ROSA Desktop Fresh R10 Release Notes
From Rosalab Wiki
Revision as of 12:30, 30 November 2017 by Pulfer (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "ROSA Desktop R10 is the second release based on rosa2016.1 platform. The distribution is targeted mainly to the Linux advocates eager to try the new software versions. Accordi...")
This is a page snapshot, showing old (but not deleted) versions of images and templates.
ROSA Desktop R10 is the second release based on rosa2016.1 platform. The distribution is targeted mainly to the Linux advocates eager to try the new software versions. According to the updates policy rosa2016.1 platform will have 4 years of technical support.
Technical part changes in comparison with previous R9 release:
- Many system libraries, system and user software packages were updated to their new/latest versions
- Kernel version is 4.9.60 LTS. Other kernel versions are available in special repositories. For example, kernel 4.13 repositories: 64 bit, 32 bit.
- The proprietary Nvidia drivers were updated to new versions: 384.90 and experimental 387.12 for new video cards; 340.104 for GeForce 8 and 9; 304.137 for GeForce 6 and 7.
- Mesa version 17.1.6 with OpenGL support up to version 4.5 and improved performance for video games running on the free video drivers. The support for the new API Vulkan is also included.
- broadcom driver now supports kernels up to 4.13.
- Network connection issues with many USB WiFi adapters were fixed.
- The configuration of dracut was changed so that generic (rather than host-only) initrd images would be built by default. The resulting initrd images will be 3-4 times larger but more reliable because it will be less likely that important drivers are not included there.
Desktop environments
The R10 was released with two officially supported graphical desktop environments, KDE 4 and Plasma 5. The release notes for those environments see at the relevant wiki pages together with downloading links. The community releases of GNOME 3, LXQt and MATE are also planned.
