ROSA Linux

ROSA Linux

Rosa Fresh 12 (KDE Plasma 5)
Developer	AO NTC IT ROSA
OS family	Linux (Unix-like)
Working state	Current
Source model	Open source
Initial release	1 December 2010; 14 years ago (2010-12-01)
Latest release	13[1]  / 28 February 2025; 2 months ago (28 February 2025)
Repository	mirror.rosalab.ru/rosa/rosa2021.1/repository/SRPMS/
Available in	Russian English French German Spanish Italian Portuguese
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.ru

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.

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,^[4] while LinuxInsider.com called ROSA "a real Powerhouse".^[5]