NITRUX 1.4.0 Distribution Release with Desktop NX Desktop

Published Production distribution nitrux 1.4.0 built on the Debian batch database, KDE technologies and the initialization system OpenRC . The distribution is developing its own desktop desktop NX Desktop , which is an add-in over the user environment of KDE Plasma. To install additional applications, the APPIMAGES self-sufficient package system is promoted and the NX Software Center Application Installation Center. The size of boot images is 3.1 GB and 1.4 GB. Project operations extended under free licenses.

Desktop NX Desktop offers other style design, own implementation of the system tray, the output of notifications and various plasmoids , such as a network connector configurator and a multimedia applet for controlling the volume and control of multimedia content reproduction. From the developed application project, an interface is also allocated to configure the NX Firewall firewall, allowing you to manage network access at individual applications.
Among the applications included in the basic delivery: File Manager Index
(You can use and Dolphin), Text editor Kate, Ark Archiver, Konsole Terminal Emulator, Chromium Browser, VVAVE Music Player, VLC Video Player, LibreOffice Office Package and Pix Image Viewer.

In a new release:

  • Desktop components updated to versions of KDE Plasma 5.21.4, KDE Frameworksn 5.81.0 and KDE Gear (KDE Applications) 21.04. Improved integration C KDE Plasma by the design and color schemes specific to Nitrux. Unified with a desktop design of the screen keeper.
  • updated applications, including
    Kdenlive 21.04.0,
    LibreOffice 7.1.2.2,
    Firefox 88.0.
  • Includes a new Communicator application to control the address book, written using the Maui framework.
  • from the basic delivery is removed Fgetty and Dash that have not been used. From the default application set, the KDE Partition Manager section editor is deleted.
  • To install, the selection offers packages with the Linux kernel 5.4.115, 5.10.33, 5.12, Linux Libre 5.12 and Linux Libre 5.10.33, as well as cores 5.11 and 5.12 with patches from projects liquorix and xanmod .

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