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Netrunner (operating system)
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<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2> <p>Netrunner is a <a href="/facts/64-bit/AgvkQHkM">64-bit</a> desktop <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a> and uses the <a href="/facts/Calamares_(software)/BGGXaIGS">Calamares</a> graphical installer. Netrunner 1 Albedo (the first version of Netrunner) was first released on March 18, 2010. Netrunner is based on <a href="/facts/Debian/cBd93qfJ">Debian</a> Stable. Its desktop environment is based on <a href="/facts/Plasma_Desktop/ao7x6z7s">Plasma Desktop</a> by <a href="/facts/KDE/PCh32IWA">KDE</a>. </p><p>Netrunner Core is a desktop version containing only a small number of essential applications. </p><p>Netrunner has support for the <a href="/facts/Pinebook/KqvLYTJ0">Pinebook</a> and Odroid C1 ARM.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="default-software">Default software</h2> <p>A default installation of Netrunner contains the following software: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/KDE_Plasma_5/ao7x6z7s">KDE Plasma</a> Desktop</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mozilla_Firefox/xez2zv8H">Mozilla Firefox</a> (including Plasma integration)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mozilla_Thunderbird/20lnTsYS">Mozilla Thunderbird</a> (including Plasma integration)</li> <li><a href="/facts/VLC_media_player/aNurLBXb">VLC media player</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/LibreOffice/MInj5kF7">LibreOffice</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/GIMP/01Phx7Vp">GIMP</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Krita/VuMXYuxD">Krita</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Gwenview/z3dkP4sJ">Gwenview</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kdenlive/5B1TvBqE">Kdenlive</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Inkscape/2tWDngTv">Inkscape</a></li> <li>Samba Mounter (NAS setup)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Steam_(service)/nrpWwLA9">Steam</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/VirtualBox/8wordR1n">VirtualBox</a></li></ul> <h2 id="release-history">Release history</h2> <p>The following is the release history for Netrunner Core and Desktop:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Version</th><th>Release Date</th><th>Based On</th></tr><tr><td>Netrunner Desktop 23<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td><td>2023-01-20</td><td>Debian Stable 11 (Bullseye); Plasma 5.20.5</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner Desktop 21.01<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td><td>2021-02-20</td><td>Debian Stable 10.7 (buster); Plasma 5.14.5</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner Desktop 20.01<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></td><td>2020-02-23</td><td>Debian Stable 10.3 (buster); Plasma 5.14.5</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner Desktop 19.08<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></td><td>2019-08-20</td><td>Debian Stable 10.0 (buster); Plasma 5.14.5</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner Desktop 19.01<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></td><td>2019-01-12</td><td>Debian Testing Snapshot; Plasma 5.14.3</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner Desktop 18.03<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></td><td>2018-03-11</td><td>Debian Testing Snapshot; Plasma 5.12.2</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner Desktop 17.10 Voyager<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></td><td>2017-11-12</td><td>Debian Testing Snapshot (20170923)</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner Desktop 17.06 Daedalus<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td><td>2017-07-01</td><td>Debian Testing</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner Desktop 17.03 Cyclotron<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></td><td>2017-03-31</td><td>Debian Testing</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner Core 17.01<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></td><td>2017-01-01</td><td>Debian Testing Snapshot (20161211); Plasma 5.8.2</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner Desktop 17.01<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></td><td>2017-01-01</td><td>Debian Testing Snapshot (20161211)</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner Desktop 16.09<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></td><td>2016-11-05</td><td>Debian Jessie 8</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner Core 16.09<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></td><td>2016-10-23</td><td>Debian Jessie 8</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following is the release history for previously <a href="/facts/Kubuntu/6yk3u3EP">Kubuntu</a> based Netrunner versions (discontinued):<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Version</th><th>Release Date</th><th>Based On</th></tr><tr><td>Netrunner 17 Horizon<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></td><td>2015-11-23</td><td>Kubuntu "wily"</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner 16 Ozymandias<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></td><td>2015-05-16</td><td>Kubuntu "vivid"</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner 15 Prometheus<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></td><td>2015-02-15</td><td>Kubuntu "utopic"</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner 14.2 Frontier<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></td><td>2015-09-16</td><td>Kubuntu "trusty"(LTS)</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner 14.1 Frontier</td><td>2015-01-24</td><td>Kubuntu "trusty"(LTS)</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner 14 Frontier</td><td>2014-06-22</td><td>Kubuntu "trusty"(LTS)</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner 13.12 Enigma II</td><td>2014-01-13</td><td>Kubuntu "saucy"</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner 13.06 Enigma</td><td>2013-07-05</td><td>Kubuntu "raring"</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner 12.12 Dryland - Third Edition</td><td>2012-12-22</td><td>Kubuntu "quantal"</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner 4.2 Dryland-2</td><td>2012-06-20</td><td>Kubuntu "precise"</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner 4.0 Dryland</td><td>2011-12-29</td><td>Kubuntu "oneiric"</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner 3 Chromatic</td><td>2011-04-14</td><td>Kubuntu "natty"</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner 2 Blacklight</td><td>2010-07-15</td><td>Kubuntu "lucid"</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner 1 Albedo</td><td>2010-03-18</td><td>Linux Mint "karmic"</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following is the release history for the Netrunner Rolling, which has been discontinued in favor of <a href="/facts/Manjaro/TMWFCEd2">Manjaro</a> collaboration efforts:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Version</th><th>Release Date</th><th>Based On</th></tr><tr><td>Netrunner Rolling 2019.04<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></td><td>2019-04-20</td><td>Kernel 4.19.32 LTS, KDE Plasma 5.15.5</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner Rolling 2018.08</td><td>2018-08-05</td><td>Kernel 4.17, KDE Plasma 5.13.3</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner Rolling 2018.01</td><td>2018-01-26</td><td>KDE Plasma 5.11.5</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner Rolling 2017.07<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a></td><td>2017-07-18</td><td>Kernel 4.11.8, KDE Plasma 5.10.3</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner Rolling 2016.01<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></td><td>2016-02-27</td><td>KDE Plasma 5.5.4</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner Rolling 2015.11<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></td><td>2015-11-13</td><td>Manjaro KDE 15.09 (Update 6)</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner Rolling 2015.09<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></td><td>2015-10-03</td><td>Manjaro KDE 15.09</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner Rolling 2014.09.1<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></td><td>2014-09-25</td><td>Manjaro KDE 0.8.10</td></tr><tr><td>Netrunner Rolling 2014.04</td><td>2014-04-04</td><td>Manjaro KDE 0.8.9</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.netrunner.com">Official website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Nestor, Marius (23 October 2016). "Netrunner Core 16.09 "Avalon" Is Based on Debian GNU/Linux 8, KDE Plasma 5.7.5". softpedia. <a href="https://news.softpedia.com/news/netrunner-core-16-09-avalon-is-based-on-debian-gnu-linux-8-kde-plasma-5-7-5-509540.shtml" target="_blank">https://news.softpedia.com/news/netrunner-core-16-09-avalon-is-based-on-debian-gnu-linux-8-kde-plasma-5-7-5-509540.