Chakra Linux Gets Across The Board Plasma Updates And Babe Music Player

Today Chakra Linux, the Arch-derived and self-described "half-rolling release model" Linux distribution, announced KDE Plasma updates and the inclusion of the Babe Music Player, which itself has just matured to beta status (more on that in a separate post). Chakra is, in practicality, a similar distro to KDE Neon in that it "aims to provide a stable core of software, and rolling applications on top of it". KDE Plasma fans who prefer a relatively-stable Arch based system would surely be the target for Chakra, which has been around now since 2010 and going strong.

Photo courtesy of chakralinux.org

Included in the announcement are across-the-board updates to KDE Plasma, which include Plasma 5.12.3, Applications 17.12.3, and Frameworks 5.44.0, thereby bringing users an entirely up-to-date Chakra desktop.

Babe Music Player Added

Also announced is the inclusion of the new Babe Music Player which recently reached beta status. Babe is multi-platform and utilizes the Kirigami Framework (like Plasma Discover) to makes Babe's UI convergent. As a result, there is also a version of Babe you can download to your Android phone and sync your tunes with. Another standout for Babe is the inclusion of the Youtube-dl application for downloading videos off of Youtube and other supported sites.

Chakra now includes Babe Music Player Beta.
Photo courtesy of kde.org.

Based out of Germany, Chakra Linux currently ranks #79 on Distrowatch and has a long-standing and active community. Chakra Linux comes as a 2.06GB download, and is available worldwide via download links from the distribution's website. If you use Chakra, feel free to comment below on how it's been going for you.

 Links:

- Update announcement
- Chakra Linux website
- Chakra Linux on Distrowatch