NixOS 24.05 Arrives with Linux 6.6 LTS, GNOME 46, KDE Plasma 6, and Lomiri
Dubbed “Uakari”, NixOS 24.05 is here six months after NixOS 23.11 “Tapir” with a new LTS (Long Term Support) kernel series, namely Linux 6.6 LTS, which should offer improved hardware support over the Linux 6.1 LTS kernel series used in the previous release.
NixOS 24.05 also adds support for the latest GNOME and KDE Plasma desktop environments, namely GNOME 46 and KDE Plasma 6. The MATE desktop environment has been updated as well to version 1.28, which can be used on Wayland by enabling services.xserver.desktopManager.mate.enableWaylandSession.
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NixOS 24.05 is Ready for Prime Time » Linux Magazine
If you're a fan of NixOS, you'll be thrilled to find out that the latest version, 24.05, is now available for general usage.
For those who don't know, NixOS is an open source Linux distribution that is based on the Nix package manager to create an immutable OS that relies on the atomic update model. It's known as the most up-to-date operating system while also offering the most packages. The new release adds 17,777 new packages and 16,249 updates.
NixOS is rock solid and, on the off-chance that something does happen, it's very easy to recover from problems.
The latest version uses kernel 6.6 LTS (which supports versions going all the way back to 4.19) and offers Gnome 46, Plasma 6, Mate 1.28, Cinnamon 6.0, and even adds support for the Lomiri desktop (think Ubuntu Unity). One thing to keep in mind, however, is that Wayland support is still experimental.
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NixOS 24.05 arrives with Gnome 46, Plasma 6, and the Linux kernel 6.6
Unleashed into the wild more than two decades ago, NixOS is a Linux distribution that uses the Nix package manager as its foundation. Starting in 2021, the stable NixOS releases arrived in May and November. The most recent one is labeled 24.05 and arrived on May 31st. Since the previous release, 2,491 contributors performed no less than 47,795 commits to the code.
The efforts mentioned above translate to 17,777 new packages, 16,249 updated packages, and the removal of 9,393 ones. This update also comes with 145 new modules, while removing 23. Lastly, 1,983 options were added and 304 were removed. The list of highlights includes the following...
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NixOS 24.05 released
Hey everyone, we are Weijia Wang and Jörg Thalheim, the release managers for this stable release and we are very proud to announce the public availability of NixOS 24.05 “Uakari”.
NixOS is a Linux distribution, whose set of packages can also be used on other Linux systems and macOS.
This release will receive bugfixes and security updates for seven months (up until 2024-12-31).