12-11 2025-04-22 2023-11-25 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
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Default Desktop KDE Plasma COSMIC, GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXQt KDE Plasma, LXQt KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE KDE Default Desktop
Default Browser Chromium, Firefox Chromium, Firefox Chromium Chromium, Firefox         Firefox Firefox Firefox Default Browser
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Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Full Package List cooker 24.12 6.0 5.0 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.03 2014.2 2013.0 Full Package List
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 (25.0.0) 25.1.1 23.0.0 23.0.0 23.0.0 21.0.0 19.1.0 19.0.1 19.0.1 -- -- -- amdgpu (25.0.0)
apparmor (5.0.2) 4.0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apparmor (5.0.2)
apt (3.3.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apt (3.3.3)
bash (5.3) 5.3.15 5.2.37 5.2.37 5.2.21 5.1.16 5.1.4 5.0.11 5.0.3 4.4.12 4.3 4.2 bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.27) 9.21.19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.27)
chromium (152.0.7977.75) 141.0.7390.122 131.0.6778.86 135.0.7049.95 119.0.6045.159 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (152.0.7977.75)
cinnamon (6.6.9) 6.4.12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.6.9)
cups (2.4.19) 2.4.16 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 (2.4.19)
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) 1.47.4 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 (1.47.4)
ffmpeg (9.0.1) 9.0.1 7.1 7.1.1 6.1 5.0 4.3.1 4.2.2 4.1.3 3.3.1 2.5.4 1.2.1 ffmpeg (9.0.1)
firefox (155.0) 155.0 133.0 -- 120.0 -- -- -- -- 57.0 38.0.5 25.0.1 firefox (155.0)
flatpak (1.18.2) 1.18.0 1.15.12 1.16.0 1.15.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- flatpak (1.18.2)
freetype (2.14.3) 2.14.3 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 (2.14.3)
gcc (16.2.0) 16.1.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gcc (16.2.0)
gimp (3.2.4) 3.2.4 3.0.0rc1 3.0.2 2.10.36 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (3.2.4)
git (2.55.0) 2.55.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- git (2.55.0)
glibc (2.44) 2.44 2.40 2.41 2.38 2.34 2.33 2.30 2.29 2.26 2.19 2.18 glibc (2.44)
gnome-shell (50.4) 50.4 47.2 48.1 45.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (50.4)
grub (2.14) 2.16 2.12 2.12 2.12 2.04 2.04 2.04 2.02 2.02 2.02beta2 2.00 grub (2.14)
gtk (4.22.4) -- 4.16.7 4.18.4 4.12.4 3.24.31 3.24.24 3.24.13 3.24.8 3.22.26 3.8.9 3.8.1 gtk (4.22.4)
httpd (2.4.68) 2.4.67 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.68)
hyprland (0.56.2) 0.56.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- hyprland (0.56.2)
inkscape (1.4.4) 1.4.4 1.4 1.4.1 1.3.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4.4)
kmod (34.2) 34.2 33 33 31 29 28 26 26 24 21 15 kmod (34.2)
krita (6.0.3) 6.0.2 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 (6.0.3)
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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libselinux (3.11) -- 3.4 3.7 3.0 3.0 3.0 -- -- -- -- -- libselinux (3.11)
linux (7.2.2) -- 6.12.1 6.14.2 6.6.2 5.16.7 5.10.14 5.5 5.1.9 4.13.12 3.18.16 3.11.8 linux (7.2.2)
mariadb (12.3.3) 12.3.3 -- -- 11.2.2 10.5.8 10.5.8 -- -- 10.1.22 10.0.19 -- mariadb (12.3.3)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) 1.28.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (26.2.1) 26.2.1 24.3.0 25.0.4 23.3.0 21.3.5 20.3.4 19.3.3 19.1.0 17.2.3 10.4.7 9.2.3 mesa (26.2.1)
nautilus (50.3) 50.3 47.0 48.1 45.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (50.3)
NVIDIA (610.57.04) 610.43.03 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (610.57.04)
openjdk (26.0.2.1) -- -- -- -- 15.0.0 15.0.0 -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (26.0.2.1)
openssh (10.5p1) 10.5p1 9.9p1 10.0p1 9.5p1 8.6p1 8.4p1 8.1p1 8.0p1 7.5p1 6.6p1 6.4p1 openssh (10.5p1)
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php (8.5.10) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.5.10)
plasma-desktop (6.7.4) 6.7.3 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 (6.7.4)
postfix (3.11.6) 3.11.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.11.6)
postgresql (18.6) 18.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (18.6)
Python (3.14.7) 3.14.7 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 (3.14.7)
qt (6.11.2) -- 6.8.0 6.9.0 6.6.0 5.15.3 5.15.2 5.14.1 5.12.3 5.8.0 5.4.1 5.1.1 qt (6.11.2)
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thunderbird (155.0) 153.0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (155.0)
vim (9.2) 9.2 9.0 -- 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.4 7.4 vim (9.2)
vlc (3.0.23) 3.0.23 -- -- -- 3.0.16 3.0.12.1 3.0.8 3.0.7 2.2.4 2.1.6 2.0.7 vlc (3.0.23)
wayland (1.26.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.26.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.2) 4.20.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.20.2)
xorg-server (21.1.24) 21.1.16 21.1.14 21.1.16 21.1.9 21.1.3 1.20.10 1.20.7 1.20.5 1.19.5 1.15.2 1.14.3 xorg-server (21.1.24)

