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OpenMandriva build infrastructure switches to #ARM servers

▻https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/openmandriva-build-infrastructure-switches-to-arm-servers

OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 is out now

Among others, the port to aarch64 (64-bit ARM processors) is completed, making it possible to build energy efficient PC replacements for less than $150.

▻https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/openmandriva-lx-4-2-is-out-now

#openmandriva #kde #plasma5

OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 RC available for testing

▻https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/openmandriva-lx-4-2-rc-available-for-testing

Happy New Year!
OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 RC (Release Candidate) is out. This is the last straight line before we release our final product!

Release Candidate has the potential to be a final product.
A short time ago we anticipated the release of Beta in December, and the product got an intensive internal testing. The testers reported that current quality is more close to RC than Beta.
Basically, RC will become the final OMLx 4.2 release very soon, unless we get serious bug reports.

Bright and Shiny: Wallpaper Contest
▻https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/bright-and-shiny-wallpaper-contest

OpenMandriva Lx 4.1 will need more beautiful pictures.

Wallpapers-extra is a collection of 10 non-default wallpapers contributed by the users. The theme for this competition is “Bright and Shiny”, so try to stick to the theme.

“Mercury” (in all meanings) is an available subject as well, since it is the OpenMandriva Lx 4.1 codename. As usual, here are the rules: — All submissions should be original works, and carry a license equivalent to CC BY SA,

— Wallpapers could be Photography, Digital (...) #News

The best, until OpenMandriva does better : released OMLx 4.0
▻https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/the-best-until-openmandriva-does-better-released-omlx-4-0

OpenMandriva Lx 4.0 final release is out now! Exciting #News! Shortly after the release candidate we are very proud to introduce you the fruit of so much work, some visible and much more behind the scenes and under the hood. OpenMandriva Lx is a cutting edge distribution compiled with LLVM/clang, combined with the high level of optimisation used for both code and linking (by enabling LTO, and profile guided optimizations for some key packages where reliable profile data is easy to (...)

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« ▻https://wiki.openmandriva.org/en/4.0/Errata »
« ►https://github.com/OpenMandrivaSoftware »
« ►https://github.com/OpenMandrivaAssociation »
« ►https://sourceforge.net/projects/openmandriva/files/release/4.0 »

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OpenMandriva Lx 4.0 RC released
▻https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/openmandriva-lx-4-0-rc-released

Dear Community, We are almost there. Last step before the long awaited OpenMandriva Lx 4.0 is Release Candidate that we are happy to release today. This milestone got another turn of bug fixing, fine-tuning, and several updates including Plasma5 desktop, KDE Frameworks and KDE Applications, LLVM/clang, Java. Core packages updated: Kernel 5.1.0 KDE Plasma: 5.15.5 KDE Frameworks: 5.57.0 KDE Applications: 19.04.1 Qt Framework 5.12 Systemd 242 LLVM/clang 8.0.1 Java 12 Main packages updated: (...)

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« ▻https://wiki.openmandriva.org/en/4.0/RC/Release_Notes »
« ▻https://wiki.openmandriva.org/en/4.0/RC/Errata »
« ►https://github.com/OpenMandrivaSoftware »
« ►https://github.com/OpenMandrivaAssociation »
« ►https://sourceforge.net/projects/openmandriva/files/release/4.0 »

A promise for the best until OpenMandriva does better: OMLx 4.0 Beta
▻https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/a-promise-for-the-best-until-openmandriva-does-better-omlx-4-0-beta

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Dear Community,
Our first release in 2019 is OpenMandriva Lx 4.0 Beta, a close preview of the upcoming final release.

Since Alpha1, OMLx 4.0 got a huge number of fixes and improvements.
You may already be aware of some of them having read OpenMandriva Lx 4.0 Alpha1 follow-up, some more came afterwards.

#linux #gnu #openmandriva

OpenMandriva Lx 4.0 Alpha1 follow-up
▻https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/openmandriva-lx-4-0-alpha1-follow-up

OMLx 4.0 is under heavy development. New applications joined the list of system default installed ones. Some great improvements concerning Calamares installer: useful, pretty, and long awaited features. Last but not least, several bugs fixed since Alpha1 public release. On this regard we want to thank you very much for any bug report our users have submitted either at Forum or at Issue Tracker System, meanwhile we exhort you to please keep reporting any issue you may find, to give us nice (...)

