For example, you'll find some GTK+ applications around - namely, Thunderbird for email, GMusicBrowser as a secondary audio player, and Synaptic package manager instead of Muon. The rest is pretty straight forward for a KDE distribution.
From the release announcement:
"Compared to the previous 17.10 release, 18.03 comes with the following updates:The theming is uniquely Netrunner, which is casual yet refined looking. My recollection of past releases brings to mind some pretty bold visuals - none of those remain here. There are also several noob-friendly touches sprinkled around, such as the "My Computer" and "Network" icons on the desktop to give users coming a certain paid-for operating system a more familiar look and experience. Additionally, I really like the ReadMe file on the desktop as well. Clicking it will take you to a troubleshooting webpage outlining tips to get you un-stuck should you find yourself in that position. Probably something all releases should do but most do not, and represents some thought given to a user's initial experience with Netrunner.
- KDE Plasma 5.12.2
- KDE Frameworks 5.42
- KDE Applications 17.08.3
- Qt 5.9.2
- Linux Kernel 4.14
- Firefox Quantum 58.0.1
- Thunderbird 52.6.0
- LibreOffice 6.0.2"
Netrunner OS comes in two flavors, just because it can. Netrunner Rolling, and Netrunner OS. As mentioned, Netrunner OS is based on Debian Testing, whilst Netrunner Rolling is a rolling distribution based on Manjaro Linux. This announcement is for the former, though other than the base framework the rest is very similar on both releases. It's just a personal preference as to which version one should install.
Netrunner OS releases installation media on a six month interval basis, with the 18.03 .iso release being freshly-minted this month. The download comes in at a beefy 2.2Gb in size.
A popular distribution
It's worth a final note to say that Netrunner OS currently holds the number 5 position on our monthly "Top 5 KDE Distribution List", so it appears to be quite popular.
If you run Netrunner, let us know what you think about it!
Links:
- Netrunner 18.03 – Idolon released
- Netrunner on DistroWatch
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