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-syncPlease read Notes and Errata at OpenMandriva wiki official documentation.
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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