Alexander Tratsevskiy, lead developer of Calculate Linux, has announced the release of Calculate Linux 20.6. The latest v20.6 contains several system optimization updates, bug fixes, and new software changes.
This new version provides numerous optimizations, namely shorter boot-up time, reduced memory requirements, and added pre-configured Web browser extensions for Nextcloud support.
All Calculate flavors are available for download: Calculate Linux Desktop featuring several desktop environments to choose between KDE (CLD), Cinnamon (CLDC), LXQt (CLDL), Mate (CLDM) and Xfce (CLDX or CLDXS); Calculate Directory Server (CDS), Calculate Linux Scratch (CLS) and Calculate Scratch Server (CSS).
Main Changes
- By default, Zram is used instead of the physical Swap partition;
- Zstd compression for the kernel, the modules, and initramfs;
- Kernel modules installed as packages come as Zstd archives too;
- PulseAudio is used by default, but you can choose ALSA if you like;
- Chromium comes with the pre-configured uBlock Origin plug-in;
- The Passman and FreedomMarks can also be added to your Web browser at the moment of creating your user account, so that you could use Nextcloud (please check https://wiki.calculate-linux.org/en/nextcloud_plugins 7);
- Deluge was replaced with qBittorrent;
- When you close your laptop cover, the default action is suspend;
- Better Wi-Fi support;
- Better handling of orphan dependencies removal;
- For multiboot Live USBs, the preferred image will always be the one at the end of the list;
- Different versions are available for six binary kernels, including those with the futex-wait-multiple patch for smoother running of Steam;
- Сcache was pre-configured to be used by emerge as well as by cl-kernel.
As Calculate Linux is a rolling-release distribution, you can directly update your system to reach the new version 20.6, or you can grab your Calculate Linux Live USB from here.
