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Notes: Nitrux 2.8.1

By Uri Herrera28 May, 2023June 19th, 2023Notes

Below is a list of release notes we recommend reading before installing the distribution.

📜 Table of Contents

  1. Installing Nitrux
  2. Virtualizing Nitrux
  3. Upgrading Nitrux from a Previous Version
  4. Using Nitrux: NX Desktop
  5. Using Nitrux: Software Management
  6. Using Nitrux: Working with overlayroot in Nitrux
  7. Using Nitrux: Creating and Managing Backups
  8. Using Nitrux: Creating OpenRC and User Services
  9. Using Nitrux: Creating Network Shares
  10. Using Nitrux: Working with the F2FS Filesystem Features
  11. Support for Other Desktop Environments
  12. File Encryption Information
  13. Security, Privacy, and Anonymization Features Information
  14. Wayland Information
  15. PipeWire Information
  16. MESA Information
  17. Plasma X11 Session Information
  18. Latte Dock Information
  19. Nvidia Proprietary Driver Information
  20. General Gaming Information
  21. Misc. Information

🗒 Notes

Installing Nitrux

  • For a list of system requirements, see System Requirements.
  • To install the distribution on a computer, see the tutorial about Installing Nitrux.
    • ⚠️ Important: The installation process requires mandatory active internet connectivity via wired or wireless connections. Please connect to a functional network before starting the installer.
    • 🔰 Information: The default user and password for the Live session is nitrux.
    • 🔰 Information: To view the output of Calamares during installation, click the icon next to the progress bar or run it from the terminal.
sudo -E calamares -d
  • When using the automated partition options “Erase disk” and “Replace partition,” Calamares will use our custom partition layout and create three partitions in addition to the ESP and the Swap. These percentages scale according to the size of the storage device.
    • 🔰 Information: The size of the partitions is based on percentages, and these percentages are based on the assumption that the target storage device is at least 32GB; these percentages will scale to the size of the storage device. The ESP and Swap do not use percentages.
  • Users can select the option “Manual partioning,” too. However, we strongly recommend using a partition layout similar to ours.
    • ⚠️ Important:  Please be aware that the root directory is immutable, and any directory within the root will be read-only. Do not use a single partition layout.
  • We have added the ability for users to perform full-disk encryption using dm-crypt during installation when using the automated partition options in Calamares (Replace partition and Erase disk) and the Manual partitioning option.

    • During early boot, the system will ask the user for their passphrase, unlocking all encrypted partitions.
    • Block-device encryption during installation is in addition to any userland tool (like fscrypt or Plasma Vaults); see File Encryption Information.

Disclaimer: We do not develop the Calamares installer. Please create issues at its bug tracker here to request features or report problems.

