Today is the day! — Nitrux 1.7.1 is available to download
We are pleased to announce the launch of Nitrux 1.7.1. This new version brings together the latest software updates, bug fixes, performance improvements, and ready-to-use hardware support.
Nitrux 1.7.1 is available for immediate download.
✨ What’s new
For new users of the distribution, we recommend performing a fresh installation using the latest available media. For users of the previous version (1.7.0), please check the Notes.
The 5.15.6 LTS kernel is now the default in the distribution.
We offer the latest mainline LTS and (as of this post) non-LTS kernels from our repository, currently 5.15.6 and 5.14.21. respectively.
- To install or reinstall either of these kernels, run one of the following commands.
sudo apt install linux-image-mainline-lts sudo apt install linux-image-mainline-current
We’ve updated the LTS 5.4 kernel to version 5.4.163.
- To install this kernel, run one of the following commands.
sudo apt install linux-image-mainline-lts-5.4
We also offer the latest (as of this post) Liquorix and Xanmod kernels from our repository, currently 5.15.0-6.1, 5.15.6, and 5.14.15-cacule, respectively.
- To install either of these kernels, run one of the following commands.
sudo apt install linux-image-liquorix sudo apt install linux-image-xanmod sudo apt install linux-image-xanmod-cacule
We also offer the latest (as of this post) Linux Libre LTS and non-LTS kernels from our repository, currently 5.15.6 and 5.14.20, respectively.
- To install either of these kernels, run one of the following commands.
sudo apt install linux-image-libre-lts sudo apt install linux-image-libre-current
We’ve updated the following components of the distribution. For a most extensive list of changes, see Notes.
- KDE Plasma to version 5.23.3, KDE Frameworks to version 5.88.0, KDE Gear to version 21.08.3.
- Firefox to version 94.0.
- Kdenlive to version 21.08.3.
- MauiKit and Maui Apps to version 2.1.0.
- This version of Maui brings new features and bug fixes to Maui’s applications and the frameworks they rely on. The changes introduced in this release will make your experience with Maui Apps much more enjoyable and feature-rich.
- For more information about MauiKit and Maui Apps 2.1.0 click here.
We’ve removed the following software from the default installation.
- Kvantum.
We’ve updated the minimal ISO to the same base as the main release.
- To install other DEs using the minimal ISO, see Installing other DEs in Nitrux.
📥 Download
Here are various ways to download our ISOs and virtual appliances.
- ISO — Direct HTTP download from our server.
- OVA (mirror).
- FOSS Torrents (Torrent).
- Sourceforge (mirror).
- OSDN (mirror).
Checksums (MD5).
26a2503702201dff593614e9f055de1b nitrux-release-amd64_2021.12.05.iso b65ac053d31793d222bb94b67cdcaa19 nitrux-release-minimal-amd64_2021.12.05.iso
ISO build log (Travis CI).
Open the ISO file with a file archiver to see the build commit the information and open the “.INFO” text file. When reporting bugs, please add this information so that we can review the build log. All of our ISO files (past and present) contain this file.
⛔ Known issues
To see a list of known issues, click here.
🗒 Notes
To see a list of release notes, click here.
🐞 Report bugs
To report bugs, please use our bug tracker at GitHub.
📝 Changelog history
To see a list of previous changelogs, click here for the changelogs archived at our site, or click here for the changelogs archived at Sourceforge.
📰 Resources
Here are various articles, tutorials, and other information directly on our blog.