Based on the latest software repositories from Debian GNU/Linux 8 “Jessie,” Netrunner Desktop 16.09 “Avalon” is powered by the Linux 4.7 kernel and built on top of the KDE Plasma 5.7.5 desktop environment, which is accompanied by the KDE Applications 16.08 software suite, KDE Frameworks 5.26.0 collection of add-on libraries for Qt 5.7. However, users can update to KDE Plasma 5.8.2 LTS and KDE Frameworks 5.27.0. A complete tutorial for upgrading your new Netrunner Desktop 16.09 “Avalon” installation to the KDE Plasma 5.8.2 LTS desktop environment and KDE Frameworks 5.27.0 is provided on the distribution’s homepage.
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