Virtualizing Nitrux

  • VirtualBox
    • 🔰 Information: When using the default VM settings in VirtualBox, VMs boot using emulated Legacy BIOS, meaning CDROM and Floppy devices load before the virtual Hard Drives. After a successful installation, VirtualBox does not eject the ISO; if the user does not remove the ISO from the virtual CDROM device, upon reboot, VirtualBox will boot the ISO and not the Hard Drive with the installed system; this is not a bug in Nitrux or caused by Nitrux.
    • 🔰 Information: OpenGL acceleration is the default if you use Nitrux in a VM. For better performance, deactivate some of the graphical effects.
    • 🔰 Information: To utilize 3D acceleration in VirtualBox, please use the guest additions ISO from Oracle; see How to install VirtualBox Guest Additions in Nitrux.
      • ⚠️ Important: If using VirtualBox 7.0, do not enable 3D acceleration in the VM settings, as doing so prevents the graphical session from loading. VirtualBox 6.1.40 does not have this problem.
    • 🔰 Information: After installing the VirtualBox guest additions using the ISO, do not remove the ISO and reboot; remove the ISO from the VM after successfully booting to the session.
    • 🔰 Information: When creating a new virtual machine in VirtualBox, the graphics controller selected is VMSVGA; starting with VirtualBox 6.1.34, users can change the screen resolution in System Settings.
    • We strongly recommend enabling the following options in the virtual machine settings.
        • ⚠️ Important:  Please DO NOT use the default settings when creating a new VM in VirtualBox.
      • Type: Linux
      • Version: Debian 11 (64-bit)
      • Base Memory: 4000 MB
      • Boot Order: uncheck Floppy
      • Chipset: ICH9
      • Extended Features:
        1. Enable I/O APIC
        2. Enable EFI (special OSes only)
        3. Hardware clock in UTC
      • Processors: 4
      • Extended Features:
        1. Enabled Nested VT-x/AMD-V
      • Acceleration: KVM
        1. Hardware Virtualization: Enable Nested Paging
      • Video Memory: 128 MB
      • Acceleration: Enable 3D acceleration (uncheck if using VirtualBox 7.0)
      • Storage Devices: >32GB SATA or NVME
        1. Attributes: Use host I/O Cache
      • Audio Controller: Intel HD Audio
      • Enable USB Controller: USB 3.0 (xHCI) Controller
  • VMware Workstation and VMware Player
    • ⚠️ Important: Do not install VMWare Tools from the menu Manage>Install VMWare Tools.
    • We strongly recommend enabling the following options in the virtual machine settings.
      • OS: Debian 10. x 64-bit
      • Memory: 4096 MB
      • Processors: 4
      • Storage: >32GB
      • Virtualization engine:
        1. Virtualize Intel VT-x/EPT or AMD-V/RVI
        2. Virtualize CPU performance counters (turn off if your computer does not support this feature)
        3. Virtualize IOMMU (IO memory management unit)
      • USB Controller:
        1. USB compatibility: USB 3.1
      • Display:
        1. 3D graphics:
          1. Accelerate 3D graphics
        2. Graphics memory:
          1. Recommended value by VMWare; varies depending on the amount of RAM allocated to the virtual machine. However, the value has to be 128 MB or more.
    • To enable EFI in a VMWare virtual machine, do the following.
      • Open your virtual machines’ “. VMX” file in Notepad (or similar) and add the following line anywhere in the file.
firmware = "efi"
    • Save the “. VMX” file.
  • Gnome Boxes (Flatpak)
    • Resources:
      • CPU: 4
      • Memory: 8.0GiB
      • Storage limit: 20.0 GiB
      • 3D Acceleration: Disabled
    • Allow foreground execution: Disabled

Disclaimer: We do not develop VirtualBox or VMWare Workstation/Player. Please inform their developers at their respective bug trackers if you have issues with these hypervisors, such as graphical problems. Please follow the recommendations above for an optimum experience.

Upgrading Nitrux from a Previous Version

Using Nitrux: NX Desktop

Using Nitrux: Software Management

  • Nitrux is a distribution that doesn’t revolve around a package manager like other distributions; in Nitrux, the preferred method of obtaining new software is using AppImages. However, we understand that not all software is available as an AppImage. So, by default, we have included various options for users, such as Flatpak and Distrobox, to complement AppImages.
  • Users can also create their AppImages; to do that, see the following tutorials.

Using Nitrux: Working with overlayroot in Nitrux

  • Since Nitrux 2.6.0, the root directory is default set to be immutable, meaning no changes occur to its contents. This change allows us to provide new versions of the distribution with a higher degree of certainty that no changes have occurred to the root that might cause a conflict. And also want to avoid sudden issues from upgraded packages coming from a different origin than our repository, which we have a minimal way of controlling. However, we understand that there may be cases where users need to change something in the root directory.
    • ⚠️ Important: Avoid writing data to the root as a user while using the command below, as this will cause an error when exiting the shell session that overlayroot-chroot will create. Any changes to the root directory should be explicitly done only through the shell session after running overlayroot-chroot.
      • ⚠️ Important: It’s essential to mount and then unmount /dev; otherwise, stuff like the CLI text editor we include in Nitrux (micro) will not work.
      • 🔰 Information: After making the desired modifications, type sync and exit.
sudo overlayroot-chroot
mount -t devtmpfs dev /dev 

# (... do stuff...)

umount /dev
sync
exit
  • Alternatively, users can temporarily boot with the immutability disabled. To do that, do the following steps.
    • ⚠️ Important: We must stress that the preferred method to modify the root is the above. If you know what you’re doing, use the method below at your own risk.

      • Press E in the GRUB boot menu.
      • Using the arrow keys, navigate to the bottom and search for the kernel parameter: overlayroot=tmpfs:swap=1,recurse=0, and change the parameter to overlayroot=disabled.
      • To continue the boot process, press F10.
      • After making the desired modifications, reboot.

