The Bourbon Start Menu and taskbar have been polished

Aug 28, 2016 22:28 GMT  ·  By

Softpedia has been informed today, August 28, 2016, by the developer of the Debian-based Q4OS GNU/Linux distribution about the immediate availability for download of a new stable release to the "Orion" series, version 1.6.

The biggest new feature of the Q4OS 1.6 "Orion" release is the latest Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) 14.0.3 desktop environment, an open source project that tries to keep the spirit of the old-school KDE 3.5 desktop interface alive. Q4OS always used the most recent TDE version, so Q4OS 1.6 is here to update it once again.

"The significant Q4OS 1.6 'Orion' release receives the most recent Trinity R14.0.3 stable version. Trinity R14.0.3 is the third maintenance release of the R14 series, it is intended to promptly bring bug fixes to users, while preserving overall stability," say the Q4OS developers in the release announcement.

Here's what's new in Q4OS 1.6

And now for the other new features and improvements implemented in the Q4OS 1.6 "Orion" operating system, which those who are using a previous release of the Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution will get via the official channels in the coming days. Make sure that you always keep your Q4OS operating system up to date with the latest patches.

Q4OS 1.6 comes with a slightly improved graphical desktop interface, as the development team has managed to further polish both the newly introduced Bourbon Start Menu and the taskbar. For example, the application icons will now resize proportionally to the system panel.

Additionally, the Native Desktop Profiler in-house built tool has been updated with a new, optimized 'software to install' list, which should come in handy to newcomers to this Trinity/Debian-based OS. The latest Live ISO images of the Q4OS 1.6 "Orion" operating system are now available for download via our website for 64- and 32-bit PCs.