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Download page". Netrunner GNU/Linux. 2024-07-12. Retrieved 2022-08-15. <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/download/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/download/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Netrunner Core 16.09 "Avalon"". 23 October 2016. <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-core-1609-released/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-core-1609-released/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Release Schedule". netrunner.com. Netrunner. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2021. <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/release-schedule/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/release-schedule/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Team, Netrunner (2023-01-21). "Netrunner 23 "Vaporwave"". Netrunner GNU/Linux. Retrieved 2023-04-30. <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-23-vaporwave/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-23-vaporwave/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Netrunner 21.01 – "XOXO" released". 20 February 2021. <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-21-01-xoxo-released/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-21-01-xoxo-released/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Netrunner 20.01 – "Twenty" released". 23 February 2020. <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-20-01-twenty-released/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-20-01-twenty-released/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Netrunner 19.08 – Indigo released". 20 August 2019. <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-19-08-indigo-released/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-19-08-indigo-released/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Release Schedules". 5 April 2014. <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/release-schedules/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/release-schedules/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Release Schedules". 5 April 2014. <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/release-schedules/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/release-schedules/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Netrunner 17.10 released". 12 November 2017. <a href="http://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-17-10-released/" target="_blank">http://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-17-10-released/</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Netrunner 17.06 released". July 2017. <a href="http://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-17-06-released/" target="_blank">http://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-17-06-released/</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"Netrunner Desktop 17.03 released". 31 March 2017. <a href="http://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-desktop-17-03-released/" target="_blank">http://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-desktop-17-03-released/</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"Download". 13 January 2014. <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/download/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/download/</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Team, Netrunner (1 January 2017). "Netrunner Desktop 17.01 released". <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-desktop-17-01-released/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-desktop-17-01-released/</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Team, Netrunner (4 November 2016). "Netrunner Desktop 16.09 released". <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-desktop-1609/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-desktop-1609/</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>"Netrunner Core 16.09 "Avalon"". 23 October 2016. <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-core-1609-released/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-core-1609-released/</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>http://www.amuilinux.org [dead link] <a href="http://www.amuilinux.org" target="_blank">http://www.amuilinux.org</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>Team, Netrunner (23 November 2015). "Netrunner 17 released". <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-17-released/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-17-released/</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>"Netrunner 16 - Ozymandias released". 16 May 2015. <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-16-ozymandias/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-16-ozymandias/</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>"Netrunner 15 - Prometheus (64bit)". 15 February 2015. <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-15/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-15/</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>"Netrunner 14.2 LTS - Update Release". 1 September 2015. <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-14-2-update-release/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-14-2-update-release/</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>"Netrunner Rolling vs. Supporting Manjaro". 13 October 2019. <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/rolling-vs-supporting-manjaro/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/rolling-vs-supporting-manjaro/</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>"Netrunner Rolling 2019.04 released". 20 April 2019. <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-rolling-2019-04-released/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-rolling-2019-04-released/</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:25"><p>Team, Netrunner (18 July 2017). "Netrunner Rolling 2017.07 released". <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-rolling-2017-07-released/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-rolling-2017-07-released/</a> <a href="#fnref:25" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:26"><p>Team, Netrunner (27 February 2016). "Netrunner Rolling 2016.01 released". <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-rolling-2016-01-released/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-rolling-2016-01-released/</a> <a href="#fnref:26" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:27"><p>anachronox (13 November 2015). "Netrunner Rolling 2015.11 released". <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-rolling-2015-11/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-rolling-2015-11/</a> <a href="#fnref:27" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:28"><p>Netrunner Rolling 2015.11 - Downhill, Dedoimedo <a href="https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/netrunner-rolling-2015-11.html" target="_blank">https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/netrunner-rolling-2015-11.html</a> <a href="#fnref:28" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:29"><p>"Netrunner Rolling 2015.09 - 32 & 64bit released". 3 October 2015. <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/release-rolling-2015-09/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/release-rolling-2015-09/</a> <a href="#fnref:29" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:30"><p>llectronics (25 September 2014). "Netrunner Rolling 2014.09.1". <a href="https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-rolling-2014-09-1/" target="_blank">https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-rolling-2014-09-1/</a> <a href="#fnref:30" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>