The release of the Nitrux 1.6.1 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. To install additional applications, the AppImages self-contained package system is being promoted. The boot images are 3.1 GB and 1.5 GB in size. 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. The package also includes applications from the MauiKit suite, including the Index file manager (you can also use Dolphin), Note text editor, Station terminal emulator, Clip music player, VVave video player and Pix image viewer.
In the new release:
- Desktop components have been updated to KDE Plasma 5.22.5, KDE Frameworksn 5.86.0 and KDE Gear (KDE Applications) 21.08.1.
- By default, the Firefox browser now comes in a self-contained AppImage package and runs in a sandboxed environment.
- Updated versions of programs, including the graphical editor Inkscape updated to release 1.1.1.
- The Calamares installer uses a new Summary QML module (a summary of planned actions that is shown before the installation starts).
- Packages with Linux kernel 5.14.8 (default), 5.4.149, 5.10.69, Linux Libre 5.10.69 and Linux Libre 5.14.8, as well as kernels 5.14.0-8.1, 5.14.1 and 5.14.85.13 with patches from the Liquorix and Xanmod projects.
Source: opennet.ru