Using Nitrux: Creating and Managing Backups

  • Nitrux allows users to back up their data using Kup since version 1.1.9 (July 27th, 2019). You can find Kup in System Settings>Backups.

Using Nitrux: Creating OpenRC and User Services

Using Nitrux: Creating Network Shares

Using Nitrux: Working with the F2FS Filesystem Features

  • Since Nitrux 2.8.0, we use F2FS as the filesystem for the home and /var/lib partitions and their directories. F2FS allows the user to compress directories on-demand; to do this, run the following command.
chattr -R +c $DIRECTORY
  • Since Nitrux 2.8.0, we use F2FS as the filesystem for the home and /var/lib partitions and their directories. F2FS allows the user to use its native encryption capabilities through f2fscrypt and fscrypt.
    • 🔰 Information: fscrypt is the preferred option over f2fscrypt; while both can manage F2FS native encryption features, f2fscrypt is deemed missing many essential features and is no longer actively developed.
    • If using f2fscrypt, do the following.
      • First, create the key in the keyring using a simple salt (or generate a random salt).
f2fscrypt add_key -S 0x1234
Enter passphrase (echo disabled):
Added key with descriptor [28e21cc0c4393da1]
    • Then use it to set the policy for the directory to be encrypted.
f2fscrypt set_policy 28e21cc0c4393da1 /encrypted/dir
Key with descriptor [28e21cc0c4393da1] applied to /encrypted/dir.
    • After each reboot, the same command can be used set the key for the decryption of the directory and child directories.
f2fscrypt get_policy /encrypted/dir/
/encrypted/dir/: 28e21cc0c4393da1
    • If using fscrypt, do the following.
        • Run fscrypt so that it creates its configuration file and work directory.
sudo fscrypt setup
    • Then, since the file system on which encryption is to be used is not the root file system, also run the following command.
        • Where $MOUNTPOINT is where the file system is mounted, e.g.,/home.
sudo fscrypt setup $MOUNTPOINT
    • This creates the $MOUNTPOINT/.fscrypt directory to store fscrypt policies and protectors.
        • ⚠️ Important: Never delete the .fscrypt directory; otherwise, ALL access to encrypted files will be lost

Support for Other Desktop Environments

  • Nitrux uses the Plasma Desktop with our customization layer NX Desktop by default. Also, our desktop shell, Maui Shell, is in development. In this regard, our focus is on Plasma and MauiKit. However, users can install other desktop environments using Distrobox. With that said, see our tutorial, Installing other DEs in Nitrux.
    • ⚠️ Important: Using Distrobox to install other desktop environments is a feature considered “an experiment” by the Distrobox developer, so keep that in mind.
  • Regarding Maui Shell, we also provide an installable ISO with Maui Shell by default. However, as mentioned, this ISO is primarily intended for testing since Maui Shell is in development. To download it, click the link below.

File Encryption Information

  • Nitrux provides multiple ways to encrypt Information, including block-device using dm-crypt; see Installing Nitrux, filesystem-level using f2fscrypt and userland encryption tools like fscrypt and Plasma Vaults.
    • As its name suggests, Plasma Vaults is tightly integrated with Plasma Desktop and can be accessed from the system tray.
      • To create a new vault, click the system tray applet, then click ‘Create a new vault’ and follow the setup wizard.
      • Plasma Vault supports the following encryption “engines,” CryFS (default), EncFS (suitable for offline use), and gocryptfs (recommended).
    • A non-GUI option is fscrypt. fscrypt (not to be confused with f2fscrypt) is a tool for managing the native file encryption support of the ext4, F2FS, and UBIFS file systems; see Using Nitrux: Working with the F2FS Filesystem Features.

