OpenMandriva Lx
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OpenMandriva Lx is a general-purpose Linux distribution maintained by the OpenMandriva Association for x86 (32/64-bit) and ARM computers.[5] It is a community-supported continuation of Mandriva Linux, which was active from 1998 (as Mandrake) until 2011. OpenMandriva is offered in a stable release edition, and (since 2023) a rolling release edition named Rome.[6] It uses the RPM Package Manager and uses KDE Plasma as its default desktop environment.[6]
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Developer | OpenMandriva Association and Cooker group |
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OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
Working state | Current |
Source model | Open source[1] |
Initial release | November 22, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-11-22) |
Latest release | 5.0[2] / 25 November 2023; 6 months ago (25 November 2023) |
Repository | |
Update method | dnf (command line), dnfdrake and dnfdragora (GUI) |
Package manager | DNF (RPMv4)[3][4] |
Platforms | AMD64, ARM64, i586 |
Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
Userland | GNU |
Default user interface | KDE Plasma 5, LXQt, GNOME |
License | Free software (mainly GPL) |
Official website | www |
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OpenMandriva Lx's development environment is an ABF (Automated Build Farm) which can manage the source code and compile it to binaries. ABF also creates the package repository and ISO images.[7][8]