It's powered by Linux kernel 4.8.6 and systemd 231

Mar 15, 2017 00:47 GMT  ·  By

Neofytos Kolokotronis from the Chakra GNU/Linux distribution was proud to announce a few moments ago the release and immediate availability of the Chakra GNU/Linux 2017.03 "Goedel."

Dubbed Goedel in memory of mathematician, philosopher, and logician Kurt Goedel, Chakra GNU/Linux 2017.03 is the first ISO snapshot of the KDE Plasma oriented distribution originally based on Arch Linux. The new release comes with a revamped Heritage theme and the Calamares installer with support for LUKS encrypted partitions.

"The installer, Calamares, has been updated to version 3.0.1.91. As a result, users are now able to install Chakra on btrfs and LUKS encrypted partitions. Calamares has received lots of partitioning enhancements and bug fixes since our previous ISO release and the installation process should be smoother than ever," reads today's announcement.

Here's what's new in Chakra GNU/Linux 2017.03 "Goedel"

Among the new components included in the Chakra GNU/Linux 2017.03 "Goedel" ISO snapshot, we can mention the KDE Plasma 5.9.2 desktop environment, KDE Applications 16.12.2 software suite, KDE Frameworks 5.31.0 collection of add-on libraries for Qt (both Qt 5.7.1 and 4.8.7 are included), Calligra 2.9.11 office suite, as well as the SDDM 0.14.0 login manager.

Under the hood, Chakra GNU/Linux 2017.03 is powered by the Linux 4.8.6 kernel and systemd 231. It comes with an updated graphics stack based on the Mesa 13.0.2 3D Graphics Library, X.Org Server 1.17.4, as well as the AMD Catalyst 15.9, Nvidia 370.28, Nvidia Legacy 340.98 and 304.132, xf86-video-nouveau 1.0.12, xf86-video-intel 2.99.917+722+g714052f, and xf86-video-ati 7.7.0 drivers.

As Chakra GNU/Linux follows a half-rolling release model, existing users will receive all the above updates via the distribution's repositories. As such, you don't have to download this ISO snapshot to keep your installations up to date, but only to make sure you have all the released updates installed. Newcomers and those who want to deploy Chakra on new PCs can download the Chakra GNU/Linux 2017.03 Live ISO image.

Chakra GNU/Linux 2017.03 uses KDE Plasma 5.9.2
Chakra GNU/Linux 2017.03 uses KDE Plasma 5.9.2

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Chakra GNU/Linux 2017.03 uses KDE Plasma 5.9.2
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