KaOS 2023.04 is released, a continuous update distribution aimed at providing a desktop based on the latest releases of KDE and applications using Qt. Of the distribution-specific design features, one can note the placement of a vertical panel on the right side of the screen. The distribution is developed with Arch Linux in mind, but maintains its own independent repository of more than 1500 packages, and also offers a number of its own graphical utilities. The default file system is XFS. Assemblies are published for x86_64 (3.2 GB) systems.
In the new release:
- Desktop components have been updated to KDE Plasma 5.27.4, KDE Frameworks 5.105, KDE Gear 22.12.2 and Qt 5.15.9 with patches from the KDE project (Qt 6.5 is also included).
- Separately, an iso image was created to test the components developed in the experimental branch, on the basis of which the KDE Plasma 6 release is being formed.
- Updated package versions, including Linux kernel 6.2.11, OpenSSL 3.0.8, CLang/LLVM 16.0.1, Libtiff 4.5.0, SQLite 3.41.2, Systemd 253.3, Python 3.10.11, Dracut 059, ZFS 2.1.10 , Gnupg 2.4.0, Libarchive 3.6.2.
- The composition includes the Signal Desktop messenger and Tokodon (a client for the Mastodon decentralized microblogging platform).
- On UEFI systems, systemd-boot is used to boot.
- IsoWriter, an interface for writing ISO files to USB drives, provides the ability to check the correctness of the burned images.
- LibreOffice 6.2 is used as the default office suite, built with kf5 and Qt5 VCL plugins that allow you to use native KDE and Qt dialogs, buttons, window borders and widgets.
- Added a Croeso login welcome screen that provides basic settings that may need to be changed after installation, as well as allowing you to install applications and view distribution and system information.
- By default, the XFS file system is enabled with integrity check (CRC) enabled and a separate btree index of free inodes (finobt).
- An option is available to verify downloaded ISO files against digital signatures.
Source: opennet.ru