Siduction, the desktop-oriented Linux distribution based on the DEBIAN SID (Unstable) package base, has presented its latest release. The Siduction distribution was created in 2011 when it separated from the aptosid project to provide fresh versions of KDE from the experimental QT-KDE repository. This separation was a result of Aptosid splitting from the Sidux distribution in 2010 due to developers’ conflicts. Users can download assemblies based on KDE (3.5 GB), XFCE (2.7 GB), LXQT (3 GB), minimalistic “NOX” assembly (1 GB), and Xorg assembly (2 GB) for those who wish to customize their working environment. Notably, Siduction 2024.1 does not include assemblies with GNOME, Cinnamon, and Mate, as these can be installed from the repository.
The latest release of Siduction synchronizes its package base with the Debian Unstable repository. It features updated versions of the Linux 6.12 kernel, Systemd 257 system manager, and Calamares installer. Desktop options include KDE Plasma 6.2 with default Wayland support (previous versions used the KDE 5 branch), LXQT 2.1, and XFCE 4.20. The BTRFS file system support has been expanded, with the addition of the SNAPPER utility for snapshot management, inspired by SUSE Linux. Users now have the option to use the SystemD-Boot bootloader with BTRFS partitions, in addition to GRUB.
