ROSA Enterprise Desktop X4 arrives with Kernel 4.15, KDE4 and more

ROSA Linux is a Linux distribution and operating system, developed by the Russian company LLC NTC IT ROSA. It is available in three different editions: ROSA Desktop Fresh, ROSA Enterprise Desktop and ROSA Enterprise Linux Server, targeting the last two to commercial users.

ROSA originated as a fork of the now defunct French Linux distribution Mandriva and since then it has developed independently.

Initially it was only aimed at business users, but at the end of 2012 ROSA began its end-user-oriented distribution, Desktop Fresh.

Various distributions targeting former Mandriva users, such as OpenMandriva Lx or MagOS Linux, are now based on ROSA.

About the new version of ROSA Enterprise Desktop X4

Recently the ROSA company presented the new version of ROSA Enterprise Desktop X4, based on the ROSA Desktop Fresh 2016.1 platform with KDE4 desktop.

This new version adds support for a large number of hardware configurations, ease of installation and use even for users who are starting in linux.

When preparing the distribution, special attention is paid to stability as it only includes tested components that have been tested on ROSA Desktop Fresh users.

The operating system is fully optimized to work in a corporate environment and can be combined with other products developed by STC IT Rosa, including certificates, which allow building an infrastructure of any complexity.

Of the new features of ROSA Enterprise Desktop X4 highlights the new line of rosa-desktop kernels based on ROSA and Ubuntu patches for better hardware support.

With which the default Kernel is Linux 4.15 with Ubuntu 18.04 patches and includes additional features like Full Preemption mode and support for SELinux instead of AppArmor.

In this new version of the distribution you can find ROSA Audit Viewer, which is the completion of a series of ROSA corporate utilities for corporate users.

Among this you can find Two-Factor Authentication on Login to improve data security (optional).

An updated wizard to connect to Windows AD domain with autofill of most parameters.

Also an updated installer with the ability to install on NVme and M.2 SSD and use F2FS, Btrfs with Zstd and other non-standard configurations.

other developments

The basic version of the operating system includes a wide range of applications that allow you to start working immediately after installation: Firefox-ESR browser, Mozilla Thunderbird email client, LibreOffice office suite, GIMP and Inkscape image editors, KDEnlive video editor, Pidgin messaging client, media players and other applications.

The RED X4 is compatible with the “1C” family of programs and CryptoPro utilities, as well as with many other proprietary programs.

The new version of the distro uses version 4.15 of the Kernel, although versions 4.18, 4.20 and 5.0 are also available in the repositories.

The KDE4 desktop has the integration of new KDE5 programs, updating the design and using components specially developed for ROSA.

The design and ergonomics of the system are done in the corporate style, using elements and programs developed specifically for ROSA: SimleWelcome, Klook, RocketBar and others.

System management, including entry into Windows AD and FreeIPA domains, is done through graphical utilities integrated into a single KDE control center

The main Firefox-ESR browser is built into KDE, although the Yandex.Browser browser can be selected as an add-on.

Java programs are supported using the pre-installed java-1.8.0-openjdk.

Download and get ROSA Enterprise Desktop X4

The ROSA installation images Enterprise Desktop X4 are not publicly available and they are available only if ordered separately.

You can obtain the image of the system, you only have to go to the official website of the project where you can find the information to request the image of the system.

The link is as follows.


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