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BIG FAT WARNING

How to update OpenMandriva system
OpenMandriva policy on system upgrade is different!
To upgrade system the distro-sync
command is needed instead of update
General
Official Naming Policy
OpenMandriva is not <put your distro here>
Download
- Default Download at SourceForge
- Wayland warning:
We provide also a ROME Plasma6 Wayland ISO, however we believe Wayland still not to be mature enough to replace X11 by default for most users.
Please note the Wayland ISO in VirtualBox almost always will boot to a black screen and will not work. It works fine on most hardware and in QEmu with KVM.
- Read here If you have trouble downloading OMLx nightly builds from abf
Q: Is there a plan for a release on ROME Server?
A: Yes it should be ready soon
About OMLx Spins (other desktops)
Installation
Before Installation
How to use Ventoy to install OpenMandriva
What to do if there is a problem installing OMLx
- Windows users - Rufus:
If you use Rufus you must select the ‘dd
’ mode, otherwise it will truncate the volume name and break the boot process.
After Installation
How To use dnf (any version of OMLx)
How to configure printer in OMLx
Alternative to default package manager and flatpak manager
sudo dnf install dnfdrake --refresh
sudo dnf install flatdrake --refresh
DnfDrake overview (needs screenshots update)
Q: Can I switch from Cooker to ROME or from ROME to Rock?
A: No, you should only move forward.
However there will be a short time frame when we sync the cooker repository to rolling (ROME), or the rolling repository to rock, at which point there won’t be a difference and switching should be safe.
Just make sure you do it exactly in the time frame between the sync and the next bigger update.
ungoogled-chromium
Can I install extensions or themes from the Chrome Webstore?
Forum and Support request
How to get better results when posting about problems
Resources (tutorials and tips&tricks category)
Resources Index
How to submit bug report to Github Issues (needs screenshots update)
Users Involvement
How to contribute user’s documentation
Testing
QA forum category
Help with testing OMLx
Getting Started with QA
ROME users
Keep up with this topic before upgrade your ROME system
ROME major upgrade expected
…
Rock users
OpenMandriva Lx Rock 6.0 will be released soon.
Notes:
Please note: This topic is a Work in Progress.
It will be supplemented by new content when needed.