14 DAY TRIAL // The Linux distribution ROSA Desktop Fresh R2 KDE has been announced by the ROSA company.
The new distribution uses the ROSA Desktop Fresh R2 OS and it's based on KDE, but the other flavors, GNOME and LXDE, should be available soon.
“The ‘R’ lineup is targeted to the experienced users who care for fresh updated versions of the software and for those with new modern hardware. The R2 release includes all the updates, bugfixes and features added since the R1 release.”
“The ROSA Desktop Fresh R2 is based on KDE graphical desktop environment. The GNOME and LXDE versions are expected shortly as well,” reads the official announcement.
According to the developers, users who are already using the ROSA Desktop Fresh 2012 R1 will get all the updates through the standard software update process.
Highlights of ROSA Desktop Fresh R2 KDE:
• The language and locale settings, keyboard layout and time zone are now set automatically through the GeoIP service if the network connection is up; • Better btrfs support has been implemented; • The KDE graphical desktop environment updated to version 4.11.3, various KDE bugs and regressions have been fixed (including some upstream issues as well); • Phonon has been updated to version 4.7.0; • LibreOffice has been updated to version 4.1.3 with fixed “freeze” bug while using the integration mode and Python3 support; • Clementine has been updated to version 1.2, featuring Russian social network VKontakte support; • Mozilla Firefox has been updated to version 25; • Mozilla Thunderbird has been updated to version 24.1.1; • Linux kernel has been updated to version 3.10.19; • The x64 installation now included the 32-bit main and non-free repos which will give users the possibility of installing Skype, Wine, TeamViewer, Steam, and some other programs without 64-bit support.
Check out the official announcement for a complete list of features. Download ROSA Desktop Fresh R2 KDE right now from Softpedia.