Dock preview of Linux Netrunner 13.12

Netrunner is a Debian-based open source Linux distribution for desktop computers, laptops, netbooks and ARM-based devices.

Two versions of Netrunner are available: Desktop and Core.

Overview

Netrunner is a 64-bit desktop operating system and uses the Calamares graphical installer. Netrunner 1 Albedo (the first version of Netrunner) was first released on March 18, 2010. Netrunner is based on Debian Stable. Its desktop environment is based on Plasma Desktop by KDE.

Netrunner Core is a desktop version containing only a small number of essential applications.

Netrunner has support for the Pinebook and Odroid C1 ARM.

The latest release, Netrunner 26, has switched to XLibre as the default display server.

Default software

A default installation of Netrunner contains the following software:

Release history

The following is the release history for Netrunner Core and Desktop:

VersionRelease dateBased On
Netrunner Desktop 262026-04-02Debian Stable 13 (Trixie); Plasma 6.3.6
Netrunner Desktop 252025-02-10Debian Stable 12 (Bookworm); Plasma 5.27.5
Netrunner Desktop 232023-01-20Debian Stable 11 (Bullseye); Plasma 5.20.5
Netrunner Desktop 21.012021-02-20Debian Stable 10.7 (buster); Plasma 5.14.5
Netrunner Desktop 20.012020-02-23Debian Stable 10.3 (buster); Plasma 5.14.5
Netrunner Desktop 19.082019-08-20Debian Stable 10.0 (buster); Plasma 5.14.5
Netrunner Desktop 19.012019-01-12Debian Testing Snapshot; Plasma 5.14.3
Netrunner Desktop 18.032018-03-11Debian Testing Snapshot; Plasma 5.12.2
Netrunner Desktop 17.10 Voyager2017-11-12Debian Testing Snapshot (20170923)
Netrunner Desktop 17.06 Daedalus2017-07-01Debian Testing
Netrunner Desktop 17.03 Cyclotron2017-03-31Debian Testing
Netrunner Core 17.012017-01-01Debian Testing Snapshot (20161211); Plasma 5.8.2
Netrunner Desktop 17.012017-01-01Debian Testing Snapshot (20161211)
Netrunner Desktop 16.092016-11-05Debian Jessie 8
Netrunner Core 16.092016-10-23Debian Jessie 8

The following is the release history for previously Kubuntu based Netrunner versions (discontinued):

VersionRelease dateBased On
Netrunner 17 Horizon2015-11-23Kubuntu "wily"
Netrunner 16 Ozymandias2015-05-16Kubuntu "vivid"
Netrunner 15 Prometheus2015-02-15Kubuntu "utopic"
Netrunner 14.2 Frontier2015-09-16Kubuntu "trusty"(LTS)
Netrunner 14.1 Frontier2015-01-24Kubuntu "trusty"(LTS)
Netrunner 14 Frontier2014-06-22Kubuntu "trusty"(LTS)
Netrunner 13.12 Enigma II2014-01-13Kubuntu "saucy"
Netrunner 13.06 Enigma2013-07-05Kubuntu "raring"
Netrunner 12.12 Dryland - Third Edition2012-12-22Kubuntu "quantal"
Netrunner 4.2 Dryland-22012-06-20Kubuntu "precise"
Netrunner 4.0 Dryland2011-12-29Kubuntu "oneiric"
Netrunner 3 Chromatic2011-04-14Kubuntu "natty"
Netrunner 2 Blacklight2010-07-15Kubuntu "lucid"
Netrunner 1 Albedo2010-03-18Linux Mint "karmic"

The following is the release history for the Netrunner Rolling, which has been discontinued in favor of Manjaro collaboration efforts:

VersionRelease dateBased On
Netrunner Rolling 2019.042019-04-20Kernel 4.19.32 LTS, KDE Plasma 5.15.5
Netrunner Rolling 2018.082018-08-05Kernel 4.17, KDE Plasma 5.13.3
Netrunner Rolling 2018.012018-01-26KDE Plasma 5.11.5
Netrunner Rolling 2017.072017-07-18Kernel 4.11.8, KDE Plasma 5.10.3
Netrunner Rolling 2016.012016-02-27KDE Plasma 5.5.4
Netrunner Rolling 2015.112015-11-13Manjaro KDE 15.09 (Update 6)
Netrunner Rolling 2015.092015-10-03Manjaro KDE 15.09
Netrunner Rolling 2014.09.12014-09-25Manjaro KDE 0.8.10
Netrunner Rolling 2014.042014-04-04Manjaro KDE 0.8.9

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