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title: OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 New
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date: 2020-12-18T11:48:51.212Z
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dateCreated: 2020-02-27T16:27:56.804Z
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# OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 New

It is recommended that you read the latest [release notes](/releases/current) on our wiki.

## What's New in OpenMandriva Lx 4.2?
OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 is a new release from the OpenMandriva Association. [Codename](/releases/codename) Argon.

## Main features

### KDE

- Frameworks 5.77.0 [*(more information)*](https://www.kde.org/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.77.0.php)
- Plasma 5.20.4 [*(more information)*](https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.20.4.php)
- Applications 20.12.0 [*(more information)*](https://kde.org/announcements/releases/2020-12-apps-update/)
- Qt 5.15.2 [*(more information)*](https://www.qt.io)

### Display subsystem

- Xorg 1.20.10
- Wayland 1.20.10 [*(more information)*](https://wayland.freedesktop.org/releases.html)
- Mesa 20.3 [*(more information)*](http://www.mesa3d.org/)

### Core

- Kernel 5.9.14 [*(more information)*](https://www.kernel.org/)
- systemd 247 [*(more information)*](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/)
- LLVM/clang 11.0 [*(more information)*](http://llvm.org/)
- gcc 10.2 [*(more information)*](https://gcc.gnu.org/)
- glibc 2.32 [*(more information)*](http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/)
- Java 15
- Zstandard - new real-time compression algorithm, providing high compression ratios implemented in our kernel, provides faster boot

### Installer

- Calamares 3.2.33 [*(more information)*](https://calamares.io)

### Applications

- LibreOffice 7.1.0
- Falkon 3.1
- Firefox 83
- Chromium 87
- Krita 4.4.1
- Calligra Suite 3.2.1
- Digikam 7.1
- SMPlayer 20.6.0
- VLC 3.0.11