The company “Basalt SPO” has announced the release of the distribution kit Simply Linux 11.1, which is based on the 11th ALT platform. This distribution offers an easy-to-use and low-resource system with a classic Xfce desktop that is fully Russified. Users are permitted to use the system without any restrictions under the licensing agreement, although distribution rights are not transferred. The distribution is available for x86_64 and Aarch64 architectures.
The major changes in Simply Linux 11.1 include:
- New package versions, such as Linux kernel 6.12.61, Mesa 25.1.9, PortProton 1.7.3, and more.
- Updated design elements like rounded corners on the Whisker app menu, window shadows, and improved icon visibility on the desktop.
- Inclusion of the Mugshot utility for customizing user information displayed in the system.
- Introduction of the power-profiles-daemon process for energy management and profiles selection.
- Addition of an open-source nouveau driver for outdated NVIDIA cards.
- Use of RADV driver from Mesa for AMD video cards instead of vulkan-amdgpu.
- Replacement of pavucontrol with pwvucontrol for better PipeWire support.
- Changes to the installer process and login screen design.
- Adjustments to Xfce settings for better user experience.
- Enhanced access rights to home directories and file sharing capabilities.
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