Nitrux 2.9.0 has been published, which is 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. The distribution utilizes the maui library for developing typical user applications that can be used on both desktop systems and mobile devices. Additional applications can be installed using a system of self-sufficient Appimage packages. The size of the full loading image is 3.1 GB. The projects of the project are distributed under free licenses.
The NX Desktop offers a unique design style, 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 volume and control multimedia playback. Notable applications created using the mauikit framework include the Index file manager (which 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 in Nitrux 2.9 include:
- By default, it utilizes the Linux 6.3.9 kernel with patch liquorix