OpenMandriva Lx has released its September 2026 rolling-release snapshot, ROME 26.09, featuring updated ISOs with KDE Plasma 6, GNOME, and a release-candidate LXQt edition. The ISOs have undergone quality assurance testing and are deemed safe for upgrades on existing systems, with maintainers claiming they are among the best they've produced recently. The release continues OpenMandriva's multi-desktop strategy, providing options optimized for both AMD Zen architectures and standard x86_64 builds, along with community-supported software choices. Users are advised to perform a full distribution sync for upgrades rather than a standard upgrade, ensuring system integrity while managing significant package transitions

OpenMandriva ROME 26.09 Released: Fresh Plasma 6, GNOME and LXQt ISOs

OpenMandriva Lx has released its September 2026 rolling-release snapshot, ROME 26.09, with ISOs dated 2026-09-27/28. The release ships in KDE Plasma 6 (Wayland and X11, plus generic x86_64 and AMD Zen "znver1" builds), GNOME, and a release-candidate LXQt edition. Maintainers say the ISOs passed QA across VirtualBox, QEMU/KVM, and bare-metal hardware, calling them "probably the best ROME Isos we have made in a long time" and safe to upgrade on existing systems.

OpenMandriva ROME 26.09 Released: Fresh Plasma 6, GNOME and LXQt ISOs @ Linux Compatible