Nitrux 3.6.0 (“ie”) Available for Download and Install
The latest version of the systemd-free Linux distribution, Nitrux, has been released for general usage and includes the beta of the upcoming NVIDIA 560 graphics driver.
Nitrux 3.6.0 is here and for those Linux users who prefer their distributions without systemd, you're in for a treat.
First and foremost, Nitrux “ie” (for “Improved Efficiency”) ships with the beta version of the NVIDIA 560 (version 560.28.03) and is the first of its kind from NVIDIA, because it automatically defaults to the open-source GPU kernel modules. Along with that comes the latest firmware files for AMDGPU (as of commit 65c5d9b1 from linux-firmware). Graphics get another boost, thanks to the latest MESA 3D Graphics Library (version 24.1.3).
The kernel version shipping with 3.6.0 is 6.9.12-1 (which is a Liquorix kernel for low latency).
Other updates include Firefox 128.0.3, Nitrux Update Tool System 2.1.5, AppArmor 4.01, and Plasma Desktop 5.27.11 LTS.
New additions include the multipath-tools package (for maintaining disk multipath device maps), a udev rule and config file to enable NVMe multipath by default, a monitoring utility to keep the Plasma Desktop process alive, even if the process terminates, and much more.
As usual, there are plenty of bug fixes and even some component removals (such as the NX Networks Plasmoid and bpftool).
You can read all about the latest version in the official release notes and download an ISO for installation from the Nitrux Sourceforge page.
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