After the year of development Published Distribution Release Redcore Linux 2101 , which is trying to combine the functionality of Gentoo with convenience for ordinary users. The distribution provides a simple installer that allows you to quickly deploy the working system, without requiring the revision of the components from the source texts. The users are provided with repository with ready-made binary packages, accompanied using a continuous update cycle (ROLLING-model). To manage packets involved its own sisyphus batch manager. To install It is proposed ISO-image with a KDE desktop, 3.6 GB (x86_64).
In the new version:
- Synchronization with Gentoo Testing Tree
As of May 31. - To set the choice of packages with the Linux kernel 5.11.22, 5.10.40 LTS and 5.4.122 LTS.
- updated versions
GLIBC 2.32, GCC 10.2.0, Binutils 2.35, LLVM 12, MESA 21.1.1, LIBDRM 2.4.106, Xorg-Server 1.20.11, Alsa 1.2.5, Pulseaudio 13.0, Gstreamer 1.16.3 KDE Plasma 5.21.5, KDE Apps 21.04.1. - browsers are offered Firefox 89.0, Chrome / Chromium 91, Opera 76, Vivaldi 3.8, Microsoft-EDGE 91 and Falkon 3.1.0-R1.
- Added support for self-sufficient packages in Flatpak format.
- Removed the need to enter a password when loading in Live mode.
- The composition includes Open-VM-Tools packages (work with VMware virtual machines) and SPICE-VDAGENT (AGET with a remote access protocol support for QEMU / KVM).
- in the sisyphus package manager updated documentation. When moving between Master branches (Stable) and Next (Testing), a memorization of user-defined use-flags, keywords and masks is implemented. Modified update logic – sisyphus now does not try to update the system to the Testing branch, but supports packages up to date based on Stable branch.
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