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KaOS Linux Sees First 2022 ISO Release with Initial ZFS Support, Latest KDE Goodies
The KaOS Linux team are kicking off 2022 with a new ISO release of their independently developed
GNU/Linux distribution inspired by Arch Linux and featuring the KDE Plasma desktop environment.
Still powered by the Linux 5.14 kernel series, which reached end of life about one and a
half months ago, KaOS Linux 2022.01 is here with the latest KDE Plasma 5.23.4 desktop
environment, which is accompanied by the latest KDE Frameworks 5.89 and KDE Gear 21.12 software
suites.
KaOS Linux’s first 2022 ISO release also comes with the latest and greatest Calamares
graphical installer (version 3.2.49.1), which received initial support for the ZFS file
system. This implementation, along with the ZFS (Zettabyte File System) userspace utilities
from the KaOS repositories, will allow you to use ZFS on KaOS Linux through the linux-next
kernel.
“When KaOS started in 2013, there was some serious consideration to base this distro
on Illumos. One of the biggest draws for Illumos was the ZFS filesystem,” explain the devs.
“Calamares received initial support for ZFS, and licensing issues should be no problem
if the needed modules are not built into the kernel but distributed as separate modules
instead.” Another important change in the KaOS Linux
2022.01 release is the availability of the long-term supported, production Nvidia 470.xx
proprietary graphics driver series. This replaces the new feature branch Nvidia 495.xx series,
which dropped support for Kepler-based cards, so owners of these GPUs will receive a fair
warning.
Under the hood, various core components have been updated. These include GCC 11.2, GNU
Binutils 2.73, Glib2 2.70.2, ICU 70.1, Boost 1.77.0, Python 3.9.9, systemd 249.7, Mesa
21.3.3, Vulkan 1.2.203, Wayland 1.20.0, Sudo 1.9.8p2, cURL 7.80.0, OpenLDAP 2.6.0, libffi
3.4.2, as well as Qt 5.15.3 and Qt 6.2.2.
You can download KaOS Linux 2022.01 right now from the official website or by clicking
the direct download link below if you’re in a hurry. Since KaOS Linux follows a rolling-release
model, existing users need only to updated their installations by running the sudo pacman
-Syu command in a terminal emulator.
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KDE Plasma 5.23.5 Released as the Last Update in the Series, Further Improves Plasma Wayland
The KDE Project released today KDE Plasma 5.23.5 as the fifth and last maintenance update
in the KDE Plasma 5.23 desktop environment series with more bug fixes and improvements.
KDE Plasma 5.23.5 is here about five weeks after the KDE Plasma 5.23.4 update and it’s
the last bugfix release for the KDE Plasma 5.23 “25th Anniversary Edition” desktop
environment, further improving various components, such as the Plasma Wayland session, which
received improvements to the advanced keyboard options, as well as to mouse and touchpad
settings to let you toggle between Flat and Adaptive acceleration profiles.
Moreover, the Plasma Wayland session now lets users switch Activities without displaying
a weird dummy entry in the Task Manager, improves mouse and keyboard input to no longer stop
working after turning a monitor off and then back on again, and lets you apply a “No
titlebar and frame” window rule without making the window very small.
The KDE Plasma 5.23.5 update also improves System Settings to no longer crash when trying
to install or update Global Themes or when trying to use the Get New Global Themes window
to update Global Themes, improves the Plasma Discover package manager to let you search
through your installed apps without showing Flatpak apps. and improves the new Plasma
System Monitor app to no longer crash when viewing processes in the tree view.
Also improved is the Kickoff application launcher, whose search function no longer fails when
there are multiple instances running, the Digital Clock’s calendar view, which now
always shows the right colors when using the Breeze Light Plasma theme or any other theme
with hardcoded light colors, as well as the System Tray, which now makes itself translucent
or opaque based on the settings of the parent panel.
Among other changes, Plasma now saves Bluetooth status on logout when using the “Remember”
option, Plasma panels now load a lot faster on login, various apps that draw certain type
of buttons no longer crash when using the Breeze application style, and accessing clipboard
data through Klipper actions or DBus queries now provides the full text.
A bunch of memory leaks were patched in some Plasma components to no longer cause the KWin
window and composite manager to crash when opening some third-party apps or the new Overview
effect. Also, Plasma Audio Volume Control’s toggling Configure button was fixed to work
on mouse click.
There are a total of 45 changes in this this update and you can always study the full changelog
for more details. Meanwhile, if you’re using the KDE Plasma 5.23 desktop environment series,
keep an eye on the stable software repositories of your GNU/Linux distribution for the Plasma
5.23.5 packages and update as soon as possible.
KaOS 2022.01 announced
KaOS with the latest KDE Plasma desktop environmentThe last stable version of 2022.01 has been announced.
While it is stated that the KaOS team is proud to announce that the first version is ready
for 2022, it is stated that three major changes have been made for the Calamares installer.
It is stated that a bootloader selection module has been added to Calamares; For UEFI installations,
it is said that it is now possible to choose between systemd-boot, rEFInd or bootloader
presented in a QML-based GUI. It is stated that the second change is the addition of
an interactive keyboard preview to the keyboard setup page; It is stated that the third is
the migration of the license page to QML. The new version that comes with the KDE Plasma
5.23.4 desktop environment; It includes KDE Frameworks 5.89.0 and KDE Gear 21.12. System;
GCC 11.2, Binutils 2.73, libffi 3.4.2, Glib2 2.70.2, ICU 70.1, Boost 1.77.0, Python 3.9.9,
Systemd 249.7, Curl 7.80.0, Mesa 21.3.3, It contains updated packages such as Firefox
95.0.2, Chrome 98, Thunderbird 91.4, GIMP 2.10.30, Ardor 6.9.0, Vulkan packages 1.2.203,
Wayland 1.20.0, sudo 1.9.8p2, Openldap 2.6.0 and Qt 5.15. KaOS 2022.01
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