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.
OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 Rock The Spring Release – OpenMandriva
https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/openmandriva-lx-6-0-rock-the-spring-release
2 Comments
CAVOK@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
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?
banazir@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
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.