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Netrunner


Last Update: 2023-01-30 01:13 UTC


Netrunner is a Debian-based distribution featuring a highly customised KDE desktop with extra applications, multimedia codecs, Flash and Java plugins, and a unique look and feel. The modifications are designed to enhance the user-friendliness of the desktop environment while still preserving the freedom to tweak. A separate "Rolling" edition, based on Manjaro Linux, was launched in 2014, was discontinued, re-launched in 2017, and discontinued again in 2019.



Average visitor rating: 7.56/10 from 9 review(s).


Netrunner Summary
Distribution Netrunner
Home Page http://www.netrunner.com/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums http://forums.netrunner.com/
Alternative User Forums
Documentation http://www.netrunner.com/faq/
Screenshots http://www.netrunner.com/screenshots/DistroWatch Gallery
Screencasts
Download Mirrors http://www.netrunner.com/download/DistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker https://bugs.launchpad.net/netrunner
Related Websites Netrunner MagWikipedia
Reviews Rolling: DistroWatchOrdinatechnicDedoimedoBlogspot
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Where To Buy or Try

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2021-02-20: Distribution Release: Netrunner 21.01
 • 2020-02-23: Distribution Release: Netrunner 20.01
 • 2019-08-21: Distribution Release: Netrunner 19.08
 • 2019-04-20: Distribution Release: Netrunner 2019.04 "Rolling"
 • 2019-01-14: Distribution Release: Netrunner 19.01
 • 2018-08-05: Distribution Release: Netrunner 2018.08 "Rolling"
 • 2018-03-11: Distribution Release: Netrunner 18.03
 • 2018-01-26: Distribution Release: Netrunner 2018.01 "Rolling"
 • 2017-07-18: Distribution Release: Netrunner 2017.07 "Rolling"
 • 2017-07-01: Distribution Release: Netrunner 17.06
 • 2017-03-31: Distribution Release: Netrunner 17.03
 • 2017-01-02: Distribution Release: Netrunner 17.01
 • More Netrunner releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2019-10-30 Netrunner discontinues Manjaro-based edition
 • 2018-04-17 Netrunner offers ARM suport
 • More Netrunner headlines...

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  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.
Feature 23
vaporwave
21.01
xoxo
20.01
twenty
Release Date 2023-01-20 2021-02-20 2020-02-23
End Of Life      
Price (US$) Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 2500-2600 2600-2700 2400-2500
Free Download ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma
Package Management DEB (APT) DEB (APT) DEB (APT)
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes
Asian Language Support Yes Yes Yes
Full Package List 23 21.01 20.01
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.10) 1.2.4 1.1.8 1.1.8
amdgpu (23.0.0) 19.1.0 18.1.99 18.1.99
bash (5.2.15) 5.1 5.0 5.0
bind (9.18.19) -- -- --
chromium (117.0.5938.132) -- -- --
cups (2.4.7) 2.3.3 2.2.10 2.2.10
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.46.2 1.44.5 1.44.5
firefox (118.0) 102.5.0 78.7.0 68.5.0
freetype (2.13.2) 2.10.4 2.9.1 2.9.1
gcc (13.2.0) 10.2.1 8.3.0 8.3.0
gimp (2.10.34) 2.10.22 2.10.8 2.10.8
glibc (2.38) 2.36 2.28 2.28
gnome-shell (45.0) -- -- --
gnucash (5.4-1) -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.55) -- -- --
grub (2.06) 2.06 2.02 2.02
gtk (4.12.2) 3.24.24 3.24.5 3.24.5
httpd (2.4.57) -- -- --
inkscape (1.3) 1.0.2 0.92.4 0.92.4
k3b (23.08.1) -- -- --
kmod (30) 28 26 26
krita (5.1.5) 4.4.2 4.1.7 4.1.7
libreoffice (7.6.2) 7.0.4 6.1.5 6.1.5
linux (6.5.5) 5.10.149 5.19.15 4.19.98
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- --
mariadb (11.0.3) -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.26.2) -- -- --
mesa (23.1.8) 20.3.5 18.3.6 18.3.6
mysql (8.1.0) -- -- --
nautilus (45.0) -- -- --
NVIDIA (535.113.01) -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- --
openjdk (21) 11.0.16 11.0.9 11.0.6
openssh (9.4p1) 8.4p1 7.9p1 7.9p1
openssl (3.1.3) 1.1.1n 1.1.1d 1.1.1d
perl (5.38.0) 5.32.1 5.28.1 5.28.1
php (8.2.11) -- -- --
plasma-desktop (5.27.8) 5.20.5 5.14.5.1 5.14.5.1
postfix (3.8.2) -- -- --
postgresql (16.0) -- -- --
Python (3.11.5) 3.9.2 3.7.3 3.7.3
qt (6.5.3) 5.15.2 5.11.3 5.11.3
samba (4.19.0) 4.13.13 4.9.5 4.9.5
systemd (254.5) 247.3 241 241
thunderbird (115.3.0) 102.5.0 78.7.0 68.5.0
vim (9.0) -- 8.1 8.1
vlc (3.0.18) 3.0.18 -- --
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- -- --
xorg-server (21.1.8) 1.20.11 1.20.4 1.20.4

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Version: 23
Rating: 5
Date: 2023-02-25
Votes: 0


I was surprised not to find a checkbox option to encrypt the installation. When I googled "netrunner installation with LUKS" I found that many people have been requesting this from the developers for many years now. The devs have responded that they "might" make this available in some future release but as of Netrunner 23 they still haven't got around to it. Minus 2 points for not having this option and minus another 2 points for ignoring such a perfectly reasonable request from their users for so many years.



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Version: 21.01
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-05-17
Votes: 0


hello people, I've been looking for the perfect, fast AND pretty Linux for a long time. Found it - Netrunner! Keep it up!


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Version: 21.01
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-05-05
Votes: 10


I'm not sure why this one is not more popular--much more popular. I was going to say it's as if Debian and Ubuntu mated and had a KDE child. But that is really more Kubuntu and KDE Neon. Netrunner is based on Debian and its own things. Well I sat down and compared and contrasted Netrunner, Kubuntu, and KDE Neon. I love all three of them.

I am rather foolhardily trying to do video and audio editing on some older NEC notebooks. I did add some RAM--one now has 4GB and the other 8GB. The machines are 8 years old and weren't top of the line when I bought them (they were really budget notebooks--but they had 15.6 inch screens and spacious keyboards, which is why I go them in the first place). I am actually quite gracious that various Linux distros have kept me using my aging hardware when Win 10 became out of the question (yes, I upgraded, no, it was not worth the bother).

I found one of the three 'out of the box' more ready to enable me to rip DVDs into web-ready video. I was able to install Handbrake and MakeMKV applications on all three, but Netrunner really worked best for me, despite it taking a bit longer to get the software installed.

I give all three of these OSes 9/10 stars (which is about as high as I have ever gone). The 'twist' is that I hadn't expected Netrunner to hang with the other two. It sure did.


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