Downloads

This page shows all the available formats that can be downloaded in order to install and use the openmamba operating system.

Desktop and notebook:

openmamba livecd rolling

A ISO image of openmamba for live execution and installation providing a KDE Plasma based desktop environment and a basic set of preinstalled programs.

openmamba rolling livecd for x86_64 (english) 
File size: 2,2GB; Date: 2024-07-23; Md5: 136a70cfd8e5aeab9764c70672772749
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openmamba rolling livecd for x86_64 (italiano) 
File size: 2,2GB; Date: 2024-07-23; Md5: 0de84f8d0296b1225243cee3febfa054
   Features
  • live desktop system for Personal Computers (64 bit processor with AMD64 or compatible architecture)
  • graphical desktop environment based on KDE Plasma
  • live O.S. with fixed disk installation interface
   Requirements
A 64 bit Personal Computer (PC) compatible with the following minimum features:
  • AMD64 or compatible 64 bit processor
  • 4 GB of RAM (8 GB are recommended)
  • BIOS or (U)EFI with USB boot support
Additional requirements for system installation:
  • a fixed disk with 20 GB of free space or more
   Preparation
The ISO image file can be used in different ways:
  • traditionally ISO image file was intended to be burnt on a CD/DVD medium using an appropriate tool and performing the operation by writing the file as "disk image file";
  • the ISO image file can also be used to start openmamba on a virtualization system (e.g. VirtualBox, VMWare);
  • the image can be physically copied into a USB storage using a specific tool or the "dd" command:
    dd if=openmamba-livecd-snapshot-*.iso of=/dev/sdx bs=32M
  • the ISO image file can also be installed and prepared to boot from a USB storage drive providing storage data persistence by using the "Install openmamba on a USB device" tool which is available from an openmamba desktop.

openmamba livedvd rolling

A ISO image of openmamba for live execution and installation providing a KDE Plasma based desktop environment and a full set of preinstalled programs.

openmamba rolling livedvd for x86_64 (multilanguage) 
File size: 3,5GB; Date: 2024-07-21; Md5: 66614f8eccca55e5ed395f0d55ef920c
   Features
  • live desktop system for Personal Computers (64 bit intel compatibles processors)
  • graphical desktop environment based on KDE Plasma
  • live O.S. with fixed disk installation interface
   Requirements
A 64 bit Personal Computer (PC) compatible with the following minimum features:
  • AMD64 or compatible 64 bit processor
  • 4 GB of RAM (8 GB are recommended)
  • BIOS or (U)EFI with USB boot support
Additional requirements for system installation:
  • a fixed disk with 40 GB of free space or more
   Preparation
The ISO image file can be used in different ways:
  • traditionally ISO image file was intended to be burnt on a DVD medium using an appropriate tool and performing the operation by writing the file as "disk image file";
  • the ISO image file can also be used to start openmamba on a virtualization system (e.g. VirtualBox, VMWare);
  • the image can be physically copied into a USB storage using a specific tool or the "dd" command:
    dd if=openmamba-livedvd-snapshot-*.iso of=/dev/sdx bs=32M
  • the ISO image file can also be installed and prepared to boot from a USB storage drive providing storage data persistence by using the "Install openmamba on a USB device" tool which is available from an openmamba desktop.

openmamba diskimg-livecd rolling

A disk image of openmamba live to be copied on a USB pendrive or any other device supported at boot by your PC.

openmamba rolling diskimg-livecd for x86_64 (english) 
File size: 2,2GB; Date: 2024-07-24; Md5: f3e9d94d90cbb06116d5aa3a5ba94dbe
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openmamba rolling diskimg-livecd for x86_64 (italiano) 
File size: 2,2GB; Date: 2024-07-24; Md5: ffbe83bc2d83c04e5790a97c99c4c996
   Features
  • live desktop system for Personal Computers (64 bit processor with AMD64 or compatible architecture)
  • graphical desktop environment based on KDE Plasma
  • live O.S. with fixed disk installation interface
   Requirements
A 64 bit Personal Computer (PC) compatible with the following minimum features:
  • AMD64 or compatible 64 bit processor
  • 4 GB of RAM (8 GB are recommended)
  • BIOS or (U)EFI with USB boot support
Additional requirements for system installation:
  • a fixed disk with 20 GB of free space or more
   Preparation
Using any operating system providing the 'dd' run the following command:
  • gunzip -c openmamba-diskimg-livecd-*.img.gz | dd of=/dev/sdx bs=32M
  • after writing it is possible to use a disk partitioning software (e.g. gparted) to grow the disk partition size to fit the whole disk space;
  • the system provides support for persistent data storing and an utility for installing the system on your hard disk;
  • Boot on PCs through BIOS and (U)EFI;
  • It is possible to use any other openmamba distribution variants (livedvd, livecd-light, livecd-gnome) by copying the corresponding .iso file and changing the openmamba-live.iso to point to it.

