published the distribution Nitrux 3.8.0 , built on the package base of Debian, KDE technologies and the initialization system openrc . The project offers its own desktop nx desktop , which is a superstructure over KDE Plasma. Based on the library maui for the distribution is developing set typical user applications , which 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 full loading image is 3.3 GB. The projects of the project are distributed under free licenses.
The NX Desktop desktop offers a different style design, its own implementation of the system tray, the notification output center and various plasmoids, such as the configurator of network connections and the multimedia applet to regulate the volume and control of the playback of multimedia content. From the applications created using the framework mauikit , you can note the Index file manager
(can be used by 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 3.8:
- by default, the Linux 6.12 core is involved with patch liquorix .
- Updated versions of packages, including Mesa 24.2.8, Firefox 132, nuts 2.1.9 (Nitrux update Tool System).
- The user environment of the NX Desktop continues to use KDE Plasma 5.27.11, KDE Frameworks 5.115 and QT 5.15.13. Recall that NX Desktop is a set of superstructures that are very tied to the Plasma 5 branch, so the distribution will not switch to KDE 6, and closer to the end of the year will be transferred by default to the Maui Shell shell that supports QT6.
- In the Calamares installer, the nucleus settings are changed to solve the problem with the system watches on some laptops.
- The sort of the OpenRC services by launch. To accelerate the load, some services from the launch levels “Async” (deferred parallel launch), “Default” and “Sysinit” are removed. Updated OpenRC package for rsyslog.
- Updated scripts for installing Flatpak packets of Steam, Bottles and HGL, as well as Libreoffice and Bauh Appymge Packets.
- The Desktop-Config file is updated to display notifications when starting a distribution in a virtual machine.