OpenMandriva ROME 24.12 Released

Here is ROME 24.12 up-to-date installation media

Main features, and changes since ROME 24.07

- KDE Plasma 6 desktop by default (x11)
- Spins featuring latest desktop environments GNOME, LXQt Qt6, Plasma 5 and COSMIC 1.0 alpha

- Plasma6 Wayland ISO provided as well
Please note the Wayland ISO in VirtualBox may boot to a black screen and will not work; VirtualBox users may need to set VMSVGA controller to boot successfully;
It works fine on most hardware and in QEmu with KVM.

- Available in OpenMandriva repository proton and proton-experimental, which make Proton available outside of Steam, without the need to install any non-free code

- OM-Welcome Startup and Configuration tool, specifically designed for OpenMandriva KDE Plasma desktop environment, keeps improving with some more convenient modules for easy install of the users’ most wished applications

- Software upgraded to the most recent version, as default in the ISO install media or available in repositories, such as:
Desktop Environments: Plasma Desktop 6.2.4, KDE Applications 24.08.3, KDE Frameworks 6.8.0, Qt 6.8.0
Kernel: 6.12.1 and 6.13-rc1, built with clang
LibreOffice Suite 24.8.3 with Qt 6 and Plasma 6 integration, Chromium Browser 131.0.6778.86 patched with Google spyware disabled and JPEG-XL support re-enabled, Firefox 133.0 patched with spyware disabled, Falkon 24.08.3, GIMP 3.0 rc, VirtualBox 7.1.4

- Development Tools: LLVM/Clang 19.1.4, GCC 14.2.0, Glibc 2.40, Systemd 256.9, Mesa 24.3.0

- Security and privacy: promptly addressed all the recent security vulnerabilities

To perform full update after installation, open terminal and type:

sudo dnf clean all;dnf clean all;dnf repolist
sudo dnf --refresh --allowerasing distro-sync

[Download ROME 24.12]
At SourceForge

Users are encouraged to report impressions and issues at the official forum.
Critical issues should be documented via bug report.
Real-time interaction with developers is facilitated joining the #openmandriva-cooker:matrix.org room on matrix,
Meet other users and chat, generic discussions at: #openmandriva:matrix.org room on matrix.

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