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 Rosa Fresh 12 (KDE Plasma 5) | |
| Developer | AO NTC IT ROSA |
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| OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | 1 December 2010 |
| Latest release | 12.5[1]  / 2 April 2024 |
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| Available in | |
| Package manager | RPM & DNF |
| Platforms | P5 (i586), AMD64 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Userland | GNU Core Utilities |
| Default user interface | KDE Plasma 5, GNOME, LXQt, Xfce |
| License | Mainly GPL and other free software licenses, minor additions of proprietary |
| Official website | www |
ROSA Linux is a Linux operating system distribution, developed by the Russian company 'AO NTC IT ROSA' (Russian: АО «НТЦ ИТ РОСА»). It is available in three different editions: ROSA Desktop Fresh, ROSA Enterprise Desktop, and ROSA Enterprise Linux Server, with the latter two aiming at commercial users. Its desktop computer editions come bundled with closed-source software such as Adobe Flash Player, multimedia codecs, and Steam.
ROSA Desktop Fresh 12.4, the latest desktop release as of 28 March 2023, is available with four different desktop environments: KDE Plasma 5, GNOME, LXQt and Xfce.[2] It also contains open source software developed in-house by ROSA, such as ROSA Image Writer or ROSA Media Player.[3] ROSA Linux has been certified by the Ministry of Defence of Russia.
ROSA originated as a fork of now defunct French distribution Mandriva Linux and has since then been developed independently. The ROSA company was founded in early 2010 and released the first version of its operating system in December 2010. It initially targeted enterprise users only, but in late 2012, ROSA started its end-user oriented distribution, Desktop Fresh. Before its bankruptcy, Mandriva developed its last releases jointly with ROSA.[4] Mandriva 2011 was also based on ROSA. Also MagOS Linux, is based on ROSA.
Although its main popularity is in the Russian language market, ROSA Desktop also received favorable reviews by several non-Russian online publications. German technology website Golem.de praised ROSA for its stability and hardware support,[5] while LinuxInsider.com called ROSA "a real Powerhouse".[6]
- ^ "РОСА анонсирует новую версию бесплатной ОС для домашнего использования РОСА Фреш 12.5" (in Russian). 2 April 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ "Releases". 23 April 2020.
- ^ "Our products". 19 February 2016. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ^ open, heise (2 July 2012). "OpenMDV: Das Community-Mandriva nimmt Gestalt an".
- ^ "Linux-Distributionen im Test: Rosa Desktop Fresh kooperiert mit aktueller Hardware - Golem.de".
- ^ "Rosa Is a Real Powerhouse - Reviews". LinuxInsider. 9 February 2016.