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<p>An installation of <b>openmamba "rolling"</b> is done using the weekly snapshots media and by default provides access to
some archives of RPM packages called <i>repositories</i> or <i>channels</i> from which you can install additional software packages:
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<li><a href="/distribution/distromatic.html?tag=devel">devel</a> channel is
the main archive for software packages that constitute the current stable release of the openmamba distribution;
<li><a href="/distribution/distromatic.html?tag=devel-games">devel-games</a>
channel contains apart games which take a lot of storage space;
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<p>The packages in these repositories can be installed using the package management tool which comes integrated
with your openmamba desktop environment or using the command line commands <i>pkcon</i> and <i>smart</i> tools.
<p>Use of the "rolling" distribution is suggested to users who want to have continuous updates to the latest software
releases and who won't need to do major periodic upgrades each time a new milestone release is available.
<p>openmamba "rolling" release is the same used by distribution developers.
openmamba development is also based on other channels containing updates that are being checked as well as
channels where users or development groups can send their own contributions.</b>
For more information see the <a href="/distribution/development.html">development page</a>.
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<b>ADDITIONAL CHANNELS</b><br>
<p>The additional channels contain more up-to-date software packages which are considered stable but are waiting
to be fully tested before being made available to all users.
<p>In order to get updates from an additional channel you need to enable it in the <i>Software sources</i>
settings dialog of the openmamba packages management tool.
A channel can be as well enabled by command line by issuing the following command:
<pre>pkcon repo-enable channel_name</pre>
<p>It is not recommended to permanently enable these channels but sometimes it may be useful to temporary enable them
in order to selectively install some packages whose upgrade is needed or for testing purposes.
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<li>il canale <a href="/distribution/distromatic.html?tag=devel-makedist">devel-makedist</a>
is a transitory channel used to automatically port packages to all architectures;
<li>il canale <a href="/distribution/distromatic.html?tag=devel-kernel">devel-kernel</a>
contains the most recent release of the Linux kernel and related components;
<li>il canale <a href="/distribution/distromatic.html?tag=devel-kde4">devel-kde4</a>
contains the latest KDE4 desktop environment version that is being worked on for future upgrade;
<li>il canale <a href="/distribution/distromatic.html?tag=devel-xorg">devel-xorg</a>
contains the latest X.org graphica server version that is being worked on for future upgrade;
<li>il canale <a href="/distribution/distromatic.html?tag=devel-gnome">devel-gnome</a>
contains the latest Gnome desktop environment version that is being worked on for future upgrade;
<li>il canale <a href="/distribution/distromatic.html?tag=devel-java">devel-java</a>
contains recent upgrades regarding Java support.
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