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Vanilla OS 2 Released With Hybrid Debian Base, Improved Multi-GPU Support


Vanilla OS 2 debuted on Sunday as a major release to this Linux distribution now built atop a Debian base for this distro that started out being an immutable and atomic version of Ubuntu

Vanilla OS 2 debuted on Sunday as a major release to this Linux distribution now built atop a Debian base for this distro that started out being an immutable and atomic version of Ubuntu. Vanilla OS 2 also features a complete rewrite of its OCI image handling for more reliable updates and enhanced atomic transactions, LVM thin provisioning is now utilized, PolKit policies to replace sudo for privileged operations, Apx improvements, PRIME profiles for better multi-GPU handling, and a lot of other work on the desktop side. For those wanting to try out Vanilla OS 2 as one of the more innovative and original independent Linux distributions out there, visit VanillaOS.org for downloads and to learn more about this Vanilla OS 2 update.About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience.

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