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GNU/Linux Kinneret was an operating system and a variety of applications supplied in a single package that was easy to operate and use (CD). The system does not mandate installation and/or complicated setup, and includes automatic hardware recognition, a wizard that facilitates easy connection to the Internet, as well as a rich and high-quality range of applications with maximum Hebrew support (with more languages to be supported later on).
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| 2016-01-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ROSA R7 "Desktop Fresh" |
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ROSA R7 "Desktop Fresh", a desktop Linux distribution featuring a customised KDE 4.14.8 desktop, has been released: "The ROSA company gladly presents ROSA Desktop Fresh KDE R7 - a distribution from the ROSA Desktop Fresh family with the KDE 4 desktop environment. Technical changes in comparison to the previous release (R6): the default set of applications has been adjusted - new programs include Kup for backups and Kamoso to work with web cameras, while KWallet has been removed from default installation; default installation now contains even more media codecs, including h.265; LTS kernel 4.1.15 is used by default, but separate repositories are available with kernel 4.2.x (x86_64, i586) and 4.3.x (x86_64, i586); X.Org Server has been updated to version 1.17.4, X11 drivers and libraries have been updated as well; MESA has been updated to 11.0.6; PulseAudio has been updated to 7.1; Chromium has been updated to 47.0; Firefox has been updated to 43.0.4 and Thunderbird to 38.3; LibreOffice has been updated to 4.4.7." See the release notes for more information and a list of package updates. Download the live DVD image from here: ROSA.FRESH.KDE.R7.x86_64.iso (1,927MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| ROSA is a Russian company developing a variety of Linux-based solutions. Its flagship product, ROSA Desktop, is a Linux distribution featuring a highly customised KDE desktop and a number of modifications designed to enhance the user-friendliness of the working environment. The company also develops an "Enterprise Server" edition of ROSA which is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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| 2024-04-02 |
Distribution Release: ROSA 12.5 |
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ROSA is a Russian Linux distribution which originally forked from the Mandriva family of distributions. The project's latest release, ROSA 12.5, provides two full features desktops (KDE Plasma and GNOME) along with two lightweight editions (LXQt and Xfce). "ROSA Fresh 12.5 offers a wide selection of installation images, allowing users to choose the optimal OS for their tasks. The updated version of the operating system includes five user environment options for three processor architectures (x64, i686, aarch64). Each version of the system contains a set of programs and components updated to the latest versions in the original ROSA design. You can choose from two fully functional graphical environments - KDE and GNOME, and two light systems with graphical interfaces - LXQt and Xfce; an option with a console, text interface for experienced users is also available - ROSA Fresh Server. The updated 6.6 kernel with long-term security support ensures optimal compatibility with the latest devices, and Mesa 23.3 graphics libraries, thanks to Steam support, open the door to the world of games and 3D graphics. Added expanded support for printers and scanners using ipp-usb and sane-airscan technologies, which makes it easier to use such peripheral devices." Additional information cab be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5, pkglist): ROSA.FRESH.PLASMA5.12.5.x86_64.iso (3,290MB), ROSA.FRESH.GNOME.12.5.x86_64.iso (3,288MB), ROSA.FRESH.SERVER.12.5.x86_64.iso (1,694MB). |
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| 2019-03-16 |
Distribution Release: ROSA R11 |
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Svetlana Savelyeva has announced the release of ROSA R11, a new stable version from the project that develops a set of desktop-oriented distributions (originally forked from Mandriva Linux). The new release is available in four variants featuring KDE 4, KDE Plasma, LXDE and Xfce desktops. Some of the improvements in this release include: updated Linux kernel 4.15; updated desktops - KDE Plasma 5.14.4.1, LXQt 0.14.0 and Xfce 4.13.2; added support for installing system on M.2 and NVME SSD storage devices; added file system support for FfFS flash drives to the ROSA installer; improved graphic subsystem when ROSA is used as a guest system in virtual machines based on KVM and Hyper-V; added firmware to installation images to support Epson scanners; the system now creates a universal initrd instead of a hardware-specific one by default; the new btrfs-progs 4.19.1 now includes support for zstd compression algorithm.... See the release announcement and release notes (both links in Russian) for further information. Download (pkglist): ROSA.FRESH.PLASMA5.R11.x86_64.iso (2,204MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.FRESH.KDE4.R11.x86_64.iso (2,055MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.FRESH.LXQT.R11.x86_64.iso (1,564MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.FRESH.XFCE.R11.x86_64.iso (1,680MB, MD5, torrent). Separate ISO images with support for booting on computers using the UEFI firmware implementation are also available. |
