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Sid-based siduction 2024.1.0 launches with KDE Plasma 6 while dropping GNOME, MATE, and Cinnamon

siduction 2024.1.0 update (Image source: siduction Linux)
siduction 2024.1.0 loading screen (Image source: siduction Linux)
Based on Sid (the unstable Debian version), siduction has been around for over a decade with multiple desktop choices. Sadly, version 2024.1.0 discontinues three flavors, namely GNOME, MATE, and Cinnamon. The main highlight is KDE Plasma 6 and it comes in five flavors: KDE, LXQt, Xfce, Xorg, and no X.

In the summer of 2011, the aptsoid community created a user-friendly distro known as siduction. Also based on DebianUnstable (Sid), siduction is still receiving regular updates, while aptsoid has been buried since 2013. Just like its predecessors, siduction 2024.1.0 is a free and open-source piece of code that targets users looking for a compact, yet flexible distribution with several window manager choices.

Sadly, siduction 2024.1.0 comes without three window managers that were present in the previous versions. The reason for dropping GNOME, MATE, and Cinnamon is that these siduction flavors no longer had a maintainer. On the bright side, there are still five choices available. In addition to KDE Plasma 6.2.4.1, which is the main highlight of this update, siduction 2024.1.0 also comes with the following: LXQt 2.1.0-1, Xfce 4.20, Xorg, and no X. Even better, those who want one of the three flavors no longer maintained can grab the respective window managers from the repository.

Here are some other changes worth mentioning:

  • Wayland support (experimental, and quite buggy) in the Xfce and LXQt editions.
  • A significantly improved Thunar file manager for Xfce.
  • The LXQt edition sports a Calamares-based installer, a custom 6.12.4 kernel, as well as systemd 257.1-3.

For now, the siduction team has not revealed any changes in the Xorg and no X versions of this distro. However, it is also worth mentioning that three individuals from the siduction team work for Tuxedo Computers, a brand known for a quite impressive portfolio of Linux-driven hardware, including high-end laptops and mini PCs.

Those looking for a cheap Linux-loaded piece of hardware can currently grab this mini PC by BOGSAME with Ryzen 5 3550H, 16/512 GB and Ubuntu 22.04 preinstalled off Amazon for less than $200 thanks to a $60 coupon ($249 list price).

 

 

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Codrut Nistor, 2024-12-24 (Update: 2024-12-24)