OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 Rock The Spring Release – OpenMandriva
Happy Easter holidays! we made fruitful use of this time to provide you a nice surprise.
The independent, community controlled distribution OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 fixed point release (as opposed to the rolling release branch), is out right now.
https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/openmandriva-lx-6-0-rock-the-spring-releaseOpen linkView original on lemmy.ml
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Nice to see that Mandriva is still alive and kicking. Used it when it was still "Mandrake". Started as a recompile of RedHat optimized for 586, iirc.
What's the USP for Mandriva these days?
Mandriva is gone, but there's a couple of projects carrying its legacy. OpenMandriva is one of them, obviously. Mandrake was my first distro too, so I have a soft spot for it.
From my perspective, OpenMandriva's biggest strengths are that it's independent, non-derivative, community driven, and based in Europe. Unfortunately it's also small, but the people behind it seemingly do a lot with very little, so the community is passionate about the project.
Personally I'm just happy that there are smaller, non-corporate distros still out there providing alternatives. And OMLx seems like a pretty solid distro at that.
For their selling pitch, you can check their FAQ.