published release of the distribution Nitrux 2.6.0 , built on the DEBIAN package base, KDE technologies and the initialization system openrc . The project offers its own desktop nx desktop , which is a superstructure over the user environment KDE Plasma. On the basis of the library maui for the distribution, set typical user applications is developing that can be used both on desktop systems and on mobile devices. To install additional applications, a system of self -sufficient Appimages packages is moving. The size of the complete loading image is 3 GB. The projects of the project are distributed under free licenses.
The desktop of nx desktop offers a different style design, its own implementation of the system tray, the notification of the notification and various plasmoids , such as the configurator of network connections and a multimedia applet for regulating volume and controlling the playback of multimedia content. From the applications created using the framework mauikit , you can note the Index file manager
(you can also use Dolphin), Note text editor, Station terminal emulator, VVAVE Musical player, CLIP video player, NX Software Center application control center and PIX Viewer.
The main innovations nitrux 2.6:
- By default, support for the multimedia server Pipewire and the Wayland Protocol. The SDDM entrance manager as the option added the possibility of starting the KDE session based on Wayland.
- From the main ISO-image, DPKG, APT and PACKAGIT are removed (but left in Live-assembly). As priority
Program installation methods are declared Appymage and Flatpak formats. At the same time, using Distrobox tools, it is possible to use any package managers and distributions inside Nitrux.
Distrobox allows you to install and run any Linux distribution in the container and ensure its integration with the main system. - The components of the NX Desktop desktop are updated to the versions of KDE Plasma 5.26.4, KDE Frameworks 5.101.0 and KDE Gear (KDE Applications) 22.12. Updated versions of programs, including Mesa 23.0-Git and Firefox 108.0.1.
- by default, the Linux 6.1 core with patches liquorix is involved.
- by default, support for the packet catalog Flathub.
- Samba package is added to the composition