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« ►https://issues.openmandriva.org »
« ►https://wiki.openmandriva.org/en/4.0/Alpha/Release_Notes »
« ►https://wiki.openmandriva.org/en/4.0/Alpha/Errata »

We proudly introduce you OpenMandriva Lx 4.0 major release Alpha1
▻https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/we-proudly-introduce-you-openmandriva-lx-4-0-major-release-alpha1

Dear Community, Some time passed after our latest public release OMLx 3.03 though we have been very active since then. Today we are proud to introduce you to OpenMandriva Lx 4.0 major release Alpha1. Big changes happened, such as we switched to RPMv4, and dnf as software package manager. We have had massive updates in the core system, and rebuilt everything with clang 7.0, giving you a significant speed increase. OMLx 4.0 now includes complete ports to aarch64 and armv7hnl platforms and (...)

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« ►https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNF_(software) »
« ►https://wiki.openmandriva.org/en/4.0/Alpha/Release_Notes »
« ►https://wiki.openmandriva.org/en/4.0/Alpha/Errata »
« ►https://forum.openmandriva.org »
« ►https://issues.openmandriva.org »
« ►https://github.com/OpenMandrivaSoftware »
« ►https://github.com/OpenMandrivaAssociation »
« ►https://sourceforge.net/projects/openmandriva/files/release/4.0 »
« ▻http://downloads.openmandriva.org/torrents/OpenMandrivaLx.4.0-PLASMA.x86_64.iso.torrent »

[Video] Porting OpenMandriva to various architectures
▻https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/video-porting-openmandriva-to-various-architectures

Hungry for the #News? Here it is folks! OpenMandriva goes again beyond - did you know that you can port it to various architectures? AArch64, armv7hnl, RISC-V, Ryzen - make your call! Interested? Then check out the video below, our freshly elected new President of the OpenMandriva association, Bero, presents this topic on Embedded Linux Conference in Edinburgh in October, and then delivers same to Linux Piter in St.Petersburg, Russia, early November (pictures below in portfolio). Feel (...)

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OpenMandriva Council: new Chairman elected and welcome to new entries
▻https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/openmandriva-council-new-chairman-elected-and-welcome-to-new-entries

First of all congratulations to Bernhard Rosenkränzer, aka bero, elected as new OpenMandriva Association Chairman. Bero is one of the most active developers inside OpenMandriva, and also one of the founders of the association. We also welcome two new Council members: Ben Bullard aka ben79 and Denis Silakov. Ben is one of the pillars of OpenMandriva, QA-Team member, he is the strongest link between the community and the development team (aka Cooker) and the most active forum user. (...)

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Renewal of OpenMandriva Council
▻https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/renewal-of-openmandriva-council

Dear Community,

here are the people who will stand in new Council for the next 2 years: Ben Bullard, Colin Close, Raphaël Jadot, Alexander Khryukin, Kate Lebedeff, Bernhard Rosenkränzer, Rugyada, Denis Silakov, Jean-Claude Vanier. The list has been unanimously approved by all members participating to the topic at Loomio, our decision-taking platform.

Congratulation everybody, and a special Welcome onboard! to Ben Bullard and Denis (...)

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ABF and File Store moved and improved
▻https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/abf-and-file-store-moved-and-improved

Improvements with our ABF (Automatic Build Farm) and File Store are essentially done now, as well as moving it to a remote part of a neutral country.

Thanks especially to our priceless ABF expert Alexander Khryukin (fedya), with a strong assist from Gabriel Craciunescu (crazy), HisShadow, Neil Gompa (Son_Goku), Raphael Jadot (ashledombos), and Bernhard Rosenkranzer (bero). What we are hoping to accomplish by this move: 1. Solve the stability problems we have seen with ABF lately (...)

