Ubuntu users or those of us who follow Canonical news are used to seeing a new release every six months. In this way, the company that runs Mark Shuttleworth ensures that they always have one (or more) versions on the market that include all the news. On the other hand, it also releases LTS versions every two years that enjoy greater support, which ensures greater stability. This is how Mandriva works, who have had the pleasure of announce el release of OpenMandriva 4.0.
It is not exactly the same as the LTS versions of Ubuntu, but OpenMandriva 4.0 has been in development for almost two years. The new version includes many interesting new features, among which we have Linux 5.1 or the Mesa 19.1 graphics stack. It also includes full support for the AArch64 and ARMv7hnl platforms, as well as other AMD processors. Here are the most outstanding news that comes with v4.0 of what was Mandriva and Mandrake in the past.
Highlights of OpenMandriva 4.0
- Kernel 5.1.9.
- KDE Plasma: 5.15.5.
- KDE Framework: 5.58.0.
- KDE Applications: 19.04.2.
- QtFramework 5.12.3.
- Systemd 242.
- LLVM/ clang 8.0.1.
- Java 12.
- Libre Office 6.2.4.
- Firefox Quantum 66.0.5.
- Crita 4.2.1.
- DigiCam 6.0.
- Xorg 1.20.4, Table 19.1.0.
- Squid 3.2.7.
- New apps included in this version:
- dnfdragora.
- kuser.
- KBackup.
- Open Mandriva Control Center.
- Open Mandriva Repository Management Tool.
In short, OpenMandriva 4.0 comes with updated packages of all your software. The KDE Applications 19.04.2 that were released last Thursday stand out. The version of Plasma it includes is the most up-to-date and polished of the 5.15 series, but can be upgraded to v5.16.1 if we add the KDE Backports repository. On the other hand, new software has been included, among which we have the relays of rmpdrake o draksnapshot.
Interested users can download OpenMandriva 4.0 from this link. Like many other distributions, we can run it from a Live USB or in a virtual machine, something recommended if we want to test it without losing any data. Have you already tried it? How about?