Users can easily update to the KDE Plasma 5.8.2 LTS desktop

Nov 7, 2016 02:20 GMT  ·  By

Two weeks after the release of Netrunner Core 16.09 "Avalon," the development team behind the Debian-based operating system proudly announced the availability of the Desktop Edition of the Netrunner 16.09 "Avalon" series.

Based on the latest software repositories from Debian GNU/Linux 8 "Jessie," Netrunner Desktop 16.09 "Avalon" is powered by the Linux 4.7 kernel and built on top of the KDE Plasma 5.7.5 desktop environment, which is accompanied by the KDE Applications 16.08 software suite, KDE Frameworks 5.26.0 collection of add-on libraries for Qt 5.7. However, users can update to KDE Plasma 5.8.2 LTS and KDE Frameworks 5.27.0.

"Please note that while we have chosen the same tested base versions as Netrunner Core, we also provide backports repositories which include the Plasma 5.8.2 release, Frameworks 5.27, and many more. The backports entries are already listed as part of your apt sources, and simply need to be enabled with a click in the first row," reads the release announcement.

New software versions included in Netrunner Desktop 16.09 "Avalon"

A complete tutorial for upgrading your new Netrunner Desktop 16.09 "Avalon" installation to the KDE Plasma 5.8.2 LTS desktop environment and KDE Frameworks 5.27.0 is provided on the distribution's homepage. Besides shipping with the most recent KDE technologies, the Netrunner Desktop 16.09 release comes with updated apps like Mozilla Firefox 49.0 web browser and Mozilla Thunderbird 45.3.0 email and news client.

Besides that, the GNU/Linux distribution includes a wide selection of open source and free applications, among which we can mention the LibreOffice office suite, VLC Media Player, Kdenlive video editor, Transmission BitTorrent client, GIMP image editor, Audacious audio player, Steam gaming distribution client, VirtualBox virtualization software, Krita digital painting app, InkScape vector graphics editor, and Skype VoIP client.

Download the Netrunner Desktop 16.09 "Avalon" 64-bit Live ISO image right now.

Netrunner Desktop 16.09 "Avalon" upgraded to KDE Plasma 5.8.2 LTS
Netrunner Desktop 16.09 "Avalon" upgraded to KDE Plasma 5.8.2 LTS

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Netrunner Desktop 16.09 "Avalon"
Netrunner Desktop 16.09 "Avalon" upgraded to KDE Plasma 5.8.2 LTS
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