[altlinux-announce-en] Distribution Release: ALT Workstation K 11.3

[Мария Фоканова]

Hello!

11.3 minor release of ALT Workstation K operating system is available.

About major version:
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/

KDE Plasma updated to version 6.5 (Plasma 6.5, Gear 25.12, Frameworks 6.23).
The LightDM KDE Greeter login screen now launches with Wayland support 
by default instead of the legacy X11 (Xorg) graphics subsystem.
Graphics subsystem performance optimized: reduced GPU load and improved 
UI smoothness.
Automatic theme switching (light/dark) based on time of day appeared.


New application features

Kate improved Git support and simplified clipboard handling; Kdenlive 
became more stable for timeline editing.
Frameworks fixes made the entire system more stable.


New applications added

* RSI Break (an application from the KDE suite) for organizing work 
breaks to help prevent repetitive strain injuries.
* Stapler package build and management system (package: stplr) allows 
connecting user repositories and installing third-party software.


Other improvements

* Support for launching applications on discrete GPUs (AMD, NVIDIA, 
Intel Xe) added – the user can select the discrete graphics card for 
running a heavy application directly from the main menu.
* 32-bit NVIDIA driver libraries are installed by default, ensuring 
compatibility with legacy applications and games.
* Yandex Maps can now be selected as the preferred mapping service in 
the default applications settings.


More

Please find our distributions at:
https://getalt.org/en/