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+[#]: author: "Sourav Rudra https://news.itsfoss.com/author/sourav/"
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+Solus 4.4 Releases With Useful Upgrades and Plans to Ditch MATE Edition
+======
+
+Solus 4.4 gets some impressive upgrades, with a new edition on the way in the near future.
+
+![solus 4.4][1]
+
+Solus is a name that has not made the news for some time now, the last time we heard about it was back in April this year when it went through [yet another shake up][2].
+
+Luckily, the new organizational restructure seems to have worked, as we now have a **new release after almost two years!**
+
+You see, Solus is one of the best [independent Linux distros][3] that offers a very beginner-friendly user experience.
+
+The last release was Solus 4.3, which offered many improvements, and the new one aims to one-up that.
+
+Let's see what the latest release of Solus has to offer.
+
+### 🆕 Solus 4.4: What's New?
+
+![a screenshot of the about the system menu on solus plasma edition][4]
+
+Solus 4.4 is packed with many improvements; some of the most notable ones include the following:
+
+- **Better Hardware Support**
+- **Desktop Environment Upgrades**
+- **Updated Application Suite**
+
+#### Better Hardware Support
+
+Solus 4.4 uses the **Linux Kernel 6.3.8** as a strong foundation for supporting a wide range of hardware, which was not seen before. The hardware support consists of:
+
+- **Secure Boot**
+- **Intel Arc GPUs**
+- **NVIDIA 40 Series GPUs**
+- **AMD Radeon RX 7600, 7900 XT, and 7900 XTX cards.**
+- **Enhanced support for various light sensors and accelerometers.**
+- **And More.**
+
+#### Desktop Environment Upgrades
+
+This is where you will find the most critical bug fixes, and quality-of-life improvements with Solus. As it is offered in four different editions, we will cover what's new in each.
+
+**GNOME 43.5**
+
+![a screenshot of solus 4.4 running gnome][5]
+
+Solus 4.4 **features the latest** [**GNOME 43.5**][6] **release** with many tweaks. The default shell theme was switched to Adwaita, and dark mode was enabled by default.
+
+Then there's the updated system UI styling, which features the redesigned system status menu, allowing for quick changes to the commonly used settings.
+
+**MATE Retires in Favour of XFCE**
+
+![a screenshot of solus 4.4 running mate][7]
+
+And, in the case of the MATE edition, Solus 4.4 **features the latest** [**MATE 1.27.1**][8] **release**. It includes **various reliability/accessibility fixes**, **a keyboard driver change**, and the **qxl video driver being the default driver** to handle virtualization video driver support.
+
+Sadly, the Solus dev team has **decided to deprecate the MATE edition in favor of an XFCE edition** with future releases of Solus. The key reason behind it was the MATE project being in a **very dilapidated state**, with **no plans for a Wayland implementation**.
+
+**Budgie 10.7.2**
+
+![a screenshot of solus 4.4 running budgie][9]
+
+In the case of the Budgie edition, Solus 4.4 **features the** [**Budgie 10.7.2**][10] **release,** which allows Solus to take advantage of the **new application indexer**, **redesigned settings menu**, **accessibility improvements,** and more.
+
+Furthermore, Solus now **uses the Nemo file manager by default**, doing away with Nautilus. The reason is that Nautilus was changed to GTK4 and libadwaita, which no longer matches the look and feel of the rest of the system.
+
+**Plasma**
+
+![a screenshot of solus running plasma][11]
+
+Similarly, in the case of the Plasma edition. Solus 4.4 **features the latest [Plasma Desktop 5.27.5][12] release** alongside **KDE Frameworks 5.106.0**, **KDE Gear 23.04.2**, and the **KDE branch for QT 5.15.9.**
+
+This has resulted in many new features; some highlights include:
+
+- **The default application launcher was replaced with [Kickoff][13].**
+- **Wayland Session is made available out of the box.**
+- **[KSysGuard][14] was replaced in favor of [System Monitor][15].**
+- **A new 'Overview View', that can be used to manage all the active desktops/applications.**
+- **Support for Big Screen Mode.**
+
+#### Updated Application Suite
+
+Other than the above-mentioned changes, Solus 4.4 features an updated application suite that includes:
+
+- **Firefox 114.0.1**
+- **LibreOffice 7.5.3.2**
+- **Thunderbird 102.12.0**
+- **Rhyhmbox as the default music player for Budgie, GNOME, and MATE editions.**
+- **Celluloid for video playback on Budgie and GNOME.**
+- **VLC Player for video playback on MATE.**
+- **Elisa for audio playback, and Haruna for video playback on Plasma.**
+
+You may review the [release announcement][16] to dive deeper into this major release.
+
+### 📥 Download Solus 4.4
+
+This release of Solus is available in **four different editions; you** can get them from the [official website][17].
+
+[Solus 4.4][18]
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+via: https://news.itsfoss.com/solus-4-4-released/
+
+作者：[Sourav Rudra][a]
+选题：[lkxed][b]
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+[a]: https://news.itsfoss.com/author/sourav/
+[b]: https://github.com/lkxed/
+[1]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/size/w1304/2023/07/solus-4-4-released.jpg
+[2]: https://news.itsfoss.com/solus-revival/
+[3]: https://itsfoss.com/independent-linux-distros/
+[4]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/07/Solus_4.4.jpg
+[5]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/07/Solus_4.4_GNOME.jpg
+[6]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/releases/43.5
+[7]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/07/Solus_4.4_MATE.jpg
+[8]: https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-desktop/releases/tag/v1.27.1
+[9]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/07/Solus_4.4_Budgie.jpg
+[10]: https://blog.buddiesofbudgie.org/budgie-10-7-2/
+[11]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/07/Solus_4.4_Plasma.jpg
+[12]: https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.27.5/
+[13]: https://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/Kickoff
+[14]: https://apps.kde.org/ksysguard/
+[15]: https://apps.kde.org/plasma-systemmonitor/
+[16]: https://getsol.us/2023/07/08/solus-4-4-released/
+[17]: https://getsol.us/download/
+[18]: https://getsol.us/download/