https://watch.linuxrenaissance.com/videos/watch/bb6d616e-1185-43a8-9f47-1a2253a7e5b0 With increased demand for OpenMandriva Linux, recently, I have done research work for you so you can make your decision whether or not you will give this distro a chance. I have provided you with a live chat with the president of OpenMandriva Association (you can re-watch the whole live-stream if you join my YouTube channel), and I will do a long-term review for those of you who are not satisfied my work this week. This review was done on a ThinkPad T580 laptop. 00:16 The elephant 01:39 Introduction story 03:46 Installation + History of OpenMandriva 10:57 How to update the OM + Interesting facts about OpenMandriva 14:00 How to download OM and the variety of options and spins 17:34 A guide through the "OM Welcome" app 24:13 How to enable Wayland on OM X11 KDE 26:08 How to properly update OM ROME via DNF / CLI 27:36 Information about upcoming OpenMandriva releases 28:38 What OpenMandriva is: From the perspective of OM Association president 31:55 My final conclusion OpenMandriva live stream part 1: https://youtube.com/live/qOxwb4-Liiw?feature=share OpenMandriva live stream part 2 with OM Association president and developer in chat: https://youtube.com/live/E3jZ2n3_ox0?feature=share Link for developers mentioned in the video: https://github.com/OpenMandrivaAssociation/mosh/blob/master/mosh.spec Ad-free and privacy-respecting version of this video: https://tux-edu.tv/w/3WJNrdyn9pS7ScDqMBuwTR Make sure to motivate me for more content by, at least, liking the video and leaving a comment. It means a lot to me. Sharing this video with your friends is most welcome as is following this channel! You can support my work financially here: https://ko-fi.com/darth, https://youtube.com/@LinuxRenaissance/join, Social links: My webpage: https://linuxrenaissance.com, My Matrix room: https://matrix.to/#/%23lrl:matrix.org, My PeerTube channel: https://tux-edu.tv/c/lxr, My YouTube chanel: https://youtube.com/@LinuxRenaissance/join, My Odysee channel: https://odysee.com/@LinuxRenaissance:1, This video was edited with Kdenlive. Intro / outro music is borrowed with permission from H0ffman: https://soundcloud.com/h0ffman/sets/protracker-amiga Mon, 04 May 2026 12:52:51 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://watch.linuxrenaissance.com https://watch.linuxrenaissance.com/lazy-static/avatars/9c56e2c1-4172-455c-9801-e3a8bad36429.gif https://watch.linuxrenaissance.com/videos/watch/bb6d616e-1185-43a8-9f47-1a2253a7e5b0 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://watch.linuxrenaissance.com/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.