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Additional desktop environments updated once again

Mon, 13 Jan 2020 23:33:25 +0000

AngryPenguin announced the most popular desktops are available in OpenMandriva repository and updated to the latest releases.

http://forum.openmandriva.org/t/3289

Cinnamon 4.2.4 ready for testing (Cooker)

Tue, 05 Nov 2019 20:14:53 +0000

AngryPenguin announced Cinnamon desktop in cooker is ready for testing.

https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/3190

Cinnamon desktop env updated to 4.4.0

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 18:16:22 +0000

AngryPenguin announced Cinnamon desktop env updated to 4.4.0

Get Involved

Fri, 12 Aug 2016 10:53:13 +0000

How to contribute to OpenMandriva?

Give time

If you have time, we welcome your help in various areas:

Development
Check the developers documentation, join the conversation, and have a look at the bug-tracking system to get in touch with the developers community and get things done

Writing
Help us improve the documentation, materials and communication

Translation
Translators, help us translate web materials, OpenMandriva Lx and other projects

Keep the Community alive
Participate in the forum, write your experience with Rock or ROME, share your knowledge, publish your desktop screenshots, help the users …or even just chat

cooker kernel 5.3.1 buildable with both clang and gcc

Wed, 02 Oct 2019 20:11:40 +0000

Bero announced cooker kernel now at 5.3.1, buildable with both clang and gcc

Cooker LXQt ISO available.

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 16:50:29 +0000

Ben79 announced the release of a new Cooker LXQt desktop (x64), testing needed.

Forum thread

Donate

Thu, 11 Aug 2016 20:14:23 +0000

Support OpenMandriva: Empower Open Source innovation

***Join us in empowering Open Source development through OpenMandriva

**Welcome to OpenMandriva!

We are a community-driven initiative dedicated to fostering open source innovation in the realm of operating systems. Since our inception, we have been committed to creating a user-friendly, cutting-edge Linux distribution that empowers users worldwide. However, to continue our mission and enhance our offerings, we need your support.

**Why Donate?

Your donations play a crucial role in sustaining and advancing the OpenMandriva project. With your generous contributions, we can:

cooker snapshot close to 4.1 Alpha

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 20:07:00 +0000

Bero announced that cooker snapshot should be close to 4.1 Alpha

cooker updated to Plasma 5.17 beta

Wed, 02 Oct 2019 20:01:29 +0000

Bero announced cooker updated to Plasma 5.17 beta.

cooker updated to Qt 5.14.0 Beta1

Thu, 10 Oct 2019 20:03:00 +0000

Bero announced cooker updated to Qt 5.14.0 Beta1

Crosscompiler support improved

Fri, 29 Nov 2019 16:22:40 +0000

Bero announced the crosscompiler support has been improved

Currently updating the python stack to 3.8

Thu, 12 Dec 2019 21:08:10 +0000

Bero announced that we are currently updating the python stack to 3.8

Gnome desktop (stack refresh to 3.34.2)

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 18:14:45 +0000

AngryPenguin announced Gnome desktop (stack refresh to 3.34.2)

How to post code as code in OpenMandriva forum posts

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 03:19:00 +0000

How to post code as code in OpenMandriva forum posts

i3 desktop updated to 4.17.1

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 18:13:11 +0000

AngryPenguin announced i3 desktop updated to 4.17.1

icewm updated to 1.6.3

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 18:10:55 +0000

AngryPenguin announced icewm updated to 1.6.3

inkscape in cooker updated to 1.0-beta

Wed, 02 Oct 2019 20:17:19 +0000

Bero announced inkscape in cooker updated to 1.0-beta

ISOs candidate to become OMLx 4.1 Beta ready for testing

Sat, 04 Jan 2020 19:06:15 +0000

x86_64:
https://abf.openmandriva.org/platforms/rolling/products/81/product_build_lists/2998

znver1:
https://abf.openmandriva.org/platforms/rolling/products/82/product_build_lists/3000

Kernel-release-clang

Wed, 02 Oct 2019 20:23:00 +0000

TPG announced OpenMandriva clang compiled kernel is now named kernel-release-clang so user can install same version of kernel-release and kernel-release-clang for comparison.