Security, Privacy, and Anonymization Features Information

  • Nitrux enables the following security features and policies by default in addition to any encryption capabilities.
    • Features:
      • Firewall (UFW), using NX Firewall.
      • AppArmor.
      • Firejail.
      • OpenVPN support.
    • Policies:
      • Core dumps are disabled.
      • Stricter password expiration date.
      • Increment in hashing rounds for passwords.
      • Passwords use SHA-2 512 encryption.
      • Increment in complexity for new passwords.
  • Since Nitrux 2.6.0, the distribution’s root directory is immutable by default; however, in Nitrux 2.8.1, the distribution includes the Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment or AIDE as an additional security feature. “AIDE is an intrusion detection system that detects changes to files on the local system. It creates a database from the regular expression rules that it finds from the config file.” AIDE can also be configured to monitor other directories; please check the AIDE manual.
  • To start using AIDE, run the following command. The command below will create the database AIDE uses to compare file changes.
      • ⚠️ Important: Creating the AIDE database will take several minutes, do not stop the process, close the terminal window, log out, shut down, or reboot the computer, or the process will have to be restarted.
sudo aide -i -c /etc/aide/aide.conf
    • Next, install the newly-generated database with the following command.
sudo cp /var/lib/aide/aide.db.new /var/lib/aide/aide.db
    • After creating the database, users can run the commands below to look for changes in the root directory.
      • Run the following command to check the database after adding or editing a file to the root.
sudo aide -C -c /etc/aide/aide.conf
      • Run the following command to check and update the database after adding or editing files in the root.
sudo aide -u -c /etc/aide/aide.conf
  • Since Nitrux 2.8.1, the distribution includes Tor, Torsocks, and DNSCrypt-Proxy 2 to help users protect their online presence.
    • To use Tor (via Torsocks) in Plasma, do the following.
      • Go to System Settings>Settings>Proxy and select Use manually specified proxy configuration.
      • Go to SOCKS Proxy, type localhost, select port 9050, and click the Apply button.
        • ⚠️ Important: Not all applications will use this proxy setting. In particular, Firefox and Chromium or anything derived from them. Some applications may allow the proxy to be configured in their settings.
    • To use Tor with Firefox, check “Connection settings in Firefox” on the Firefox Support website.
      • Select Manual configuration, then in SOCKS Proxy, type localhost, select port 9050 and check SOCKS v5.
    • To use DNSCrypt-Proxy 2 system-wide, do the following. 
sed -i 's+:5300+127.0.0.1:53+g' /etc/dnscrypt-proxy/dnscrypt-proxy.toml
    • Then, kill the service for dnsmasq as it will conflict with DNSCrypt-Proxy 2 and the process because it will not allow DNSCrypt-Proxy 2 to use port 53.
sudo rc-service dnsmasq stop
sudo killall dnsmasq
    • Run the DNSCrypt-Proxy 2 command in the background.
sudo dnscrypt-proxy -config /etc/dnscrypt-proxy/dnscrypt-proxy.toml &
    • Next, go to System Settings>Connections>IPv4 and select Automatic (only addresses) as the method.
    • Then, enter the local host address, or 127.0.0.1, in the field DNS Servers. Repeat for IPv6 and click the button Apply.
    • Restart the service for NetworkManager.
sudo rc-service network-manager restart
    • Test that the DNS resolving is working. To test, run the following command.
      • Verify that the resolver is not the ISP.
dnscrypt-proxy -config /etc/dnscrypt-proxy/dnscrypt-proxy.toml -resolve nxos.org
    • Finally, to test using a web browser, by default Firefox, go to the following website and click Extended test. Like before, check that the resolvers are not the ISP.

Wayland Information

  • Starting with Nitrux 2.8.1, the distribution uses a Wayland session (Plasma Wayland) by default.

PipeWire Information

  • Since Nitrux 2.6.0, the distribution includes PipeWire by default.

MESA Information

  • As of Nitrux version 2.4.0, we include the most recent version of MESA available, built from MESA’s Git ‘master’ branch, not the “stable” release as most distributions do.
    • ⚠️ Important: Since we include bleeding edge software YMMV. Please report issues with MESA to the MESA developers.
  • If using a graphics processor that uses MESA drivers and the GUI does not work, check whether your GPU is loading its firmware. To check, run the following command.
lspci -v | grep -A 10 -i "VGA compatible controller"
lshw -C display

Disclaimer: We do not develop or package MESA. To file bugs against MESA, please use their bug tracker here.

Plasma X11 Session Information

  • Starting with Nitrux 2.8.1, the Plasma X11 session is not the default anymore. However, we understand that for many users, especially those with Nvidia graphic processors, using Wayland may not provide the best experience. For these users, run the command below to restore the Plasma X11 session as a selectable session in SDDM.
    • After running the command below, log out, select Plasma X11, and log in.
sudo mv /usr/share/xsessions/orig.plasma.desktop.bak /usr/share/xsessions/plasma.desktop

Latte Dock Information

As of July 2022, Latte Dock is now unmaintained by its developer, meaning there’s no guarantee it will continue to work. We will continue using it for as long as it works until we can replace NX Desktop with Maui Shell in future releases.

