The OpenMandriva community has announced the availability of OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 with the code name Argon. OpenMandriva is a direct descendent of Mandriva Linux, and it is the first GNU/Linux distribution to use the LLVM toolchain since 2015.

Preview of OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 Desktop - Latte Dock mode

The main highlights of OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 are as follows.

  • With the improved OM Welcome app, OpenMandriva makes it easy to configure most of the applications with a single click. This makes the OpenMandriva experience even better.
  • Linux Kernel 5.10.14 (5.11-rc7 is also available)
  • VLC 3.0.12.1
  • Falkon browser 3.1
  • SimpleScreenRecorder 0.4.3
  • Qt 5.15.2
  • KDE Frameworks 5.78
  • Plasma Desktop 5.20.5
  • KDE Applications 20.12.2
  • LibreOffice 7.1.0
  • Completed port to aarch64 (64-bit ARM processors)

For further details and screenshots, read the official release announcement published in OpenMandriva blog.

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OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 screenshots & preview video

01 OM Welcome - Intro01 OM Welcome - Intro02 OM Welcome - Features02 OM Welcome - Features03 OM Welcome - Configure03 OM Welcome - Configure04 OM Welcome - Configure0104 OM Welcome - Configure0105 OM Welcome - Applications05 OM Welcome - Applications06 OpenMandriva 4.2 Desktop06 OpenMandriva 4.2 Desktop07 About OpenMandriva Lx 4.207 About OpenMandriva Lx 4.208 Application Menu08 Application Menu09 Dolphin File Manager09 Dolphin File Manager10 Konsole Terminal Emulator10 Konsole Terminal Emulator11 Falkon Browser11 Falkon Browser12 Window Switching12 Window Switching13 Multitasking Overview13 Multitasking Overview14 VLC Media Player14 VLC Media Player15 SMPlayer15 SMPlayer16 GNOME MPV16 GNOME MPV17 Elisa Music Player17 Elisa Music Player18 Gwenview Image Viewer18 Gwenview Image Viewer19 Showfoto19 Showfoto20 Krita Image Editor20 Krita Image Editor21 LibreOffice21 LibreOffice22 OM Control Center22 OM Control Center23 OM Control Center - Options23 OM Control Center - Options24 Plasma System Settings24 Plasma System Settings25 Global theme settings25 Global theme settings26 Background Selection26 Background Selection27 Discover27 Discover28 Dnfdragora28 Dnfdragora29 Resource usage on idle state29 Resource usage on idle state30 OM Desktop presets30 OM Desktop presets31 Standard plasma preset31 Standard plasma preset32 Ubuntu preset32 Ubuntu preset33 Windows 10 preset33 Windows 10 preset34 Windows 7 preset34 Windows 7 preset35 macOS preset35 macOS preset36 Shutdown confirmation36 Shutdown confirmation

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