TUXEDO OS 2 Ships with Kernel 6.1 and the Latest Plasma 5.27 (UPDATED)
Founded in Germany in 2004, Tuxedo Computers is a company that specializes in selling laptops and desktop computers preinstalled with Linux operating systems.
Users can choose between Ubuntu and some of its flavors for the operating system or the in-house developed TUXEDO OS, with the latter being the company’s recommended choice.
Following the announcement of the first release of its in-house operating system TUXEDO OS in early October 2022, the company has now come out with its sequel, TUXEDO OS 2. So let’s see what has changed.
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TUXEDO OS 2 Released with KDE Plasma 5.27, Linux 6.1
A new version of TUXEDO OS has been released.
TUXEDO OS is primarily (though not exclusively) designed for owners of TUXEDO Computers laptops and PCs. The latest release, TUXEDO OS 2, is (surprise) the second major update to the Kubuntu-based distro, following last year’s debut release.
Users get to enjoy the latest KDE Plasma 5.27 release (back ported from KDE neon) riding atop Linux kernel 6.1, with Mesa 22.3.6, PipeWire 0.3.66, and Mozilla Firefox 110 along for the ride. Also included are the latest versions of both KDE Frameworks (v5.103) and KDE Gear (v22.12.2).
In all, some of the latest open source tech atop a dependable Ubuntu-based base.
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TUXEDO OS 2 is out of the incubator with more features than promised!
In previous articles, I reviewed the first version of TUXEDO OS and highlighted the promises made by TUXEDOComputers regarding the second version.
At the end of the last week, TUXEDOComputers announced the release of TUXEDO OS 2, after three continuous months of development, with improvements and updates that exceeded promises.