  • We include three layouts for the desktop, two are variations of a default top panel and bottom dock, and the other is a single bottom panel. To change between them, follow the steps below.
    • ⚠️ Important: Using the Global Theme KCM and checking “Use desktop layout from theme” does not change the layout and will cause issues with Latte Dock.
  • Edit the file lattedockrc either using a graphical editor or the terminal and replace the text “nx-floating-panel-dark.” Run the command below using a single command on the terminal.
    • Replace $LAYOUT in the command below with one of the following values (nx-floating-panel-dark is the default value).
      • nx-bottom-panel-2
      • nx-floating-panel-dark
      • nx-top-panel-2
sed -i 's+nx-floating-panel-dark+$LAYOUT+g' $HOME/.config/lattedockrc
  • Then run our script to autostart Latte Dock. You can either run this command from the terminal or use Krunner.
latte-dock -r
  • Latte Dock does not work correctly with Wayland. If users wish to use the Plasma Wayland session, we recommend turning off autostarting Latte Dock and using Plasma panels instead.
    • Alternatively, if users want to use Latte Dock on the Plasma Wayland session, place an empty Plasma panel at the top, adjust the size of the panel to match the size of the top panel of Latte Dock, set the Plasma panel to “always visible,” then log out and log in. The Plasma panel should be visible, but the Latte Dock panel should be on top. Thus, windows should resize accordingly, and it’d look similar to using Latte Dock on X11.
  • To stop Latte Dock from autostarting, run the following command. 
sudo sed '104,105d;122,123d' $(which desktop-config)

Disclaimer: We do not develop or maintain Latte Dock. Bugs and problems with Latte Dock should be reported at the KDE bug tracker.

Nvidia Proprietary Driver Information

Please note that starting from version 2.5.0 Nitrux includes the latest available Nvidia proprietary driver.

  • Nitrux includes the latest version of the Nvidia proprietary driver when we build and publish our ISO files.
    • ⚠️ Important: Users with hardware not supported by the current versions of the Nvidia proprietary driver will be unable to boot into a graphical session, regardless of whether it’s X11 or Wayland. Only TTY functionality will be available.

      • The lack of support for older Nvidia graphics processors in the latest Nvidia proprietary driver versions is not a bug in Nitrux or caused by Nitrux.
      • Run the following command to view the version of the installed Nvidia proprietary driver; check the list of supported GPUs for the driver version included in the release.
nvidia-smi -q | grep Driver\ Version
    • ⚠️ Important: We cannot include any of the Nvidia Legacy drivers (version 470, 390, etc.) alongside the current version, as Nvidia does not support installing two drivers simultaneously (see links 1 and 2). Additionally, Nvidia drivers before version 470 (e.g., nvidia-390) do not support hardware-accelerated XWayland, causing non-Wayland-native applications to perform poorly in Wayland sessions.
    • ⚠️ Important: There are many bugs still in Plasma Wayland, especially if using an Nvidia GPU, including but not limited to applications that don’t work and missing features; we’ve listed some of the bugs we’ve found on the bug tracker; see Known Issues. We strongly recommend that users with Nvidia GPUs switch to the Plasma X11 session if the bugs in Plasma Wayland are showstoppers for them; see Plasma X11 Session Information.
    • ⚠️ Important: The Nvidia proprietary driver cannot coexist with the Nouveau open-source driver user-space components; therefore, unsupported Nvidia GPUs cannot use this driver.
    • ⚠️ Important: Since Nvidia introduced GBM support (version 495), many compositors (including Mutter and KWin) started using it by default. GBM is generally considered better with broader support. EGLStreams only had support because Nvidia provided no alternative way to use their GPUs under Wayland with their proprietary drivers. Furthermore, KWin dropped support for EGLStreams after GBM was introduced into Nvidia, meaning the default Plasma Wayland session and Maui Shell wouldn’t have worked.
    • 🔰 Information: Nvidia has released an open-source driver, too (kind of); however, it only supports a handful of Professional graphics cards and almost none of their Consumer graphics cards (namely Nvidia Ampere and Turing architecture GPUs). If Nvidia decides to support more graphics cards with this driver at some point in the future, we will include it instead.
  • For some laptops with supported discrete graphics by the Nvidia proprietary driver, adding our X11 configuration for PRIME (where supported) may be necessary to work correctly.
    • Create a script with the code below to add our X11 configuration if your laptop requires it, then run the script.
      • ⚠️ Important: The script file below creates files in the root directory; see Using Nitrux: Working with overlayroot in Nitrux.
      • 🔰 Information: The default TTY for the graphical session can change if your computer utilizes the Nvidia proprietary driver.
#!/bin/bash

