openmamba is now available for the aarch64 (aka arm64) architecture, which is added to the x86_64, i586 e arm (armel) supported architectures. This makes openmamba potentially compatible with present and future devices based on 64-bit ARM architecture that have a standard GNU/Linux…
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openmamba “light” with LXQt desktop
The “light” version of openmamba is renewed by adopting the LXQt desktop environment which replaces the previous LXDE environment. Meanwhile, the main release continues to provide users with an always up-to-date KDE Plasma desktop environment. In the Downloads section all…
openmamba: subsystem updated to RPM 4 and DNF
After a period of development and testing, the openmamba software packages management and update subsystem has been updated and rebased on version 4 of the RPM manger package using DNF (which replaces YUM) for managing system updates. With this important…
openmamba returns to have a single maintainer
From this year the maintenance and development of openmamba have resumed a pace equal if not higher than in previous years. Working with continuity I have producted a substantial modernization of the package base of the rolling version of the…
#RESTART OPENMAMBA!
The openmamba project, after the previous announcement, is back up and under development. Thanks to the interest of many users it was possible to restart reviewing its organization and development processes. Now, under the expert guide of the team leader…
*** openmamba END OF LIFE announcement ***
The openmamba project officially closes after ten years of life. Website, services and repositories will continue to be available for an indeterminate period. The maintainer and founder of the project wishes to thank all the people that in the years have…
openmamba milestone4 (beta) and rolling updates
The development of the rolling distribution of openmamba keeps going since the release of the openmamba milestone3. It’s time to give some updates: milestone4 milestone4 release enters a beta phase. Packages repositories of this milestone release are available and will be synchronized periodically with upstream repositories…
openmamba milestone3
After some months in pre-release state, installation media of the milestone3 stable version are available for download with release 3.0.1. Users of existing pre-release milestone3 installations have already received system updates, while those who want to make new installations or use…
Linux Day 2015 – Ivrea (Italy)
24 ottobre 2015 At the LinuxDay 2015 held at Ivrea (Italy) there will be a talk about openmamba milestone3: features of the new O.S. release installation and usage On Saturday, October 24th 2015, from 9:30 am to 06:00 pm, you are all…
Migration from MySQL to MariaDB
Following today updates available in rolling release and shortly in milestone3, MySQL database engine will be replaced by MariaDB. MariaDB is a drop-in replacement of MySQL thus providing full compatibility, better performance and most important it is based on the…
