OpenMandriva Lx 4.3

In what seems to have become a trend, just when he gives up hope, a project pleasantly surprises Mayank Sharma with a new release.

- Mayank Sharma

IN BRIEF

OpenMandriva Lx is one of two actively maintained distros that can trace their lineage to Mandrake Linux of the late 1990s. The distro's development is governed by a French non-profit association. What sets it apart from its mainstream peers is that the RPM-based distro focuses its efforts solely on the KDE desktop.

SPECS

CPU: Any 64-bit processor

Memory: 2GB

HDD: 10GB

Build: 64-bit generic, 64-bit AMD, ARM64

Released after almost a year of development, the OpenMandriva developers didn’t plan to have a 4.3 release but decided to create it to push the changes made behind the scenes without keeping users waiting a few more months for version 5.0.

OpenMandriva Lx 4.3 is available as an installable live media. In addition to the generic 64-bit release, there’s also a version built specifically for the current generation of AMD processors including Ryzen, ThreadRipper, and EPYC. The developers claim this version outperforms the generic 64-bit release by taking advantage of new features in the AMD camp.