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The OpenMandriva project announced a few days ago the new version release rolling-release update file "OpenMandriva ROME 23.03", a distribution edition that uses a rolling release model.
The proposed edition allows access to new versions of developed packages for the OpenMandriva Lx 5 branch, without waiting for the formation of the classic distribution.
Main novelties of OpenMandriva ROME 23.03
The new version that is presented of OpenMandriva ROME 23.03 comes with new images and compatibility with new platforms and it is that in addition to the images released previously, OpenMandriva ROME 23.03 add server-centric images without GUI (also released as qcow2 images for virtualization), images with the LXQt desktop, and images for various devices and architectures based on aarch64, such as the Raspberry Pi 4 and 400, Rock 5B, Rock Pi 4, and Ampere servers.
Another of the changes that stands out is that the new versions of packages have been included, among which the Linux kernel 6.2 (by default, a kernel built on Clang and optionally on GCC is offered) and in which support for Intel Arc, Intel On-Demand included, plus it features Protection Load Balancing (PLB) for the IPv6 stack, among other things.
Another of the packages included is systemd 253 with the 'ukify' utility it is included to build, verify, and generate signatures for unified kernel images.
The Clang compiler which is used to create packages Updated to LLVM 15.0.7 branch. To compile all the components of the distribution kit, you can only use Clang, including a package with the Linux kernel built into Clang.
On the part of the updated graphics stack components are the versions of Xorg Server 21.1.7, Wayland 1.21.0, Table 23.0.0, of the user environments we can find KDE Frameworks 5.104, KDE Plasma 5.27.3, KDE Gears 22.12.3, of the other components included in this new version, gcc 12.2, glibc 2.37, Java 21, Virtualbox 7.0.6 stand out. .XNUMX.
In addition to this, it should be noted that from this new version, all Plasma 'Slim' ISO images offer a minimal Plasma 5 environment (1,8 GB instead of 2,9 GB) and leave users free to install what they really need.
The image contains the Desktop Presets (om-feeling-like) configurator, which offers a set of presets that allow you to make the KDE Plasma desktop look like other environments (for example, make it look like the Ubuntu interface, Windows 7, Windows 10, macOS, Plasma).
It is worth mentioning that it is mentioned that the training new builds with the LXQt user environment (1,7 GB), as well as server versions generated in variants for Aarch64, x86_64 and "znver1" systems (a build optimized for AMD Ryzen, ThreadRipper and EPYC processors).
Finally, it is mentioned that in all platforms and variants, in addition to including the packages and updates described above, the following can be found in them:
- Chromium browser 111.0.5563.64, with JPEG XL support patched in
- LibreOffice suite 7.5. 2.1, Krita 5.1.5, DigiKam 7.10
- Firefox 111
- More software updated to the latest version
- Flatpack compatibility
Finally if you are interested in knowing more about it about this release, you can check the details at the following link.
Download and get OpenMandriva ROME 23.03
For those interested in being able to test or install the new version of OpenMandriva ROME 23.03, they should know that ISO images from 1,7 to 2,9 GB have been prepared for download in size with KDE, GNOME and LXQt desktops that support Direct mode boot.
Additionally, and as already mentioned in the article, you can also find the new server builds, as well as images for the RaspberryPi 4 and RaspberryPi 400 boards.
As for those who already have the distro installed, they should have already received the updates released in this new version, but if you are not sure about it, you can execute the following commands to receive the complete update.
To do this you must open a terminal and in it you are going to type the following:
sudo dnf clean all;dnf clean all;dnf repolist sudo dnf --allowerasing distro-sync
And that's it, you can now enjoy the new updates.