A year since the last release, the Redcore Linux 2201 distribution has been released, which attempts to combine the functionality of Gentoo with convenience for ordinary users. The distribution provides a simple installer that allows you to quickly deploy a working system without requiring rebuilding components from source. Users are provided with a repository with ready-made binary packages, maintained using a continuous update cycle (rolling model). Package management uses its own sisyphus package manager. For installation, an iso image with a KDE desktop is offered, 4.2 GB in size (x86_64).
In the new version:
- Synchronized with the Gentoo testing tree as of October 5st.
- Packages with the Linux kernel 5.15.71 (by default) and 5.19 are offered for installation.
- User environment updated to KDE Plasma 5.25.5, KDE Gear 22.08.1, KDE Frameworks 5.98.0.
- Updated package versions, including suggested glibc 2.35, gcc 12.2.0, binutils 2.39, llvm 14.0.6, mesa 12.2.0, Xorg 21.1.4, Xwayland 21.1.3, libdrm 2.4.113, alsa 1.2.7.2, pulseaudio 16.1, gstreamer 1.20.3, firefox 105.0.2, chromium 106.0.5249.91, opera 90.0.4480.84, vivaldi 5.4.2753.51, edge 106.0.1370.34.
- mq-deadline is used as an I / O scheduler for SATA and NVME SSDs, and the bfq scheduler is used for SATA drives.
- To increase the performance of multi-threaded games, the possibility of using the "esync" mechanism (Eventfd Synchronization) is provided.
- The base package includes a timeshift backup system that uses rsync with hard links or Btrfs snapshots to implement functionality similar to System Restore on Windows and Time Machine on macOS.
Source: opennet.ru