January 2023 releases: Archcraft, DragonFly, Nitrux and more
Continuing with our usual reviews of all the monthly releases de GNU / Linux Distros, today we will address the first “January 2023 releases”. Period in which, there have been few announcements compared to other times, but that, in the same way, we will take advantage to comment on them a little, one by one.
In addition, as usual, it is worth noting that there may be other releases, but those mentioned here are those registered on the website of DistroWatch.
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And, before starting this post about the first “January 2023 releases” according to the website of DistroWatch, we recommend exploring the following related contents, at the end of reading it:
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New versions of GNU/Linux Distros in the January 2023 releases
First 5 pitches
Archcraft
- released version: Archcraft 2023.01.01.
- release date: 02/01/2023.
- Official Web site: explore here.
- Oficial announcement: inquiry link.
- Download link: x86_64 version available.
- Outstanding Features: A new ISO built from scratch, Pipewire implementation for sound/audio management, better network manager support and integration of various VPN plugins, better support for Bluetooth and printing devices, and more.
Dragonfly
- released version: DragonFly BSD 6.4.0.
- release date: 03/01/2023.
- Official Web site: explore here.
- Oficial announcement: inquiry link.
- Download link: x86_64 version available.
- Outstanding Features: Improvements to some of the key features, especially those made to the operating system drivers. So now it's version has hardware support for type 2 hypervisors with NVMM, an amdgpu driver, and many other changes.
Nitrox
- released version:Nitrux d5c7cdff (2.6.0).
- release date: 04/01/2023.
- Official Web site: explore here.
- Oficial announcement: inquiry link.
- Download link: amd64 version available.
- Outstanding Features: The default use of Kernel Liquorix 6.1.0-2.1, Pipewire and Wayland. Additionally, it includes KDE Plasma 5.26.4, KDE Frameworks 5.101.0, KDE Gear 22.12.0, and Firefox 108.0.1. Also, it brings the samba protocol activated and the installation and use of FlatHub packages enabled.
OpenMandriva
- released version: OpenMandriva Lx 23.01 “ROME”.
- release date: 07/01/2023.
- Official Web site: explore here.
- Oficial announcement: inquiry link.
- Download link: Plasma x86_64 version available.
- Outstanding Features: This version continues to use the entire LLVM toolchain. Also, it offers KDE Frameworks 5.101, Plasma Desktop 5.26.4, KDE Applications 22.12.0, and everything has been rebuilt with the clang 15.06 compiler. Finally, among other things, it includes the Kernel 6.1.1.
Nobara Project
- released version: Nobara Project 37.
- release date: 07/01/2023.
- Official Web site: explore here.
- Oficial announcement: inquiry link.
- Download link: official version available.
- Outstanding Features: Includes dWINE dependencies already added, pXNUMXrd party codec packs for GStreamer added, cNVIDIA drivers already built in, withfixes and improvements including a good number of mix packs, yun good compendium of software already installed.
Remaining mid-month releases
- None.
Summary
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