Linux Neptune 5.6 Released, Bring KDE Plasma 5.12 desktop
Leszek Lesner has announced the release of Neptune 5.6, the latest stable version of the project's Debian-based desktop Linux distribution featuring the KDE Plasma 5.12 desktop
Neptune is a GNU/Linux distribution for desktops. It is based on Debian's Stable branch, except for a newer kernel, some drivers and newer versions of popular applications, such as LibreOffice. It also ships with the latest version of the KDE desktop. The distribution's main goals are to provide a good-looking general-purpose desktop with pre-configured multimedia playback and to offer an easy-to-use USB installer with a persistence option.
Neptune 5.6 Changelog :
- Linux Kernel 4.18.6
- Systemd 239
- Network-Manager 1.14.4
- Plasma 5.12.7
- LibreOffice 6.1.3
- Spellchecking should work now by default in Plasma (sonnet-plugins was missing from default install)
- Kdenlive 18.08.2
- Gwenview 18.08.2
- Okular 18.08.2
- Dolphin 18.08.2
- Juk 18.08.2
- Ark 18.08.2
- Marble 18.08.2
- audiocd-kio 18.08.2
- ffmpegthumbs 18.08.2
- kio-extras 18.08.1
- Chromium 70
- Thunderbird 60.2
- Updated Plasma Addons to include a link to the spellchecking kcm from krunner plugin
- Updated Plasma Workspace to include configure button for webshortcuts krunner plugin
- Updated kio-extras to include fix for sftp hanging in certain situations
- Wifi Firmware updates
- X-Server Security Update (CVE-2018-14665)
- Mesa 18.1.9
- X-Server 1.19.6 (lot of bugfixes and speed improvements)
- Intel DDX driver 2.99.917+git20180925
- ATI/AMD DDX driver 18.1
- Fixed Calamares not setting correct localization
- Fixed Calamares not setting correct plymouth bootsplash
Whats New on Neptune 5.6 (Details) :
- In this update we improved hardware support further by providing Linux Kernel 4.18.6 with improved drivers and bugfixes. Updated the DDX drivers for AMD/ATI and Intel aswell as providing Mesa 18.1.9. The X-Server got an update to version 1.19.6 which fixes several bugs and brings speed improvements.
- Other main changes in this version are the update of Systemd to version 239 and KDE Applications to version 18.08.2. The Network-Manager got an update to 1.14 to improve wifi network stability and speed.
- Plasma Desktop has been updated to 5.12.7 to provide bugfixes. This includes fixes for Krunner to allow setting the webshortcuts and spellchecking options for its plugins. SFTP connections via KIO are now more stable and reliable even after reconnecting to a device. Spellchecking in Plasma applications should work again.
- Chromium 70 provides speed improvements and security bugfixes.
- Thunderbird 60.2 improves security and speed especially with lots of emails.
- LibreOffice is now available in version 6.1.3.
- Wifi Firmware got an update to improve speed, stability and support for new Wifi chips.
- Localization and Plymouth Splashscreen configuration have been fixed in the System Installer Calamares
