¶ What's New in ROME?
ROME is a new release from the OpenMandriva Association. Codename ROME.
It is recommended that you read the latest release notes on our wiki.
¶ Main features
¶ KDE
- Frameworks 5.98.0 (more information)
- Plasma 5.25.5 (more information)
- KDE Gear 22.08.1 (more information)
- Qt 5.15.6 (more information)
¶ Display subsystem
- Xorg - 21.1.4
- Wayland 1.21.0 (more information)
- Mesa 22.2.0 (more information)
¶ Core
- Kernel 5.19.8 (more information)
- systemd 251 (more information)
- LLVM/clang 15.0.0 (more information)
- binutils 2.39
- gcc 12.2 (more information)
- glibc 2.36 (more information)
- Java 20
- Zstandard - new real-time compression algorithm, providing high compression ratios implemented in our kernel, provides faster boot
OpenMandriva provides a clang compiled kernel. Users can install same version of kernel-release-desktop and kernel-release-desktop-clang for comparison.
¶ Installer
- Calamares 3.2.61 (more information)
¶ Applications
- LibreOffice 7.4.1
- Falkon 22.08.1
- Firefox 104
- Chromium browser stable 105
- Krita 5.1.0
- Gimp 2.10.32
- Calligra Suite 3.2.1
- Digikam 7.7.0
- SMPlayer 22.7.0
- VLC 3.0.17
- Virtualbox 6.1.38
- OBS Studio 28.0.1
The port to aarch64 (64-bit ARM processors) is completed, making it possible to build energy efficient PC replacements for less than $150.
Installable images are available for the PinebookPro, Raspberry Pi 4B and 3B+, Rock Pi 4A, 4B and 4C, Synquacer, Cubox Pulse and generic UEFI compatible devices, such as most aarch64 server boards. More aarch64 hardware support will follow shortly. This port also enables us to target a smartphone for the first time - an image running on the PinePhone is available (but should not yet be considered final quality).