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| 2017-12-06 |
Distribution Release: ROSA R10 |
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Vladimir Potapov has announced the release of ROSA R10, the latest stable build of the desktop-focused distribution with support for KDE 4 and Plasma 5 desktop environments: "ROSA Desktop R10 is the second release based on the ROSA 2016.1 platform. The distribution is targeted mainly at the Linux advocates eager to try new software versions. According to the updates policy, the ROSA 2016.1 platform will have four years of technical support. Technical changes in comparison with ROSA R9: many system libraries, system and software packages were updated to their latest versions; Linux kernel 4.9.60 LTS is used by default, other kernel versions and variants are available in special repositories; the proprietary NVIDIA drivers have been updated to new versions - 384.90 and experimental 387.12 for the relatively new video cards, 340.104 for GeForce 8 and 9, 304.137 for GeForce 6 and 7; MESA has been updated to version 17.1.6 with OpenGL support up to version 4.5...." See the release announcement (in Russian) and release notes (in English) for more details. Download (pkglist): ROSA.FRESH.KDE.R10.x86_64.iso (2,004MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.FRESH.KDE.R10.x86_64.uefi.iso (2,022MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.FRESH.PLASMA.R10.x86_64.iso (2,030MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.FRESH.PLASMA.R10.x86_64.uefi.iso (2,043MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2017-06-08 |
Distribution Release: ROSA R9 "LXQt" |
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Vladimir Potapov has announced the release of ROSA R9 "LXQt" edition, a desktop-focused Linux distribution featuring the lightweight LXQt 0.11 desktop: "LXQt is the most lightweight and ascetic ROSA R9 edition. It is designed for machines which are not rich in resources (e.g. netbooks) and for users who like immediate reaction for any action. This ROSA will feel good even if you only have 512 MB of RAM. Specifics of LXQt in ROSA R9: all LXQt components are based on the freshest 0.11 branch with simplified ROSA theme, without compositing and desktop effects; we use NewMoon (PaleMoon) web browser - although compatible with Firefox ESR (which is used as a basis), it consumes significantly fewer resources; default installation includes some additional components for Internet users - Pidgin, qBitTorrent, Trojitá; the nomacs image viewer is installed by default, it also provides basic image manipulation facilities; Rosa Media Player and Audacious are included." See the release announcement (in Russian, includes screenshot) and release notes (in English) for more information. Download: ROSA.FRESH.LXQT.R9.x86_64.uefi.iso (1,409MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.FRESH.LXQT.R9.x86_64.iso (1,396MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.FRESH.LXQT.R9.i586.uefi.iso (1,413MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.FRESH.LXQT.R9.i586.iso (1,404MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2017-04-20 |
Distribution Release: ROSA R9 |
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Vladimir Potapov has announced the release of ROSA R9, a major update of the distribution which started as a fork of Mandriva Linux and which retains many of Mandriva's tools. The new version comes in two desktop variants - KDE 4 or Plasma Desktop 5.9: "ROSA R9 is the first release based on the new package platform 2016.1. The distribution is targeted mainly at Linux advocates eager to try new software. According to the updates policy, the R9 version of the ROSA distribution will have 4 years of technical support. Technical changes compared to ROSA R8: most of the system libraries, compilers and system/user software were updated to their new and latest versions (glibc, boost, GCC, Clang); a new additions to the repositories were made, e.g. LDC (the D language compiler), Meson (a powerful open-source build system); added a glibc patch, drastically boosting the load speed of the dynamic shared objects (DSO)...." Here is the brief release announcement, with additional technical details and changelog provided in the release notes. Download (pkglist): ROSA.FRESH.KDE.R9.x86_64.iso (2,064MB, MD5), ROSA.FRESH.KDE.R9.x86_64.uefi.iso (2,075MB, MD5), ROSA.FRESH.PLASMA.R9.x86_64.iso (2,085MB, MD5), ROSA.FRESH.PLASMA.R9.x86_64.uefi.iso (2,098MB, MD5). |
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| 2017-03-07 |
Distribution Release: ROSA R8.1 |
