Release Announcement: Nitrux 3.8.0 “db”

We are pleased to announce the launch of Nitrux 3.8.0. This new version combines the latest software updates, bug fixes, performance improvements, and ready-to-use hardware support.

Nitrux 3.8.0 is available immediately.

🔰 Information: The codename for this release is “db,” which highlights the improved performance and hardware integration in this release.

⚠️ Important: Despite the efforts and improvements in this and previous releases, we’re not claiming to be security or forensic experts or that the distribution is “impenetrable” or “unhackable,” so there isn’t any misunderstanding. Suggestions to continue improving on this area are welcome at our organization at GitHub (open a new discussion).

🔰 Information: The ISO file is signed with a GPG key, and we only provide SHA512 checksum files; please check the Notes to know more.

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✨ What’s new

We recommend new users do a fresh installation using the latest media. For users of the previous version (3.7.1), please check the Notes for information about upgrading Nitrux.

Nitrux 3.8.0 build.301124.db uses Linux 6.12.1-1 (Liquorix)

The list below highlights the components we’ve updated in the distribution.

• Firefox to version 133.0.
• Nitrux Update Tool System to version 2.1.9.
• MESA 3D Graphics Library to version 24.2.8.
• We’ve updated our Calamares configuration with the following changes:
  • Remove a non-functional kernel parameter.
  • Add kernel parameters to prevent clock drift in some laptops.
• We’ve updated our OpenRC services configuration with the following changes:
  • Sort various services into runlevels that make more sense given their purpose.
  • Remove some services from the async, default, and sysinit runlevels to improve boot time.
• We’ve updated our OpenRC package for Rsyslog to improve the service script.
• We’ve updated our desktop configuration with the following changes:
  • Update check-docs-directory to update the Documentation directory on the desktop.
  • Update Flatpaks install scripts for Steam, Bottles, and HGL.
  • Update scripts to install LibreOffice and Bauh Appimages.
  • Update desktop-config to display a notification when the distribution is running in a VM or the minimum requirements are unmet.
• We’ve updated the Debian rootfs we generate and use to build our distribution.
• We’ve updated the included offline Documentation.
• We’ve updated the Broadcom STA driver with a patch to build against Linux 6.12+ using DKMS.

We’ve added the following components to the distribution.

• Add an OpenRC service script to enable Dynamic Boost on Linux for NVIDIA GPUs that support this feature.
• Add D-Bus configuration file for NVIDIA Dynamic Boost.
• Add NVIDIA binary to enable the creation of NVIDIA device nodes.
• Add devmem2, msr-tools, and policycoreutils.
• Add udev rules for NVIDIA devices.
• Add an OpenRC service to change ownership of the file /sys/class/powercap/intel-rapl:0/energy_uj to allow MangoHud to display power consumption for Intel processors.
• Add the zenergy kernel module to allow MangoHud to display power consumption for AMD Zen processors.

We’ve fixed or closed the following issues in the distribution; see Report bugs.

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We’ve removed the following components from the distribution.

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📥 Download

Here are different ways to download our ISOs.

• ISO — Direct HTTP Download from our server.
• FOSS Torrents (Torrent).

Check our tutorial to verify the ISO file’s integrity and authenticity.

• Import our public key using the command below.
  • 🔰 Information: Starting with Nitrux 3.5.0, the key we use to sign the ISO file will change monthly. Remove the old one from your keyring before adding the new one.

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys AB7B7EFAF583ED201B2521A236B822A841F4283B

⛔ 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 on GitHub.

📝 Changelog history

To see a list of previous changelogs, click here for the changes archived at our site or for the changes archived at Sourceforge.

📰 Resources

Here are various articles, tutorials, and other information on our blog.

📢 PSA (Post-release service announcements)

Here’s a list of post-release service announcements for this version of Nitrux.

🚀 Get involved

Everyone can participate in the Nitrux community on many levels, from advising fellow Nitrux users to becoming a maintainer. Any contribution, even the smallest, is valued. To start contributing to Nitrux, click here.