Chakra doesn't need any introduction, it is fast growing in popularity among the KDE users. But, I will give you a brief history of Chakra. It started off as KDEmod, a modular software package for Arch Linux which was phased out last year, transforming Chakra into an independent Arch based operating system. Since Chakra is still going through the transition things will change and improve over time. Which puts Charka in a 'still in the making' distro. We reviewed Chakra last year and we are back to check what's new with the latest version.
The Chakra team has announced the release of the latest version of Chakra which is based on KDE 4.8. Chakra Archimedes will not only give you an 'out-of-the-box' Linux eperience, but also let you explore KDE 4.8.
Arch Linux has a cult following, and there is a price to pay too – it is one of those operating systems which requires its users to be well versed with the UNIX-like system.
The Chakra Development Team has announced the release of Chakra 2011.12. Chakra is one the most popular Arch Linux forks. This version is Linux 3.1 and KDE 4.7. With this release KDE is updated to 4.7.4, kernel to Linux 3.1.4. The sound group has been rebuild/updated, latest networkmanagement and mesa-stack are also included. Chakra is now offering a DVD and CD version.