OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 Rock is now available with the KDE Plasma 6 desktop shipping by default while still offering both Wayland and X11 session options. There is also now an official server edition of OpenMandriva.
OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 has finally migrated to using the modern Plasma 6 desktop by default rather than Plasma 5. There are also desktop options available of GNOME 48.1, LXQt 2.2, Xfce 4.20, and COSMIC 1.0 Alpha for those interested in KDE alternatives.
OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 continues using the LLVM Clang compiler by default rather than GCC, which is one of the key differentiators between OpenMandriva and other Linux distributions out there most often relying on the GNU toolchain. With OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 the Linux 6.14 kernel is employed, which is also built using LLVM/Clang like with prior releases.
OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 also ships with the Chromium 135 browser while force-enabling JPEG_XL image support there, LLVM/Clang 19.1.7 as the default compiler version, Mesa 25.0.4 graphics drivers, and other package updates. Proton and Proton-Experimental are also available via the OpenMandriva Lx repository for those wanting to use Valve’s downstream of Wine outside the confines of Steam.
OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 also has introduced its first official Server Edition build for those wanting to use OpenMandriva for servers. OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 for servers includes a Zen-optimized option for those running on EPYC (or Ryzen) hardware, similar to the Zen builds of OpenMandriva Lx desktop for Ryzen.
Downloads and more details on the OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 release via OpenMandriva.org.
