[altlinux-announce-en] ALT Workstation K 11.4

[Мария Фоканова]

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* Replaced the outdated p7zip with the 7-Zip archiver.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/