After its development cycle, which started after the release of the previous version, last Wednesday, September 23, KaOS 2020.09. As we read in the release note, This month they have taken the opportunity to update 60% of the packages, and among the updates we have many related to your desktop. To be more specific, they have updated KDE Frameworks, KDE Applications and Plasma to their latest versions, but the changes have not stayed there.
In each new release, we usually mention the kernel they have included, and in two months it has not given them much time in this regard. They have included one of the same series, but have gone from Linux 5.7.8 of the July release to Linux 5.7.19 of KaOS 2020.09, which is a more revised version and contains fewer bugs and security flaws. You have the rest of the most outstanding news after the cut.
Highlights of KaOS 2020.09
- Linux 5.7.19.
- KDE Applications 20.08.1.
- Framework 5.74.
- plasma 5.19.5.
- Qt 5.15.1.
- New Kdiff3 and Keysmith apps.
- Python3 3.8.5.
- ICU 67.1.
- Boost 1.73.0.
- Systemd 246.
- Git 2.28.0.
- LLVM / Clang 10 (10.0.1).
- Opencv 4.4.0.
- Gstreamer 1.18.0.
- Popper 20.9.0.
- Table 20.1.8.
- Network Manager 1.26.2.
- Pearl 5.30.3.
- Xorg-server 1.20.9.
- The Midna theme has been redesigned.
- Calligra as the default office app.
- Interface improvements. As examples, the theme has introduced minor tweaks and SSDM (login) now offers improved contrast and a totally new theme for the systemd-bootloader to replace the black background.
- Installer improvements. Among these, we have a map that shows the area or country where we want to install the operating system, and choosing it is as quick and easy as clicking on the map. This improvement is in addition to that of the July version that already allowed us to also choose the keyboard.
Existing users can now install the new version with the command sudo pacman -Syu. For new installations, the KaOS 2020.09 image is available at this link.