Redcore Linux Hardened 2201 (Rastaban) releases, based-Gentoo distro

by ddos · May 25, 2020

Redcore Linux is a distribution based on Gentoo Linux (stable + some unstable) and a continuation of, now defunct, Kogaion Linux. Kogaion Linux itself was a distribution based initially on Sabayon Linux, and later on Gentoo Linux and RogentOS Development Group developed it since 2011. Ghiunhan Mamut (aka V3n3RiX) himself joined RogentOS Development Group in January 2014.

However, after more than 5 years of development, RogentOS Development Group decided to discontinue Kogaion Linux in November 2016, and so Redcore Linux was born.

Redcore Linux shares the same idea as its defunct ancestor, Kogaion Linux: to bring the power of Gentoo Linux to the masses. It aims to be a rapid way to install a pure Gentoo Linux system without spending hours or days compiling from source code, reading documentation, etc. To achieve this goal, it provides a repository with prebuilt binary packages which receive continuous updates (rolling release model).

Redcore Linux Hardened 2201 (Rastaban) releases.

Changelog

resync with Gentoo Linux’ testing tree as of 05.10.2022
linux headers 5.19, glibc 2.35, gcc 12.2.0, binutils 2.39 && llvm 14.0.6 based toolchain
mesa 12.2.0, Xorg 21.1.4, Xwayland 21.1.3, libdrm 2.4.113 based graphics stack
alsa 1.2.7.2, pulseaudio 16.1, gstreamer 1.20.3 based sound stack
linux LTS kernel 5.15.71 as default (6.0 didn’t make it in time, sorry)
KDE Plasma 5.25.5, KDE Gear 22.08.1, KDE Frameworks 5.98.0
all web browsers updated to their latest upstream release : firefox 105.0.2, google-chrome && chromium 106.0.5249.91, opera 90.0.4480.84, vivaldi 5.4.2753.51, microsoft-edge 106.0.1370.34
mq-deadline is the default IO scheduler for SATA and NVME SSD’s
bfq is the default IO scheduler for SATA HDD’s
esync works out of the box
timeshift is now preinstalled 🙂
bugfix : the installer no longer needs a modprobe ext4 in order to work, in some rare and weird cases
bugfix : the installer no longer allows empty passwords, rendering the installed system unusable
bugfix : sisyphus no longer gets stuck when the dependency list is too large
bugfix : discover’s flatpak backend no longer takes ages to load
bugfix : due to user request wpa_supplicant now supports less secure algorithms (WEP, WPS, TKIP), (If is a bug people rely on, is not a bug, is a feature (Linus Torvalds, 2014))