Downloading extremely frustrating

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I am trying to download the “rock” version. unfortunately i can not find a download that works. every bootable usb drive i try to make with rufus results in not being able to boot from the usb. no gui. no nothing. bios just bypasses it as not bootable and goes to the windows bootloader.

the download section it 1,000,000% over complicated. i could easily be downloading the wrong file because i mine as well be going down the yellow brick road.

please simplify downloading. when i click “download”, i should be directed to an .iso ( i prefer using torrents because my internet sucks). i shouldn’t be redirected to yet another menu. downloading should just be one menu deep. not 4 menus deep.

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Welcome! We are happy to see you.

What hardware do you have?

BTW, none of the torrents are current. If you use Rufus, please us DD mode. Once complete, it will show as not mountable, but it should boot fine.

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Rufus is one that people usually have problems with. Could you try using Balena Etcher and see if it works for you?

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And this:

To transfer the live/installation image to an USB storage device you may use:
KDE isoimagewriter, SUSE Studio ImageWriter, Balena Etcher, dd command line.
If you use other usb-writing tools as some Windows tools (e.g. Rufus) you must select the ‘dd’ mode otherwise it will truncate the volume name and break the boot process.

is here:
https://www.openmandriva.org/downloads

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Welcome to OpenMandriva. We’re glad you joined us! The others who have chimed in on this thread have got you set for success.

Yes, the project is aware that finding the right download can sometimes be frustrating. Work is being done to simplify the download process.

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Welcome! Glad you decided to join us.

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Sourceforge is probably the most straight forward way to download

I used Fedora Media Writer to write my image, but etcher is good too

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