set -xe

#	Workaround for NVidia GPUs using PRIME configuration.
#	this will make output available on external ports.

test -f /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-nvidia.conf && {
    echo 'Nvidia Proprietary Driver installed!, adding X11 configuration.'
        > /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-nvidia-drm-outputclass.conf printf "%s\n" \
            'Section "OutputClass"' \
            '	Identifier "nvidia"' \
            '	MatchDriver "nvidia-drm"' \
            '	Driver "nvidia"' \
            '	Option "PrimaryGPU" "Yes"' \
            '	Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration" "true"' \
            '	Option "AllowExternalGpus" "true"' \
            'EndSection'

        > /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-amdgpu.conf printf "%s\n" \
            'Section "OutputClass"' \
            '    Identifier "AMDgpu"' \
            '    MatchDriver "amdgpu"' \
            '    Driver "modsetting"' \
            'EndSection'

        > /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-intel.conf printf "%s\n" \
            'Section "OutputClass"' \
            '    Identifier "Intel"' \
            '    MatchDriver "i915"' \
            '    Driver "modsetting"' \
            'EndSection'

        > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf printf "%s\n" \
            'blacklist nouveau'
} || {
    echo 'Nvidia Proprietary Driver not installed!, skipping X11 configuration.'
}

Disclaimer: We do not develop the Nvidia proprietary driver. For issues with the Nvidia driver, including bugs and adding support for graphics cards, please visit Nvidia Support.

General Gaming Information

  • Nitrux uses the Liquorix kernel, described as “an enthusiast Linux kernel designed for uncompromised responsiveness in interactive systems, enabling low latency in A/V production, and reduced frame time deviations in games.”
  • To install Proton-GE in Nitrux, see our tutorial series about Gaming in Nitrux.
  • Nitrux includes a desktop launcher to install Steam from the applications menu; we do not include it by default.

Disclaimer: We do not develop Steam or the Steam Flatpak. To report issues about the Steam Flatpak, create an issue at their bug tracker.

  • Users can install Bottles (from the applications menu) or Lutris (from Flathub) to run Windows software.
  • Additionally, users can install Heroic Games Launcher (as an AppImage or from Flathub).

Disclaimer: We do not develop Bottles, Heroic Games Launcher, or Lutris. Please create an issue at their respective bug trackers to report problems with these applications.

  • Nitrux includes a desktop launcher to install the itch.io Store, which will download and run the official Linux installer; we do not include it by default.
    • ⚠️ Important: The itch.io Store does not work correctly on a virtual machine.
    • 🔰 Information: Please refer to their troubleshooting guide for support with itch.io.
    • If users have problems launching the itch.io application after installation, do the following.
      1. Open the applications menu, right-click the desktop launcher, and select Edit application.
      2. Click on the tab Application and the Chromium option –no-sandbox to the field Arguments.
        • The itch.io Store is not an AppImage. However, it’s an Electron application, so the same arguments apply.
        • If there are other arguments, remove them.
        • Click the Accept button and launch the application.

Disclaimer: We do not host, maintain or create the content at the itch.io Store, nor develop the itch.io client Store application. Please file bug reports at their bug report website here.

Misc. Information

  • We have discontinued minimal ISO releases of the distribution.
  • We have discontinued OVA releases of the distribution.
  • Nitrux is exclusively a 64-bit Linux distribution; we do not use, include, or provide support for 32-bit software.
  • Nitrux includes a simple text file called installed_pkgs_end.txt in the root directory that, as its name suggests, lists all installed packages by default in the distribution. Users can use it to compare more extensive changes from release to release, like package updates.
  • Nitrux has various command-line utilities, including a file manager, text editor, web browser, remote desktop, system monitor, and a single game. Below is a list of these command-line utilities.
    • ftp, hdparm, htop, links2, mc, micro, ncdu, tmate, tree, and nsnake.
  • We recommend users who wish to run prelink manually do it after using overlayroot-chroot; see Using Nitrux: Working with overlayroot in Nitrux. To run prelink manually, run the following command.
prelink -amR
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