LiquidShell for Cooker and Rolling

Fri, 07 Feb 2020 17:21:54 +0000

AngryPenguin announced LiquidShell available for Cooker and Rolling
https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/3347

Lumina for Cooker and Rolling updated to version 1.6.0

Fri, 07 Feb 2020 17:20:10 +0000

AngryPenguin announced Lumina updated to version 1.6.0
https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/3347

nVidia 470.57 available for OM Lx 4.2 and Rolling

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 23:31:38 +0000

nVidia 470.57 available for OM Lx 4.2 and Rolling in non-free/testing repostory.

nVidia 470.57 available for OM Lx 4.2 and Rolling

Nvidia drivers available for testing. Call for feedback

Sun, 08 Mar 2020 12:32:58 +0000

Colin announced Nvidia drivers available for testing.
Please help with your feedback

https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/3444

nVidia proprietary driver packages for OM Lx 4.2 and Rolling

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 03:30:03 +0000

nVidia proprietary drivers updated for OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 and Rolling branches. Also instructions for installing the drivers.

nVidia proprietary driver packages for OM Lx 4.2 and Rolling

OpenMandriva at FOSDEM 1 & 2 February 2020

Sun, 02 Feb 2020 17:20:52 +0000

OpenMandriva has been accepted for a booth at FOSDEM

Thu, 12 Dec 2019 21:11:56 +0000

OpenMandriva Lx Educational ISO. Call for feedback

Fri, 17 Jul 2020 21:35:19 +0000

https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/3694

OpenMandriva Lx reported to be running in WSL

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:01:34 +0000

@nunixtech on Twitter reported OpenMandriva Lx userland is running perfectly on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) and provided a short gif explaining how to do.

Please click the link below (or the Nitter proxied link here)

OpenMandriva Lx running in WSL

OpenMandriva notable mention in social network

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 18:40:40 +0000

FediFollows mentioned OpenMandriva in recommended follows of the week.

Thank you!

OpenMandriva Release Plan and Repositories

Wed, 02 Oct 2019 20:09:36 +0000

OpenMandriva Release Plan and Repositories

Problem with mirrors

Mon, 20 Jan 2020 22:48:29 +0000

https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/3297

Progress on OM Lx 4.3 release

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 03:50:08 +0000

Progress on OM Lx 4.3 release

Progress on OMLx 4.2

Tue, 03 Nov 2020 09:21:10 +0000

Work continues on OMLx 4.2. It is anticipated that Beta release should be happening in the next week or two.
https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/3782

QtWebKit in cooker switched

Wed, 02 Oct 2019 20:15:07 +0000

QtWebKit in cooker switched from last official release to the https://github.com/qtwebkit/qtwebkit branch

ROCK USERS time to distro-sync to Lx 4.1

Sun, 02 Feb 2020 19:31:24 +0000

ROCK USERS time to distro-sync to Lx 4.1

Rolling repos sync with Cooker (2022/01/13)

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 12:50:34 +0000

Important for Rolling Users

Hard working OM Cooker devs are at work copying Cooker repos to Rolling repos. We do this when Cooker devs believe we are at a good point for stability and bug fixing. There have been a huge amont of bugs fixed. Especially for KDE or other desktop packages it is best to wait for the entire process to complete to avoid problems.

Do not upgrade your Rolling system while this is in progress.You need to wait until copying cooker repos to rolling repos is finished. This process takes some time so we all need to patient.

Rolling users > major distribution upgrade

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 02:07:59 +0000

Our Rolling release is currently also OM Lx 4.3.

Copying cooker repos to rolling repos is done. Now is the time for users to do the distribution upgrade. Please read the following:

https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/rolling-users-major-distribution-upgrade/4258

Rolling: kernel-release 5.3.12 is available in main/testing repo

Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:15:06 +0000

Rolling testers/users: kernel-release 5.3.12 is available in main/testing repo

Short News

Wed, 02 Oct 2019 19:54:56 +0000

Today we start publishing “Short News”.

Short News are meant as brief communication about what’s going on at OpenMandriva, like software major release updates, improvement to ABF Build System, new software available for testing, new kernel flavours, important issues fixed, and the likes.

XFCE and Gnome3 ISO's/with kernel compiled with Clang

Thu, 24 Oct 2019 23:42:35 +0000

There is more information about these including links to ISO and checksum files here:

XFCE and Gnome3 ISO’s/with kernel compiled with Clang

Zypper is working

Fri, 29 Nov 2019 18:41:10 +0000

Bero announced the command line package manager Zypper is working pretty well

Attempted distribution sabotage follow-up

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:06:37 +0000

First of all we want to assure the users that no stable release was affected.
As we have multiple backup instances for security reason, recovery is complete. Everything restored.
GitHub repositories also purged of the abusive files.
As far as the master server is concerned, everything is good.
The potentially offending package deleted from OpenMandriva repository.
We may observe a delay in mirrors sync but this is going to resolve by itself soon.

Statement regarding attempted distribution sabotage

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:54:29 +0000

Statement regarding attempted distribution sabotage

Upgrade Rock/5.0 to Rock/6.0 (April 23, 2025)

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 02:48:34 +0000

Upgrade Rock/5.0 to Rock/6.0 (April 23, 2025)

OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 Rock The Spring Release (April 22,2025)

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 02:44:08 +0000

OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 Rock The Spring Release

Rock/5.0 major upgrade expected

Sun, 29 Dec 2024 17:24:21 +0000

Rock users attention please:
A major upgrade preparatory to upcoming OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 release is expected in the coming days. Instructions will be published at the forum.
Stay tuned.

