The release of KaOS 2022.10 has been presented, a distribution with a continuous update model aimed at providing a desktop based on the latest KDE releases and applications that use Qt. Notable design features specific to the distribution include the placement of a vertical panel on the right side of the screen. The distribution evolves with an eye on Arch Linux but supports its own independent repository containing over 1500 packages, as well as offering a range of its own graphical utilities. XFS is used as the default filesystem. Builds are published for x86_64 systems (2.9 GB).
In the new release:
- Desktop components have been updated to KDE Plasma 5.25.90, KDE Frameworks 5.78, KDE Gear 22.08.1, and Qt 5.15.6 with patches from the KDE project (Qt 6.4 is also included). Improved support for Wayland.
- Package versions have been updated, including Linux kernel 5.19.13, Gawk 5.2.0, Bash 5.2, Systemd 251.5, DBus 1.14.4, Git 2.38.0, Mesa 22.1.7, Texlive 2022, Openssh 9.1, Libssh 0.10.4, and ZFS 2.1.6.
- Obs-studio and Avidemux have been migrated to Qt6.
- Dracut has been used instead of mkinitcpio to create initramfs images.
- The Calamares installer has been updated. A virtual keyboard has been added to facilitate system installation on devices without a keyboard. A choice between PulseAudio or Pipewire (default) has been provided. The slideshow displayed during installation has been completely redesigned. server An option for using ZFS filesystem in the partitions of the installed system has been provided.
The release of KaOS 2022.10 has been presented, a distribution with a continuous update model aimed at providing a desktop based on the latest KDE releases and applications that use Qt.
Source: opennet.ru
