Linux Distro "NixOS" has released version 24.11. This update adds 8141 new packages, updates 20975 packages, and more. The .iso you download can come in KDE or Gnome but when you use the installer it offers a selection between gnome, plasma, plasma5, xfce, pantheon, cinnamon, enlightmentment, lxqt, budgie, deepin, and none. They also have downlaods for not just X86_64 but also Arm64. The distro uses the ext 4 file system and SystemD. NixOS is an independant distro not based off another. It uses the Nix package manager. NixOS boasts reproducible packages that don't have undeclared dependencies.
The project's official site is here:
The source code is available on Github:
The release notes for this update are here:
https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2024/nixos-2411/
They have a presence on Mastodon and Matrix:
https://chaos.social/@ nixos_org
https://matrix.to/#/#community:nixos.org
If you wish to help the project financially they accept donations through Open Collective:
