The release of the Nitrux 3.1 distribution kit, built on the Debian package base, KDE technologies and the OpenRC initialization system, has been published. The project offers its own NX Desktop, which is an add-on to KDE Plasma. Based on the Maui library for the distribution, 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 full boot image is 3.3 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 using the MauiKit framework include Index file manager (Dolphin can also be used), Note text editor, Station terminal emulator, VVave music player, Clip video player, NX Software Center, and Pix image viewer.
The main innovations of Nitrux 3.1:
- By default, the Linux 6.4.15 kernel with Liquorix patches is used.
- NX Desktop components have been updated to KDE Plasma 5.27.9, KDE Gear 23.08.2 and KDE Frameworks 5.111. Updated package versions including Mesa 23.2.1 and Firefox 119.
- New versions of the AMD Vulkan driver 2023.Q4.1 and NVIDIA driver 545.29.02 have been proposed.
- Updated microcode for AMD and Intel processors. New firmware for amlogic, iwlwifi, qcom and usbdux drivers has been added to the linux-firmware package.
- The interface for updating the Nitrux Update Tool System has been improved (version 2.0.2 is in use).
- Desktop-config implements execution of the plasma-hud screen interface when a user session starts.
- When building the ISO image, the rootfs based on Debian Testing is used, not Debian Unstable (sid).
- The rsyslog package provides an OpenRC compatible init script.
Source: opennet.ru