Server and low-memory PCs:

openmamba livecd-light rolling

A ISO image of openmamba for live execution and installation providing a light desktop environment based on LXQt and a basic set of preinstalled programs.

openmamba rolling livecd-light for x86_64 (english) 
File size: 2,1GB; Date: 2024-07-22; Md5: 38b077b3ef0108e51d0701a5040933b6
openmamba rolling livecd-light for i586 (english) 
File size: 2,1GB; Date: 2024-07-22; Md5: c75f2bb2b5d86998e23905e606b4c2bb
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openmamba rolling livecd-light for x86_64 (italiano) 
File size: 2,1GB; Date: 2024-07-22; Md5: 0fcf2506ed47e5fcea69ee17b74951e0
openmamba rolling livecd-light for i586 (italiano) 
File size: 2,1GB; Date: 2024-07-22; Md5: 881bea94b3666d66fe85d2704b324c98
   Features
  • live desktop system for Personal Computers (32 or 64 bit Intel compatible processors)
  • desktop environment based on LXQt
  • live O.S. with fixed disk installation interface
   Requirements
A 32 or 64 bit Personal Computer (PC) compatible with the following minimum features:
  • processor: Intel Pentium III or higher or AMD K6/Duron/Athlon or higher
  • 2 GB of RAM (4 GB are recommended)
  • BIOS or (U)EFI with USB boot support
Additional requirements for system installation:
  • a fixed disk with 15 GB of free space or more
   Preparation
The ISO image file can be used in different ways:
  • Traditionally ISO image file was intented to be burnt on a DVD medium using an appropriate tool and performing the operation by writing the file as "disk image file"
  • The ISO image file can also be used to start openmamba on a virtualization system (e.g. VirtualBox, VMWare)
  • The ISO image file can altro be installed and prepared to boot from a USB storage drive providing storage data persistance by using the "Install openmamba on a USB device" tool which is available from an openmamba desktop.

Single-board devices:

openmamba diskimg-raspberrypi rolling

A disk image of openmamba for Raspberry Pi devices with a desktop environment based on LXQt.

openmamba rolling diskimg-raspberrypi for aarch64 (english) 
File size: 3,5GB; Date: 2023-12-28; Md5: 6740c5c85174e4f92067530ae0b07a57
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openmamba rolling diskimg-raspberrypi for aarch64 (italiano) 
File size: 3,5GB; Date: 2023-12-28; Md5: d2e5d1528166a76426b44ede90216649
   Features
  • live desktop system which can be immediately used without installation
  • LXQt desktop environment with multimedia support for audio and video
  • full networking support with the ability to perform updates and install additional packages
   Requirements
  • a Raspberry Pi device (recommended: version 4 with 4+ GB of RAM)
  • a 16 GB or bigger SD memory card
   Preparation
You may use any operating system providing the dd program to copy the image to a SD or microSD memory card:
  • insert the memory card and identify the corresponding device then replace /dev/sdx with your real device path in the following command
  • run the following command from a console window:
    gunzip -c openmamba-diskimg-raspberrypi-*.img.gz | dd of=/dev/sdx bs=32M
It is possible to use other applications which support the preparation of microSD for Raspberry Pi but in this case you may need to uncompress the archive in gzip format first.

openmamba diskimg-raspberrypi-plasma rolling

A disk image of openmamba for Raspberry Pi devices with KDE Plasma based desktop environment.

openmamba rolling diskimg-raspberrypi-plasma for aarch64 (english) 
File size: 3,7GB; Date: 2023-12-28; Md5: bbd7279be631617ec8f7b80b224fee0f
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openmamba rolling diskimg-raspberrypi-plasma for aarch64 (italiano) 
File size: 3,8GB; Date: 2023-12-28; Md5: 61f2ac236b923e0718b567732520f685
   Features
  • live desktop system which can be immediately used without installation
  • KDE Plasma desktop environment with multimedia support for audio and video
  • full networking support with the ability to perform updates and install additional packages
   Requirements
  • a Raspberry Pi device (recommended: version 4 with 4+ GB of RAM)
  • a 16 GB or bigger SD memory card
   Preparation
You may use any operating system providing the dd program to copy the image to a SD or microSD memory card:
  • insert the memory card and identify the corresponding device then replace /dev/sdx with your real device path in the following command
  • run the following command from a console window:
    gunzip -c openmamba-diskimg-raspberrypi-*.img.gz | dd of=/dev/sdx bs=32M
It is possible to use other applications which support the preparation of microSD for Raspberry Pi but in this case you may need to uncompress the archive in gzip format first.

