14 DAY TRIAL // GNU/Linux developer Arne Exton released a new build of his Debian-based DebEX KDE Plasma distribution that updates the graphical installer to latest Calamares universal installer framework release.
Coming one and a half months after the previous build, DebEX KDE Build 171203 incorporates all the latest package updates from the upstream Debian GNU/Linux 10 "Buster" (Debian Testing) and Debian Sid (Debian Unstable) repositories, and updates the KDE components to KDE Development Platform 4.16.0 LTS and KDE Plasma 5:37 as default desktop environment.
It also ships with the Linux 4.13.4 kernel compiled by the developer with extra hardware support, but the biggest change, however, is the replacement of the Refracta Installer with the recently released Calamares 3.1.9 universal installer framework for GNU/Linux distributions, which lets users choose their preferred language when the installation starts.
"I have replaced Refracta Installer with Calamares 3.1.9 Installer Framework. Now you can choose the language when the installation starts," said Arne Exton in the release notes. "When it’s ready everything will be in your chosen language. Log into KDE as the ordinary user with password live or as root (superuser) with password root."
NetworkManager repalces Wicd
With the DebEX KDE Build 171203 release, the developer replaced the Wicd network connection manager with the more popular NetworkManager, as well as the Google Chrome web browser with Mozilla's Firefox Quantum, added SMPlayer as an alternative to VLC Media Player, and installed the Nvidia 384.90 proprietary graphics driver.
Study the list of installed packages to find out what else is included in this release. As with most of Arne Exton's distributions, DebEX KDE Plasma comes with Refracta Tools to allow users to build their own live ISO images based on Debian or DebEX. You can download DebEX KDE Build 171203 for 64-bit PCs right now from our website.
