Linux create desklets upgrade#

It adds features/options and fixes such as:

The release notes have an extensive list of other subtle upgrades such as Solus shipping with an updated NetworkManager 1.22.4. Snap installation has been made more reliable using Solus’ own ahead-of-timer-compiler for AppArmor profiles, aa-lsm-hook (completely written in Go). There is improved security on 64-bit systems to reduce PID collisions and new features in systemd-resolved for DNS-over-TLS.įile limits have been raised to enable ESync support so gamers can spend less time-making system configurations. Cloudflare DNS is now used as a fallback secondary to Google. One major improvement that Solus will get in the future is around EFI support. Solus 4.1 ships with the latest version of systemd, v244, which introduces several features that users have expressed interest in. The Solus 4.1 ISO is of type ztsd and slightly larger than the XZ compressed ISOs from previous releases but has a significantly shorter decompression time – the best that has ever been achieved. as newer NVIDIA GPUS such as RTX 2080Ti, newer Intel Comet Lake and Ice Lake CPUs, and newer AMD Radeon RX graphics cards such as 5700XT. Solus 4.1 ships with Linux kernel 5.4.12 which makes it possible for the distro to support a wide range of new hardware from NVIDIA and AMD e.g. Solus now runs the latest GStreamer 1.16.2 which features several bug fixes and library updates.

Linux create desklets upgrade#

The upgrade to the latest FFmpeg 4.4.2 in the 4.2 series has enabled Solus OS to deliver faster AV1 decoding using dav1d as the default FFmpeg AV1 decoder. Plasma ships with Elisa for audio playback and SMPlayer for video playback. Budgie, MATE, and GNOME desktop editions ship with Rhythmbox for audio playback, with extension support for a more modern user experience thanks to its inclusion of the Alternate Toolbar extension.īudgie and GNOME ship with GNOME MPV for video playback, while MATE ships with VLC.