From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on sa.local.altlinux.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:30:32 +0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB To: altlinux-announce-en@lists.altlinux.org From: =?UTF-8?B?0JzQsNGA0LjRjyDQpNC+0LrQsNC90L7QstCw?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:57:14 +0300 Subject: [altlinux-announce-en] ALT Workstation K 11.4 X-BeenThere: altlinux-announce-en@lists.altlinux.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: community-en@lists.altlinux.org List-Id: ALT Linux release announces List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:30:35 -0000 Archived-At: List-Archive: Hello! 11.4 minor release of ALT Workstation K operating system is available. About version 11.0: https://lists.altlinux.org/pipermail/altlinux-announce-en/2025/000047.html The build is available for x86_64, based on the 6.12 (LTS) kernel. More about the distribution images and updates: https://packages.altlinux.org/en/p11/images/alt-kworkstation Download the release image: https://download.basealt.ru/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/p11/images/kworkstation/ http://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/p11/images/kworkstation/ http://mirror.yandex.ru/altlinux/p11/images/kworkstation/ New features in version 11.4 * KDE Plasma 6.6 workspace updates (Plasma 6.6, Gear 26.04, Frameworks 6.26): - Added text recognition on screenshots - OCR functionality in Spectacle. Installing the tesseract package enables support for a wide range of languages. - A new on-screen keyboard, Plasma Keyboard, has been integrated into the desktop environment for use with touch devices. - Added four filters that replace specific colors with others to help users distinguish colors on the screen. - On devices with an ambient light sensor, the system now automatically adjusts display brightness according to external conditions. - Fixed an issue with incorrect color rendering when running Windows games with HDR support via Wine or Proton. * New packaging scheme for NVIDIA drivers to ensure maximum functionality across all driver versions. Drivers are now shipped together with all required components, libraries, and utilities as a single complete package, guaranteeing full functionality for any version, including version 390. * Ensured correct operation of NVIDIA graphics cards on the current kernel after system updates. No need to rebuild the kernel module for NVIDIA. * Changes in the Web Terminal profile: - Migrated to Wayland and Systemd. - Added sound support. * Removed userpasswd from the image – its functionality is now covered by standard system tools: - For local accounts - password changes are available in the graphical interface via "System" - "System Settings" - "Users" (systemsettings). - For domain accounts – passwords are changed through krb5-ticket-watcher. * Stapler has been separated into a standalone component of the system installer for user convenience. * Replaced the outdated p7zip with the 7-Zip archiver. Fixes * In this update, the lightdm-kde-greeter login screen has been improved: - Using numlockx no longer causes crashes – login works stably. - Fixed freezes and display issues on older NVIDIA graphics cards. - The background now correctly fills the screen on widescreen monitors. * Disabled systemd-oomd for low-performance personal computers, preventing unexpected termination of critical processes under high RAM usage. More (in Russian): https://www.altlinux.org/Альт_Рабочая_станция_К_11#Основные_новшества_в_11.4 Please find our distributions at: https://getalt.org/en/