OpenMandriva Lx 23.03 release: using Linux 6.2 kernel, Mesa 23 and KDE Plasma 5.27 desktop environment
CTOnews.com March 28, the OpenMandriva team recently released OpenMandriva Lx 23.03, a new update installation of OpenMandriva Lx's "ROME" rolling release version, which uses some of the latest technologies.
This version upgrades the kernel to the latest Linux 6.2, with KDE Plasma 5.27 LTS desktop environment series, KDE Frameworks 5.104 and KDE Gear 22.12.3 software suites, and new Flatpak generic and sandboxie binary format support.
Most importantly, OpenMandriva Lx 23.03 is equipped with the latest Mesa 23 graphics stack, Wayland 1.21.0, XOrg Server 21.1.7, LLVM / Clang 15.0.7, GNU Binutils 2.40, GCC 12.2, GNU C Library 2.37, systemd 253 and Calamares 3.2.61 graphics installer.
The various applications included have also been updated to the latest version. In this release, users can use LibreOffice 7.5.1 Office Suite, Firefox 111and Chromium 110browsers, Krita 5.1.5, digiKam 7.9 and GIMP 2.10.34 image editors, Calligra Suite 3.2.1, SMPlayer 22.7.0 and VLC 3.0.18 video players, VirtualBox 7.0.6, etc.
The official download address of OpenMandriva Lx 23.03 "ROME" is attached to CTOnews.com. In addition to the KDE Plasma version, users can download two other versions with GNOME and LXQt desktop environments.
The GNOME version is the GNOME 43.3 desktop environment version, and the LXQt version is the LXQt 1.2 desktop environment version. The OpenMandriva team recently announced that the LXQt desktop is a new version of ROME and Cooker variants and is an excellent choice for users using old hardware.
