NTC IT DEA released the Rosa Fresh 12 distribution on the basis of the new Rosa2021.1 platform. Rosa Fresh 12 is positioned as the first edition showing the possibility of a new platform. This release is designed primarily for Linux enthusiasts and contains fresh software versions. At the moment, only the image with the KDE Plasma desktop environment is officially formed 5. Releases with other user environment and server versions are prepared and will become available soon.
from the features of the new Rosa2021.1 platform, which came to replace Rosa2016.1, notes:
- transitioned with RPM 5 and URPMI package managers on RPM 4 and DNF, which made it possible to do the package system much more stable and predictable.
- Updated batch base. Including Updated GLIBC 2.33 (in reverse compatibility mode with Linux kernels to 4.14.x), GCC 11.2, SystemD 249 +.
- Added full support for the AARCH64 platform (ARMV8), including Russian Baikal-M processors. Support for E2K architecture (“Elbrus”) is in development.
- 32-bit architecture X86 is renamed from i586 in i686. The 32-bit architecture of X86 (I686) continues to exist, however, this architecture no longer tested the quality control department.
- improved minimum basic system, significantly reduced its size, provided by kernel in binary form (drivers for Wi-Fi / Bluetooth Realtek RTL8821CU, RTL8821CE, Broadcom (Broadcom-WL)) and their Delivery “from the box” , allowing you not to compile them on your computer; It is planned to expand the list of binary modules, including in the near future there will be a supply of nvidia proprietary drivers in the finished use without compilation.
- Anaconda is used as the installation program (installer), which, in collaboration with Upstrum, has been finalized to improve ease of use.
- automated operating system deployment methods: PXE, automatic installation by KickStart Scripts (Instruction).
- improved compatibility with RPM packets for RHEL distributions, CentOS, Fedora, SUSE: Added promotions to some character-name packages, a batch manager is compatible with them on the format of repositories metadata (for example, now if you install a RPM package with proprietary browsers Google Chrome connected to them own repository works).
- Significantly improved server part of the distribution: build
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