Release Announcement: Nitrux 2.6.0 "ff" (UPDATED)

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 02, 2023,
updated Jan 07, 2023

We are pleased to announce the launch of Nitrux 2.6.0. This new version combines the latest software updates, bug fixes, performance improvements, and ready-to-use hardware support.

Read on

UPDATE

• Nitrux Linux 2.6: A New Approach to Package Management

  Nitrux 2.6 has arrived, featuring Plasma 5.26, Linux kernel 6.1, and a new approach to package management that does away with APT and DPKG commands.

  Nitrux is a special Linux distribution. It is desktop-focused, based on the Debian unstable branch distro, featuring a heavily modified KDE Plasma desktop environment, the MauiKit application framework, and a unique approach to package management.

  That means there will be no conventional package management here. Instead, all the apps you need can be installed as Flatpak packages, AppImages, or inside Distrobox containers.

Jack Wallen:

• Nitrux 2.6 is Available with Kernel 6.1 and a Major Change - Linux Magazine

  The developers of Nitrux have officially released version 2.6 of their Linux distribution with plenty of new features to excite users.

  Nitrux 2.6 is available and there are some serious changes to the distribution. First and foremost, dpkg, apt, and PackageKit package managers have been removed in favor of AppImage or Flatpack.

  In the release, FlatHub has been enabled by default, and there are plenty of applications that can be installed with that system.

  Users of the Live version of Nitrux will notice that the standard package managers are still available, but once the operating system has been installed, those package managers are no longer enabled.

Christine Hall:

• Why Nitrux Linux 2.6.0 Isn’t for Everybody and Doesn’t Try to Be

  Developers announced on Monday the release of Nitrux 2.6.0, code named “ff.” To paraphrase something that the folks at a certain cigarette company used to say, this new Nitrux isn’t for everybody.

  Nitrux is a Linux distribution based on Debian’s unstable branch, with additional packages from Ubuntu LTS repositories. Its default desktop environment is NX Desktop, which is basically KDE Plasma enhanced with what it calls “plasmoids” to fit with the developers sense of aesthetics and functionality, some of which is made necessary by the distro’s increasingly unorthodox approach to software management.