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Important changes in “Issue Tracker” (Bugzilla) for package requests
▻https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/important-changes-in-issue-tracker-bugzilla-for-package-requests

Previously our bugzilla was set up to use ‘trivial/enhancement’ for package requests. Due to ongoing confusion with some users this has been changed. To make a request for new or updated packages in OpenMandriva first select your version of OMLx (currently OMLx 3 or Cooker) then under ’Importance’ select ‘Packaging’ and under ‘severity’ select ‘feature’. Then please include a brief description of what you want and why this should be an OM distribution package. Also please include a link to the (...)

#New_and_Announcements_about_OpenMandriva

The Atmosphere: Wallpaper Contest
▻https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/the-atmosphere-wallpaper-contest

While OpenMandriva Lx 4.0 is in the Cooker, we need the help of our fellow community for the wallpapers-extra contest. Wallpapers-extra is a collection of 10 non-default wallpapers contributed by the users. The theme for this competition is “The Atmosphere”, so try to stick to the theme. “Nitrogen” (the actual chemical element from the periodic table), is an available subject as well, since it is the OpenMandriva Lx 4.0 codename. Of course there are some rules: All submissions should be (...)

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Summer #News
▻https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/summer-news

Hello, Here are some quick news about the distribution: OpenMandriva Lx 4 is getting closer, Cooker already contains reworked base system including rpm4, dnf, kernels 4.17/4.18, glibc 2.27, clang 7, gcc 8.1, Python 3.7, Qt 5.11.1, KDE Frameworks 5.47, Plasma Desktop 5.13.2, KApps 18.04.2, LibreOffice 6.0.2 alternative desktops LXQt 0.13.0 and Lumina 1.4.0 are also available OMLx4 will include complete ports to aarch64 and armv7hnl platforms A RISC-V board has arrived - now we can start (...)

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« ▻https://lumina-desktop.org »

Development #News Week 2018-28
▻https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/development-news-week-2018-28

In preparation for OpenMandriva Lx 4.0 release, we’ve started a rebuild of all packages to detect errors and make sure everything is built with the current toolchains. The mass build also prepares for a special surprise feature of OMLx 4.0. The KDE updates that have just been/are about to be released (Frameworks 5.48.0, Plasma 5.13.3, Apps 18.04.3), and possibly future revisions, will make it into OMLx 4.0. An updated script is now available to allow upgrade from OMLx 3.03 to cooker (soon (...)

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Major updated packages for Lx 3
▻https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/major-updated-packages-for-lx-3

Good #News for OpenMandriva Lx 3 users. While OpenMandriva Lx 4.0 in on the way, we keep taking care of OMLx 3.03. Developers crisb, itchka, and TPG have made available a long list of updated packages just released to our updates repositories after the normal testing. Updated packages include Firefox 61.0.1, Thunderbird 52.9.0, Plasma 5.12.6, Quassel 0.12.5, Qt5 5.9.6, Libre Office 6.0.5, Mesa 18.1.3 and number of other updated KDE packages. Please report any issues in one of the Support (...)

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Why nvidia drivers sometimes don’t build when new kernel is introduced.
▻https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/why-nvidia-drivers-sometimes-don-t-build-when-new-kernel-is-introduced

Some users may have the misconception that as soon as a new kernel package is introduced then the existing nvidia kernel modules should automatically, right away work with the new kernel. By now we all should realize this does not work this way. Why? nvidia driver releases are designed to work up to a specific kernel version and often need to be patched to work with later kernel versions. Be aware that nVidia is closed source so these patches are mostly provided by nVidia or other kernel (...)

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Switching to RPMv4
▻https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/switching-to-rpmv4

Note: This is a cooker message, from Tomasz Paweł Gajc aka TPG, converted here as a blog post. All content is a quote from this thread. Hello, we are about to swtich RPM to version 4. Cooker and 3.0 may be broken for upcoming days, as we need to adapt our docker builders and scripts to RPM4 and DNF. Yes DNF6, and this means urpmi is going to say bye bye for cooker and 4.0. Bero and Nael Gompa (aka ngompa) are working on smooth upgrade process from 3.x to cooker/4.0 So what are the (...)

#News

« ▻https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/switching-to-rpmv4/1702 »
« ▻https://github.com/rpm-software-management »
« ►https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNF_(software) »