ROSA Desktop Fresh R10 Release Notes

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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.
• Dracut configuration 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.
• Now it's possible to configure acceleration methods for Intel video cards via XFDrake.
• Fixed issues with running 32 bit applications in 64 bit environment with hybrid graphics when Nvidia Optimus is used.
• Fixed issues with running some Mono applications in 64 bit environment.
• The collection of tools for CD and DVD burning cdrkit was replaced with cdrtools.
• Improved support for packages that still use sysvinit scripts instead of systemd units.
• Added extra OpenSSL libraries libcrypto.so.10 and libssl.so.10 for better compatibility with Fedora/RHEL.
• Fixed critical KRACKs attacks security vulnerability that affected WPA2 protocol. And other less important security vulnerabilities.
• Fixed artist info tab in Clementine player.
• New graphics in the installer.
• New local startup page for web browsers.

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 and LXQt are also planned.