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Vladimir Potapov has announced the release of an updated build of the ROSA distribution, version R8.1. This is a bug-fix update for the KDE edition only, while the remaining flavours (GNOME, MATE and Plasma) are staying at version R8 (at least for now): "We are happy to present the correcting release of ROSA Fresh R8 platform by launching updated ROSA Fresh R8.1. This ROSA Fresh R8.1 release is primarily made for users who need stable LTS platform on modern hardware. This release contains all patches and software updates for Intel Skylake chipset and similar modern chipsets, also kernel 4.9.x is available right out of the box. ROSA Fresh R8.1 includes a lot of bug fixes, primarily for fixing network issues and some installation problems. Most important features and bug fixes: several fixes for installation and booting problems in live mode on some systems; Linux kernel 4.9.x LTS; Mesa 13.0.2 with support for OpenGL 4.5 to run modern games with free drivers...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information. Download: ROSA.FRESH.KDE.R8.1.x86_64.uefi.iso (2,000MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2016-08-02 |
Distribution Release: ROSA R8 |
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ROSA R8 has been released. ROSA is a Russian Linux company, previously cooperating with Mandriva and now building various Linux solutions for individual users and enterprises alike. Unlike the previous versions of ROSA, this one is delivered in four separate variants featuring, the GNOME 3.16, KDE 4.14, KDE Plasma 5.7 and MATE 1.12 desktop environments: "ROSA Desktop Fresh R8 is a distribution for enthusiasts in a constantly changing Linux world. It's the last release based on the ROSA 2014.1 platform. R8 is a stable release with two years of extended support (security updates will be provided until the third quarter of 2018). ROSA Desktop Fresh R8 features four desktop environments: KDE 4 - stable, recommended for home users; GNOME 3 - simple and easy to use; Plasma 5 - a new version of KDE, recommended only for Linux enthusiasts because it's not as stable as KDE 4; MATE - fast and lightweight for older hardware." The release announcement is provided in Russian only, but the project's English language Wiki pages have n brief overview as well as detailed release notes with a changelog. Download (pkglist): ROSA.FRESH.KDE.R8.x86_64.iso (1,945MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.FRESH.GNOME.R8.x86_64.iso (1,488MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.FRESH.PLASMA.R8.x86_64.iso (1,948MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.FRESH.MATE.R8.x86_64.iso (1,443MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2016-02-27 |
Distribution Release: ROSA R7 "Desktop Fresh GNOME" |
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Konstantin Kalmykov has announced the release of ROSA R7 "Desktop Fresh GNOME" edition, a desktop Linux distribution featuring a customised GNOME 3.16 desktop: "The ROSA company gladly presents ROSA Desktop Fresh GNOME R7 - a distribution from the ROSA Desktop Fresh family with the GNOME 3 desktop environment. As always, the distribution presents a vast collection of games, emulators and the Steam platform package, along with standard suites of audio and video communications software, including the newest version of Skype. All modern video formats are supported. The distribution includes the fresh LibreOffice version. This distribution contains GNOME 3.16 with new user-friendly notifications and a system tray. In this distribution we have replaced the old ROSA Elementary theme with a new Korora for GNOME Shell and EvoPop for GTK+. We have also replaced the icons. In LibreOffice we start using new grey icons." Read the release announcement (in Russian) and the release notes (in English) for more details and screenshots. Download: ROSA.FRESH.GNOME.R7.x86_64.iso (1,467MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.FRESH.GNOME.R7.x86_64.uefi.iso (1,480MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2015-12-12 |
Distribution Release: ROSA R6 "Desktop Fresh LXQt" |
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Sergey Aleksandrov has announced the release of ROSA R6 "Desktop Fresh LXQt" edition, a lightweight edition of ROSA that features the LXQt desktop for the very first time: "After several months of ROSA Desktop Fresh R6 KDE release, we are happy to announce a lightweight edition of Desktop Fresh R6 which uses LXQt desktop environment. Up to Desktop Fresh R5, we used to release lightweight editions on the basis of LXDE. However, LXDE is based on GTK+ 2 library stack which didn't get significant updates since the year 2011 - all new features are now implemented in the GTK+ 3 series. The old GTK+ 2-based LXDE is not dead and is still developed by a group of volunteers, but their progress is not as significant as LXQt's one. In particular, there was almost no significant difference in LXDE components between LXDE editions of ROSA Desktop Fresh R4 and Fresh R5. But our distribution has a 'Fresh' word in its name, so we decided to give a chance to a new desktop environment. And after several months of experiments, integration work and bug fixes, we are ready to present a new edition of ROSA Desktop Fresh which is based on LXQt." Continue to the release notes for further information. Download: ROSA.FRESH.LXQT.R6.x86_64.iso (1,276MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2015-07-25 |