Big ROME upgrade (2024-12-25)

Wed, 25 Dec 2024 23:45:15 +0000

Big ROME upgrade (2024-12-25)

ROME(rolling) upgrade should be safe to proceed (2024-11-24)

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 23:40:08 +0000

Rock users may want to pay attention to this or better yet test this as this is close to what will be the next Rock/5.1/6.0 release.

ROME(rolling) upgrade should be safe to proceed (2024-11-24)

ROME/rolling special instructions to upgrade sof-firmware-2024.03-1

Sat, 04 May 2024 19:29:58 +0000

ROME/rolling special instructions to upgrade sof-firmware-2024.03-1

Upgrading/distro-sync ROME (2024-04-20)

Sat, 20 Apr 2024 17:46:47 +0000

[Latest ROME/rolling package upgrade is complete]. It is now safe for user to dsync or disto-sync their ROME/rolling system. There are special instructions for OMLx VirtualBox users to avoid upgrading to virtualbox-7.0.16-1. [*Please read the instructions in the link provided].

Upgrading/distro-sync ROME (2024-04-20)

Upgrading/distro-sync ROME (2024-03-28)

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:38:09 +0000

Very important to read this article. The ROME upgrade is more involved this time.

Upgrading/distro-sync ROME (2024-03-28)

Major upgrade for ROME Febuary 25

Sun, 25 Feb 2024 23:21:56 +0000

[**ROME users attention please:*]

The process to copy cooker repositories to rolling (ROME) will begin soon.
[**We suggest to not update the system or install software until it’s finished.*]

We’ll keep you informed when it will be the time to perform distro-sync again.

The command that you will have to run in console is:
sudo dnf clean all ; sudo dnf --allowerasing dsync

As always when using --allowerasing pay attention to what packages are removed and write down the names of any you may wish to install again. Ususally there won’t be any as what [*should be removed] are packages that were renamed and so forth.

Upgrading Rock/4.3 to Rock/5.0

Sat, 25 Nov 2023 13:39:11 +0000

A fresh install is always preferred over a system (distribution) upgrade. Always, always, always.

Quote from wise contributor:

“You will find that backup your data and doing a fresh install will result in more quicker and less troublesome outcome than to try distribution (system) upgrade (distro-sync or dsync) and spend ages to fix what can go wrong, not speaking of leftovers and every sort of junk that may got collected over the time. And having to do a fresh install anyway.”

Users can upgrade their system if they follow the instructions exactly and if the user is willing to deal with any issue arising from users own customization of their system. It’s impossible for other people to know how to fix your own customization so be aware that you will need to get that sorted by yourself. It is much wiser to back up any data, files, ect. you wish to keep and do a fresh install.

Rock 5.0 ISOs available for testing

Sat, 04 Nov 2023 17:25:59 +0000

A fresh install is always preferred over a system upgrade. Always, always, always.

There is also possibility to upgrade Rock/4.3 to Rock/5.0 but there are key points that must be followed. Users need to read and understand all aspects in the following posts:

Rock/4.3 users get ready for 5.0

Upgrading Rock/4.3 to Rock/5.0

Rock 5.0 ISOs available for testing

Major upgrade for ROME November 2

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 18:51:36 +0000

It is a biggie!

Major upgrade for ROME November 2

OK to upgrade ROME again (read this!)

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 16:04:01 +0000

[It is OK to upgrade your ROME system now if you follow the recommended instructions.]

Please read the forum article and related links.

OK to upgrade ROME again (read this!)

ROME major upgrade expected

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 02:46:54 +0000

ROME users attention please:

The process to copy cooker repositories to rolling (ROME) is going to start.
[We suggest to not update the system or install software until it’s finished.]

We’ll keep you informed when it will be the time to perform distro-sync again.
Stay tuned.

ROME major upgrade expected

RESOLVED: Problem with OM Mirrors and workaround

Sat, 22 Apr 2023 22:04:07 +0000

The Mirrorbits manager was having a connection problem. This issue is now resolved. More details in the forum article.

Problem with OM Mirrors and workaround

Warning: upcoming cooker breakage

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 09:48:12 +0000

The Qt update that’s currently running will break KDE and LXQt until rebuilds are done (shouldn’t take more than a day or two).
But when the qt5-qtbase build is published, it’s better to hold off on updating cooker until related builds are done.

LXQt Desktop is back in ROME and Cooker

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 03:10:33 +0000

An excellent choice for users with older hardware or users that want a lighter desktop.

