New images
Key points
Chimera Linux has published its 20261103 image set, an incremental refresh that arrives about a year after the previous one. The images themselves change little, but they include all system updates made over that year.
What changed
- The base image now ships NetworkManager instead of iwd. This makes network setup, including wireless, simpler on base installs without a graphical interface.
- The switch to NetworkManager also prepares the images for the planned removal of AF_ALG.
- No image in the set includes the X.org server any more.
Versions
- Linux kernel 7.3
- GNOME 51
- Plasma 6.8
Summary by DistroNews, based on the original post.
The 20261103 set of images is now published. This is an incremental refresh. Changes It wasn’t originally planned to take a year refreshing the images but here is finally a new version. There isn’t anything particularly special about the images themselves but this comes with a full set of updates around the system that happened in this year. The most notable change that affects live usage is that the base image now comes with NetworkManager, replacing iwd. That should make networks easier to configure even for base systems without GUI (wireless configuration and so on) while being ready for removal of AF_ALG. This set is based on kernel 7.3, GNOME 51, and Plasma 6.8. Newly, none of them come with the X.org server. Next time The next set hopefully won’t take a year again…
This is the summary Chimera Linux News published with the story. The full text is on the original page.
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