Distribution Release: ROSA R6 "Desktop Fresh" |
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Ekaterina Lopukhova has announced the release of ROSA R6 "Desktop Fresh" edition, a desktop Linux distribution featuring a customised KDE 4.14.8 desktop: "The ROSA company gladly presents ROSA Desktop Fresh R6, the number 6 in the 'R' lineup of the free ROSA distributions with the KDE desktop as the main graphical environment. As always, the distro presents a vast collection of games and emulators and the Steam platform package along with a standard suite of audio and video communications software including the newest version of Skype. All modern video formats are supported. The distribution includes the fresh LibreOffice version, the full TeX suite for true nerds as well, along with best Linux desktop publishing, text editing and WYSISYG software. The LAMP/C++/ environment packages are waiting to be installed by true hackers. The distribution is based on the ROSA 2014.1 platform which includes two years support (till Q3 of 2016). A few more releases based on this platform are expected to be presented for the users in the future." See the release notes for more information and a list of package updates. Download: ROSA.FRESH.KDE.R6.x86_64.iso (1,835MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2014-12-25 |
Distribution Release: ROSA R5 "Desktop Fresh" |
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Ekaterina Lopukhova has announced the release of ROSA R5 "Desktop Fresh" edition, a desktop Linux distribution featuring an intuitive KDE 4.14.3 desktop: "The ROSA company is happy to present the long-awaited ROSA Desktop Fresh R5, the number 5 in the "R" lineup of the free ROSA distros with the KDE desktop as the main graphical environment. Changes in comparison with the previous release: KDE 4 desktop environment has been updated to version 4.14.3.; Firefox has been updated to version 34.0, ROSA repositories also provide Firefox ESR 24.8.0 with classical UI theme; fixed video playback problems in KLook and TimeFrame caused by migration to GStreamer 1.0 API; fixed issues with video preview in Dolphin; fixed problem with copying large files by means of kamera KIO slave...." Read the rest of the release notes for further details and system requirements. Download: ROSA.FRESH.KDE.R5.x86_64.iso (1,696MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2014-10-09 |
Distribution Release: ROSA R4 "Desktop Fresh" |
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Ekaterina Lopukhova has announced the release of ROSA R4 "Desktop Fresh" edition, a desktop Linux distribution featuring a customised and user-friendly KDE 4.13.3 desktop: "The ROSA company is happy to present the long-awaited ROSA Desktop Fresh R4, the number 4 in the "R" lineup of the free ROSA distros with the KDE desktop as the main graphical environment. The distro presents a vast collection of games and emulators, as well as the Steam platform package along with standard suite of audio and video communications software, including the newest version of Skype. All modern video formats are supported. The distribution includes the fresh LibreOffice 4.3.1, the full TeX suite for true nerds, along with the best Linux desktop publishing, text editing and polygraphy WYSISYG software. The LAMP/C++/ development environments are waiting to be installed by true hackers." Continue to the release announcement for a list of changes and major components. Download: ROSA.FRESH.KDE.R4.x86_64.iso (1,691MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2014-02-01 |
Distribution Release: ROSA 2012 R2 "Desktop Fresh GNOME" |
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Ekaterina Lopukhova has announced the release of ROSA 2012 R2 "Desktop Fresh GNOME" edition, an updated release of the project's desktop Linux distribution with GNOME 3.8: "ROSA company proudly presents the ROSA Desktop Fresh GNOME R2, the distribution based on the GNOME 3 desktop environment and the ROSA Desktop Fresh R2 code base. GNOME 3 modern desktop is the default GDM option, but users who do not wish to switch to the GNOME 3 GUI and desktop features, would want to switch to the GNOME Classic. GNOME Classic is the desktop environment targeted to users who prefer more traditional desktop experience. While based on GNOME 3 technologies, it provides the Applications and Places menus on the top bar, and a window list at the bottom of the screen. Last, but not least, we're presenting our own 'GNOME FallBack' mode." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: ROSA.FRESH.GNOME.R2.x86_64.iso (1,386MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2013-12-30 |
Distribution Release: ROSA 2012 R2 "Desktop Fresh LXDE" |