Root filesystem archives:

These archives can be used by advanced users as a base to implement customized installations, for instance for embedded targets, as well as to create Docker base images.

openmamba rootfs rolling

A release of openmamba containing a root filesystem with KDE Plasma desktop environment for installation on different storage media and execution through different boot loaders and kernels.
It is intended for advanced users to make custom installations.

openmamba rolling rootfs for x86_64 (english) 
File size: 1,7GB; Date: 2024-07-07; Md5: d56a1d199389d339615cebd12a5d6de7
openmamba rolling rootfs for aarch64 (english) 
File size: 1,5GB; Date: 2024-07-07; Md5: 14df87d86487d5516c771bfb086b874b
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openmamba rolling rootfs for x86_64 (italiano) 
File size: 1,7GB; Date: 2024-07-07; Md5: 15a257e896f60b872eda642cff94586e
openmamba rolling rootfs for aarch64 (italiano) 
File size: 1,5GB; Date: 2024-07-07; Md5: 0c05e85331e1357b18e1d0cf64de61ed
   Features
  • live desktop system which can be immediately used without installation
  • KDE Plasma desktop environment with multimedia support for audio and video
  • full networking support with the ability to perform updates and install additional packages
   Requirements
The x86_64 version works on Personal Computer (PC) compatibles that meet the following minimum requirements:
  • Intel/AMD processor with 64 bit architecture support
  • 4 GB of RAM
  • a storage device (USB storage, SD, microSD, ..) providing at least 16 GB of space

The aarch64 version can work on platforms which meet the following minimum requirements:

  • recent Linux kernel with support for the hardware platform
  • the capability (dependent on the device technology) to boot the kernel and modify its boot options to set for example: root=/dev/sda1 or root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 or root=/dev/mmclbk1p1
  • 4 GB of RAM
  • a storage device supported by the Linux kernel and the device (SD, microSD, USB storage, ..) providing at least 16 GB of space
   Preparation

openmamba rootfs-light rolling

A light release of openmamba based on the LXQt desktop containing a root filesystem for installation on different storage media and execution through different boot loaders and kernels.
It is intended for advanced users to make custom installations.

openmamba rolling rootfs-light for x86_64 (english) 
File size: 1,5GB; Date: 2024-07-05; Md5: ef8686f444f29dd08ce378a11e9e8f00
openmamba rolling rootfs-light for aarch64 (english) 
File size: 1,4GB; Date: 2024-07-05; Md5: c9bee67fe4a6b69a5ba11a9b20e36865
openmamba rolling rootfs-light for i586 (english) 
File size: 1,5GB; Date: 2024-07-05; Md5: e2eae38ced11140151de0d665c2a77b6
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openmamba rolling rootfs-light for x86_64 (italiano) 
File size: 1,5GB; Date: 2024-07-05; Md5: 577ef3274a11e479e60f377cfaedbede
openmamba rolling rootfs-light for aarch64 (italiano) 
File size: 1,4GB; Date: 2024-07-05; Md5: 138136c55d0977e3e230be75afd4c747
openmamba rolling rootfs-light for i586 (italiano) 
File size: 1,5GB; Date: 2024-07-05; Md5: 29bfadee0f252f13a9a5ebef07d8aa95
   Features
  • live desktop system which can be immediately used without installation
  • LXQt light desktop environment with multimedia support for audio and video
  • full networking support with the ability to perform updates and install additional packages
   Requirements
The x86 and x86_64 versions work on Personal Computer (PC) compatibles that meet the following minimum requirements:
  • processor: Intel Pentium III or higher or AMD K6/Duron/Athlon or higher
  • 1 GB of RAM
  • a storage device (USB storage, SD, microSD, ..) providing 8GB of space

The arm and aarch64 versions can work on platforms which meet the following minimum requirements:

  • recent Linux kernel compatibile with the hardware platform
  • the capability (dependent on the device tecnology) to boot the kernel and modify its boot options to set for example: root=/dev/sda1 or root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 or root=/dev/mmclbk1p1
  • 512 MB of RAM
  • a storage device supported by the Linux kernel and the device (SD, microSD, USB storage, ..) providing at least 4 GB
   Preparation

openmamba rootfs-base rolling

A minimal release of openmamba containing a root filesystem for chroot installation of custom packages.
It is intended for advanced users to make custom installations.

openmamba rolling rootfs-base for x86_64 (multilanguage) 
File size: 135MB; Date: 2024-06-28; Md5: 2a5fea1dfe96bd11f8743f90e00d4006
openmamba rolling rootfs-base for aarch64 (multilanguage) 
File size: 128MB; Date: 2024-06-28; Md5: 4e2db0c7e5b6783f3a915853e814d9fa
openmamba rolling rootfs-base for i586 (multilanguage) 
File size: 135MB; Date: 2024-06-28; Md5: 7913be76293f8db8d44be93871720a12
   Features
  • minimal root filesystem providing base packages for installing packages via chroot
   Requirements
  • 32 or 64 bit Intel or ARM compatibile processor
  • 128 MB of RAM
  • a storage device providing at least 512 MB of space
   Preparation

Images for Docker:

On openmamba page at Docker Hub you may find the official Docker images based on the rootfs-base archive for the x86_64, aarch64 and i586 architectures.
openmamba at Docker Hub
The following command will download the image, create a container and run a shell:

docker run -it openmamba/openmamba /bin/bash