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Version: 6.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-08-25
Country: United States
Votes: 3


I'm using Rome, sooo latest version.
I love the Calamares installer, the KDE and Discovery. The others; like Brave, Betterbird, Strawberry, VLC, gnome-disks, and fedora media writer were all in the repository. The Rock version of Mandriva had problems, installed twice and they persisted. I tried the Rome and it's better than Ubuntu and Fedora! I have 78 flavors of Linux on this machine, and this (Mandriva) is the best. It's my only review here at DW so read it. I use Manjaro Elegance as my boot OS and give each OS 250 to 2000 gig. All my files are shared between OS's. I have 2 other machines and I'll be changing them both to Mandriva shortly.


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Version: 6.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-08-23
Country: United States
Votes: 1


This is a great distro. If Fedora is Venom in the marvel comics then OpenMandriva is Spiderman. It is the alter ego of Fedora which improves upon many things in Fedora while being non corporate, independent, and non-asleep if you catch my drift. OpenMandriva ships with a lightweight version of systemd which is just the basic functions and recompiled with CLANG. It runs very quickly and has all of the bloat removed. This a great distro as an alternative to Mint or OpenSuSE. I definitely would give this distro a 10 out 10. There are bugs in some apps but it isn't the distro's fault. It is upstream KDE Plasma's fault. The distro itself is wonderful.


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Version: 6.0
Rating: 7
Date: 2026-05-06
Country: Italy
Votes: 1


Vanadium Rock (stable) version.
A quite interesting independent distro that works quite fine, but with some caveats.
1) the wayland version is buggy, because I tried to install it and always it was in some ways incomplete. It seems to run fine but after an unpredictable while evrything can stop, sometimes calling for a login (this thing is due to a bug on sddm but other stops not). The only way to start wayland with less problems isto install the X11 version then chosing the starting by console and then launching the Plasma wayland version, if you had installed it.

2) installing a new program is not intuitive and very slow. You have too many tools for installing/upgrading conflicting so that you do not know what is better to use (Discover, DnfDrake,Software Repository Selector) and the operation could be slow and without any warning about what the program is doing, so that you can wrongly think it is stopped.

3) the version of some "classic" available software is old, without the possibility to an upgrade (I did not investigate about rebuilding them by source). For exampleThunderbird is at version 137 while there is around 140, and thi is a problem if you have to share your email reader with different linuxes as I have. By the way if you use the older Mx 23 (based on Debian 12) you have access to Thunderbird 140 even if version Mx 25 (based on Debian 13) is around.

So, for me, it is a good piece of software to see that needs a little more work. I wanted to give them a "6" but I put a "7" for not being to severe with the team thas is making a hard work.


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