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Alexander Kazancev has announced the release of ROSA 2012 R2 "Desktop Fresh LXDE" edition, an updated build of the project's lightweight distribution for the desktop: "The ROSA company presents a new update pack in the 'R' lineup — the ROSA Desktop Fresh R2 LXDE. The ROSA Desktop Fresh R2 LXDE is based on the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment and the ROSA Desktop Fresh R2 code base. This LXDE edition meets all the criteria for being simple and beautiful - the simplicity of the GUI brings the maximum work speed. The desktop is based on the GTK+ 2 framework, but some of the components use the most recent GTK+ 3 and GNOME 3 updates. The ROSA Desktop Fresh R2 LXDE features: all recent code and packages updates available by 24 December 2013; the LXDE base components have been updated to their latest stable versions: PCManFM 1.1.2, LXPanel 0.6.1...." Here is the complete release announcement. Download: ROSA.FRESH.R2.LXDE.x86_64.iso (1,039MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2013-12-06 |
Distribution Release: ROSA 2012 R2 "Desktop Fresh" |
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Ekaterina Lopukhova has announced the availability of an updated build of ROSA 2012 "Desktop Fresh" edition, a desktop Linux distribution featuring an enhanced KDE 4.11.3 desktop: "ROSA is announcing a new major release pack for the 'R' series of its distributions - the ROSA Desktop Fresh R2. The 'R' lineup is targeted to the experienced users who care for fresh updated versions of the software and for those with new modern hardware. The R2 release includes all the updates, bug fixes and features added since the R1 release. The ROSA Desktop Fresh R2 is based on the KDE graphical desktop environment. The GNOME and LXDE editions are expected shortly as well. Users already using the ROSA Desktop Fresh 2012 R1 will get all the updates through the stardart software update process. The ROSA Fresh R2 features: better Btrfs support; KDE updated to version 4.11.3...." Read the rest of the release announcement for a full list of improvements. Download: ROSA.FRESH.KDE.R2.x86_64.iso (1,544MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2013-06-20 |
Distribution Release: ROSA 2012 R1 "Desktop Fresh LXDE" |
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Ekaterina Lopukhova has announced the release of ROSA 2012 R1 "Desktop Fresh LXDE" edition, a lightweight Linux distribution for the desktop: "ROSA is glad to announce a further expansion of ROSA Desktop Fresh R1 distribution series - an update of its distribution based on lightweight desktop environment, LXDE. This distribution uses the same code base as the recently-released ROSA Desktop Fresh R1. The main difference is a tendency to be minimalistic while preserving flexibility and usability. The new version includes only really necessary software and is built with the 'the easier the faster' principle in mind - high work speed is achieved at the expense of simple interface and absence of effects. The release is based on the time-proved GTK+ 2 framework, though some components are using the latest developments from GTK+ 3 and GNOME 3." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download: ROSA.FRESH.R1.LXDE.x86_64.iso (941MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2013-06-09 |
Distribution Release: ROSA 2012 R1 "Desktop Fresh" |
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Konstantin Kochereshkin has announced the availability of an updated build of ROSA 2012 "Desktop Fresh" edition, a desktop-oriented Linux distribution with a highly customised and enhanced KDE 4.10.3 desktop: "ROSA is glad to announce a new release of its distribution for the Linux community - ROSA Desktop Fresh R1. ROSA Desktop Fresh R1 is a new distribution based on the ROSA Fresh platform. The 'R' series is targeted at advanced users and enthusiasts who will appreciate rich functionality and freshness of distribution components without serious loss of quality. This series is developed by ROSA with significant help of community. Users of ROSA Desktop Fresh 2012 are able to update their systems to ROSA Desktop Fresh R1 using official update mechanisms. The new version has a set of important new features: Windows Azure and Hyper-V support; Steam support; font smoothing has been improved significantly...." Read the rest of the release announcement for a full list of improvements. Download: ROSA.FRESH.KDE.R1.x86_64.iso (1,562MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2013-04-18 |
Distribution Release: ROSA 2012 RP2 "Enterprise Desktop" |
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Konstantin Kochereshkin has announced the availability of an updated release of ROSA 2012 "Enterprise Desktop" edition, code name "Marathon" and supported with security updates for five years. From the release announcement: "ROSA is pleased to announce the second update pack for ROSA Marathon 2012 operating system with an extended (5 years) period of technical support. The pack includes the up-to-date (as of April 2013) versions of applications as well as critical security fixes and updated kernel with extended hardware support. Also, we have re-branded this update pack, which is now called ROSA Enterprise Desktop X1. 'Marathon' is kept as a short code name synonym for the enterprise desktop product line. Marathon RP 2 contains most important backports from ROSA Desktop Fresh development branch that proved to be reliable and stable." Download: ROSA.MARATHON.X1.EE.x86_64.iso (1,489MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2013-02-12 |