LXQt fix for task manager and desktop switcher. (Bug #2816)

Driverless scanning for OMLx

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 04:04:38 +0000

Driverless scanning for OMLx

Driverless printing for OMLx

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 04:02:42 +0000

Driverless printing for OMLx

OpenMandriva Lx for ARM OCI Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Instances

Thu, 02 Feb 2023 09:38:12 +0000

OpenMandriva Lx for ARM OCI Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Instances
https://cloudmarketplace.oracle.com/marketplace/en_US/listing/130596080/

Changes to upgrading from Rock/4.3 to ROME

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 03:42:51 +0000

There have been a lot of changes in OpenMandriva Lx since Rock/4.3 was released. This upgrade procedure will take some time and user will see a lot of warnings and what look like error messages. That is a normal part of this particular system upgrade.

With regard to Rock, the best option always is to backup your data and perform a fresh installation when at all possible.

This upgrade has been tested on basic, default, fully updated Rock/4.3 systems in VirtualBox 2023-01-10.

Installing nvidia proprietary drivers in ROME

Sun, 08 Jan 2023 01:33:27 +0000

There are things for a user to know if they wish to use nVidia proprietary drivers in OpenMandriva ROME release.

If you have nVidia hardware and have not installed these proprietary drivers and everything is working for you then do nothing. You are using the open source nouveau driver. If it works that’s great, use it.

If you feel the need for the proprietary drivers please read the link to the Forum article and read ROME Errata.

Fixed bug installing with f2fs

Wed, 04 Jan 2023 03:08:27 +0000

The bug was with f2fs. If user choose f2fs for root partition then Calamares would not install the grub2 boot-loader. That is now fixed. See online article for more information and links to latest ROME and Cooker iso’s.

Fixed bug installing with f2fs

Reannouncing OpenMandriva deploying Mirrorbits

Thu, 22 Dec 2022 18:55:37 +0000

To expand on information about our Mirrorbits mirror management instance we are re-announcing OpenMandriva deploying Mirrorbits

https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/reannouncing-openmandriva-deploying-mirrorbits/4724

New mirror in Italy

Wed, 21 Dec 2022 23:22:40 +0000

A new mirror is added at https://openmandriva.mirror.garr.it
Many thanks to GARR Mirror
You can check its stats and status here:

Need ROME users for package testing

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 21:20:32 +0000

ROME is the rolling release published by the OpenMandriva Association. ROME is designed for individual users and will have more up to date software. Codename ROME.

We need people that use ROME for package testing and for voting to move packages from rolling/testing repos to rolling/release repos.

This is described in more detail here.

Need ROME users for package testing

ROME Silver Candidate

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 11:13:07 +0000

Not yet a ROME candidate release, still approaching. These ISO images now receiving updates from rolling Update channel.

Download for testing:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/openmandriva/files/release/5.0/ROME-Silver-Candidate/

ROME (Rolling) users attention please

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 02:49:01 +0000

https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/rome-users-attention-please/4616

Checklist for people testing ROME (Rolling) Tech Preview

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 04:04:01 +0000

Checklist for people testing ROME (Rolling) Tech Preview

Want to help make Rolling better?

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 20:57:41 +0000

Want to help make Rolling better?

Installing OMLx with root - no password

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 21:03:05 +0000

User wishing to install OMLx (any version) with no root password. Calamares issues an error “Installation Failed” “Cannot disable root account”. This issue is fixed in Cooker, the fix should be in Rolling soon as well as in the next version of Rock.

Installing OMLx with root - no password

New LXQt ISOs for Rock & Rolling

Sun, 29 May 2022 19:38:30 +0000

For Rock and Rolling users OpenMandriva Community has made ISOs using the LXQt desktop.

New LXQt ISOs for Rock & Rolling

New Rock/OMLx 4.3 snapshot ISOs (Fixes bug 2657)

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 04:36:04 +0000

These are a snapshot of Rock/OMLx 4.3 repositories with about 120+ upgraded packages plus about 10 new packages installed as dependencies. These are mostly bug fixes and security upgrades. People wanting to do a fresh install may use these snapshots thereby avoiding needing these updates.

There is bug with our original OMLx 4.3 ISOs that would affect only people installing in VirtualBox and doing so using EFI boot option. These ISOs have a “workaround” fix for that. That bug report is here.

OpenMandriva Lx Wins Award from SourceForge

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 22:54:59 +0000

OpenMandriva Rock repositories upgraded to OM Lx 4.3

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 01:50:49 +0000

The long awaited OM Lx 4.3 release is here. This means users of OpenMandriva Rock/OM Lx 4.2 need to do the distribution upgrade or “distro-sync” to OM Lx 4.3.

[Upgrading from OpenMandriva Lx 4.2]

Upgrading an existing Rock/OM Lx 4.2 system is detailed here: Upgrading OM Lx 4.2 system to OM Lx 4.3
There is more to this than one command.

Instructions for users wishing to stay with OM Lx 4.2 for a while are included.