The release of the Nitrux 1.8.0 distribution kit, built on the Debian package base, KDE technologies and the OpenRC initialization system, has been published. The distribution develops its own NX Desktop, which is an add-on to the KDE Plasma user environment, as well as the MauiKit user interface framework, on the basis of which a set of typical user applications is developed that can be used on both desktop systems and mobile devices. To install additional applications, the AppImages self-contained package system is being promoted. The size of the boot image is 3.2 GB. The developments of the project are distributed under free licenses.
The NX Desktop offers a different styling, its own implementation of the system tray, notification center and various plasmoids, such as a network connection configurator and a multimedia applet for volume control and media playback control. Applications built with the MauiKit framework include Index file manager (Dolphin can also be used), Note text editor, Station terminal emulator, Clip music player, VVave video player, NX Software Center, and Pix image viewer.
In the new release:
- Added an initial implementation of the Maui Shell user environment as an option. Two options have been proposed for launching Maui Shell: with its own Zpace composite server using Wayland, and by launching a separate Cask shell inside an X-server-based session.
- The main desktop components have been updated to KDE Plasma 5.23.4 (last release used KDE 5.22), KDE Frameworksn 5.89.0 and KDE Gear (KDE Applications) 21.12.0.
- Updated software versions, including Firefox 95, Kdenlive 21.12.0, Pacstall 1.7, Ditto menu 1.0.
- The pager and trashcan widgets have been added to the default Latte Dock. Auto-hide the top panel after 3 seconds in the presence of windows maximized to full screen.
- Maui Apps have client-side window decoration (CSD) enabled by default, you can change this behavior by editing the ~/.config/org.kde.maui/mauiproject.conf file.
- Packages with Linux kernel 5.15.11 (default), 5.14.21, 5.4.168, Linux Libre 5.15.11 and 5.14.20, as well as kernels 5.15.0-11.1, 5.15.11 and 5.14.15 are offered for installation. XNUMX-cacule, with patches from the Liquorix and Xanmod projects.
- The Calamares installer has been changed to use the XFS file system for installing the distribution.
- The package includes 113 AppArmor profiles.
- Two customizable pages have been added to System Monitor to track I/O intensity, available storage space, and GPU statistics (VRAM usage, GPU load, frequency, and temperature).
- Disabled Wayland-based KDE Plamsa session due to unresolved issues.
Source: opennet.ru