Distribution Release: ROSA 2012 "Desktop Fresh GNOME" |
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Konstantin Kochereshkin has announced the release of ROSA 2012 "Desktop Fresh GNOME" edition, a desktop-oriented Linux distribution with GNOME 3.6.2: "ROSA community members have prepared a variation of the ROSA Desktop Fresh 2012 operating system with the GNOME desktop environment. Traditionally, original versions of ROSA Desktop operating system are provided with the KDE desktop environment which includes a lot of design modifications and functionality enhancements. A nice-looking ROSA theme and a set of brand-name applications highly integrated with KDE have already become recognizable ROSA features and made ROSA familiar to Linux users. However, some ROSA users prefer another desktop environment - GNOME. This desktop environment suggests its own approach to graphical environment and wider possibilities of integration with existing IT infrastructure." Here is the full release announcement with screenshots. Download: ROSA.Desktop.Fresh.2012.GNOME.x86_64.iso (1,151MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2012-12-20 |
Distribution Release: ROSA 2012 "Desktop.Fresh" |
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Konstantin Kochereshkin has announced the release of ROSA 2012 "Desktop.Fresh" edition, a desktop-oriented Linux distribution with the latest KDE desktop and a variety of home-made applications, utilities and tweaks: "ROSA is pleased to announce a new operating system for desktops - ROSA Desktop.Fresh 2012. The product is targeted at enthusiasts who are likely to appreciate the wide choice of fresh software components. ROSA Fresh edition is a non-commercial product distributed free of charge. The name underlines the fact that the system contains 'fresh' versions of user software and system components (compared to enterprise editions of ROSA). Among the major advantages one should mention excellent state of all repositories, stable work and fast boot of the system as a whole." See the full release announcement which includes a large number of screenshots and other information. Download links: ROSA.Desktop.Fresh.2012.i586.iso (1,488MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.Desktop.Fresh.2012.x86_64.iso (1,524MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2012-12-08 |
Development Release: ROSA 2012 RC "Desktop" |
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The release candidate of the "Desktop" edition of ROSA 2012 is out and ready for testing: "The ROSA team is pleased to announce the release candidate of the ROSA Desktop 2012 operating system. Less than three weeks remain until the final release of the distribution. The work on the new generation of the ROSA desktop operating system is coming to its end. This release candidate is the fourth and the last test version of the distribution. Since the alpha release in August, 2012 developers have significantly improved stability of the system, fixed all critical issues and added support for a wide range of modern hardware. Among the changes implemented by company engineers especially for the release candidate of ROSA Desktop 2012, one should highlight significant updates in the semantic desktop tool (TimeFrame) and improvements in the GRUB 2 boot loader." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information and images of the new icon set. Download: ROSA.2012.Desktop.RC.i586.iso (1,492MB, MD5), ROSA.2012.Desktop.RC.x86_64.iso (1,536MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-11-12 |
Distribution Release: ROSA 2012 "Enterprise Linux Server" |
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Konstantin Kochereshkin has announced the release of ROSA 2012 "Enterprise Linux Server", a server distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux: "The ROSA team is happy to announce ROSA Enterprise Linux Server (RELS) 'Helium' 2012 server operating system. RELS 2012 is based on a combination of a package base from Red Hat, the world leader in the server operating system market, modern open technologies from upstream and brand-name ROSA tools and applications. This allows to achieve binary-level compatibility with popular enterprise applications and at the same time extend the system functionality, e.g., for easier integration with existing corporate networks, visual server configuration and management, etc." Read the rest of the release announcement for features, technical specifications and other information. Download: ROSA-Server-2012-i386-DVD.iso (2,456MB, SHA256, torrent), ROSA-Server-2012-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,293MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2012-10-25 |
Development Release: ROSA 2012 Beta "Desktop" |
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Konstantin Kochereshkin has announced that the first beta build of ROSA Desktop 2012, a Linux distribution targeting desktop users with leading-edge features, wide range of system customisation options and a large variety of applications, is ready for testing: "The ROSA team is pleased to announce a beta version of ROSA Desktop 2012 operating system. The system is ready for testing on a wide range of desktop and mobile devices. The work on ROSA Desktop 2012 is coming to an end. Developers have 'frozen' the main repository, performed mass rebuild of system packages to ensure their compatibility (using our own development and build system - ABF) and fixed several compatibility issues found earlier." Read the rest of the release announcement for information on new features and bug fixes, as well as a video demonstration. Download: ROSA.2012.Desktop.Beta1.i586.iso (1,441MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.2012.Desktop.Beta1.x86_64.iso (1,483MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2012-10-10 |
Development Release: ROSA 2012.1 Alpha 2 |
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Konstantin Kochereshkin has announced the availability of the second alpha release of ROSA Desktop 2012.1: "The ROSA team is pleased to present an alpha 2 of the ROSA Desktop 2012.1 operating system. Major changes from the first alpha release include basic UEFI support and update of key system components and user applications. We have also significantly improved functionality of ROSA brand-name applications: SimpleWelcome, RocketBar, StackFolder, KLook and TimeFrame. In modern computers BIOS is replaced with a new interface between an operating system and platform firmware - Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). Basic UEFI support was added to the alpha 2 of ROSA Desktop 2012.1 to allow launching the system on a broad range of modern desktop machines." Read the rest of the release announcement for a list of major software components and a handful of screenshots. Download: ROSA.2012.Desktop.Alpha2.i586.iso (1,489MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.2012.Desktop.Alpha2.x86_64.iso (1,516MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2012-09-01 |
Development Release: ROSA 2012.1 Alpha |
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Konstantin Kochereshkin has announced the availability of the first alpha build of ROSA 2012.1 "Desktop" edition, a desktop Linux distribution originally forked from Mandriva Linux: "In this alpha release the main emphasis was made on libraries and core system software. We have successfully rebuilt packages from the main repository with new libraries and adopted our package base to RPM 5.4.x requirements. Versions of system components included in the alpha release: RPM 5.4.9, GCC 4.7 Linaro, glibc 2.15, KDE 4.9.0, Perl 5.14, Linux kernel 3.5.1, systemd 189, Qt 4.8.2, GTK+ 3.4.4, FFmpeg 0.11.1, PHP 5.4.6. Currently GRUB 0.97 is used as bootloader, but it will be replaced with GRUB 2 at next stages of ROSA Desktop 2012 development. Note: this alpha release only supports KDE 4!" Read the complete release announcement for more details and relevant links. Download: ROSA.2012.1.Alpha.i586.iso (1,484MB, MD5), ROSA.2012.1.Alpha.x86_64.iso (1,495MB, MD5).
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| 2012-08-17 |
Distribution Release: ROSA 2012 RP 1 |
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Konstantin Kochereshkin has announced the release of an updated build of ROSA 2012, a Mandriva-based Linux distribution. Labelled as RP (Release Pack) 1, this is largely a bug-fix release with a handful of package updates. From the release announcement: "Today we are announcing the first update pack for the ROSA 'Marathon' 2012 release (Release Pack 1). The Release Pack 1 includes all LTS updates and bug fixes available at the moment: users can now avoid some graphical cards issues which prevented booting into live mode or into initial installation by using safe mode; Firefox was updated to the latest LTS version 10.0.4 and the default Yandex search issue was fixed; Linux kernel was updated to 3.0.38; KDE updated to 4.8.3...." Download: ROSA.2012.RP1.MARATHON.EE.i586.iso (1,441MB, MD5), ROSA.2012.RP1.MARATHON.EE.x86_64.iso (1,468MB, MD5).
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| 2012-08-08 |
Distribution Release: ROSA 2012 "GNOME" |
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Denis Koryavov has announced the release of ROSA 2012 "GNOME" edition, a Mandriva-based Linux distribution featuring the GNOME 2 desktop: "After a month since RC1 I'm glad to announce ROSA Marathon 2012 GNOME edition final release. RM 2012 GE is a community-driven release with the GNOME 2.32 on the board. This release is intended for people who have not powerful machines, but do not want to use LXDE, or for people who do not want use GNOME 3. Software included: Linux kernel 3.0.38 with the latest security fixes; GNOME 2.32 software pack with the GDM 2.20 and original ROSA theme; Chromium browser 21; LibreOffice 3.4.5 LTS; ROSA Media Player 1.0; Pidgin 2.10; FBreader; GIMP 2.6; EasyTag; Cantarell font used by default." Here is the complete release announcement with screenshots. Download links: ROSA.2012.MARATHON.GNOME.i586.iso (1,211MB, MD5), ROSA.2012.MARATHON.GNOME.x86_64.iso (1,236MB, MD5).
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| 2012-06-20 |
Distribution Release: ROSA 2012 "LXDE" |
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Konstantin Kochereshkin has announced the release of ROSA 2012 "LXDE" edition, a Mandriva Linux fork featuring the lightweight LXDE desktop environment: "We are glad to announce the release of our community LXDE edition - ROSA LXDE 2012 LTS. The distro is based on ROSA Marathon packages and is 100% compatible with it. The only and main difference is the default graphic environment which is LXDE - Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment. This community release is designed primarily for users with old legacy hardware. Software versions: Linux kernel 3.0.28, LXPanel based on LXPanelx with some improvements from ROSA, PCManFM 0.9.10, LibreOffice, main European locales, Firefox 10, VLC 2, DeaDBeeF 0.5.2, LXDE Control Center, audio and video codecs by default." See the release announcement for system requirements and screenshots. Download: ROSA.2012.LTS.LXDE.i586.iso (791MB, MD5), ROSA.2012.LTS.LXDE.x86_64.iso (831MB, MD5).
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| 2012-05-13 |
Distribution Release: ROSA 2012 |
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Konstantin Kochereshkin has announced the release of ROSA 2012, a Linux distribution forked from Mandriva with the goal of delivering a functional and easy-to-use business desktop using KDE 4.8.2: "The ROSA company is pleased to inform that it has completed the work on ROSA 'Marathon' 2012 operating system - a Linux distribution with an extended 5-year technical support and with a focus on enterprise customers. We have optimized the package base of the officially supported main repository of the distribution by selecting the most stable and important components necessary for the enterprise, though still providing desktop users with possibility to install large variety of applications from our extended repositories. The distribution includes application software sufficient to fulfill most typical tasks." Read the press release and the detailed release notes for further information. Download: ROSA.2012.MARATHON.EE.i586.iso (1,425MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.2012.MARATHON.EE.x86_64.iso (1,453MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2012-04-28 |
Development Release: ROSA 2012 RC |
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Konstantin Kochereshkin has announced the availability of the release candidate for ROSA 2012, a desktop distribution forked from Mandriva Linux and enhanced with a variety of innovative desktop utilities and applications: "ROSA company has finished formation of a package base for the ROSA 2012 operating system. We are glad to announce the release candidate of the system which will be subjected to a series of final tests, but will not undergo any significant changes. ROSA Marathon 2012 RC includes the following major software components: Linux kernel 3.0.28 LTS with support for PAE, netbooks and modern Intel processors; KDE 4.8.2 with enhancements and patches from ROSA (SimpleWelcome, RocketBar, Dolphin 2.0); ROSA Media Player; Klook; updated drivers for Intel, NVIDIA and AMD chipsets with support for i3, i5, i7, GF6xxx and latest AMD products...." See the release announcement for a full list of features. Download: ROSA.2012.MARATHON.EE.i586.iso (1,360MB, MD5), ROSA.2012.MARATHON.EE.x86_64.iso (1.387MB, MD5).
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| 2012-04-07 |
Development Release: ROSA 2012 Beta |
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Irina Monakhova has announced the availability of the first public beta release of ROSA 2012, a new version of a desktop Linux distribution whose developers contributed many innovative components to Mandriva Linux 2011 and which has now developed its own Mandriva-based product: "We are happy to announce that the first ROSA 2012 beta is available today in our repositories. It will be a 5-year supported release, so it will be the first LTS (Long-Term Supported) release from our team. ROSA 'Marathon' uses KDE 4.8.1 as desktop environment. As opposed to previous version it has improved stability, performance and memory requirements. The core part of ROSA 2012 is Linux kernel 3.0.26. Driver stack is completely updated. For example, we now support the new Intel 'Sandy Bridge' architecture." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download: ROSA.2012.MARATHON.i586.101.iso (1,397MB, MD5), ROSA.2012.MARATHON.x86_64.101.iso (1,404MB, MD5).
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