Beta5 - Unicorn Desktop & issues upgrading.

Rhino Linux has had a fair amount of beta releases, mostly fixing smaller issues that have arisen since the first one. We are now happy to announce the release of Rhino Linux 2023.1-beta5. This beta release brings a lot of major changes to Rhino Linux, including the release of our Unicorn Desktop experience.

The Unicorn Desktop is our in-house custom XFCE experience that combines the best of the traditional and modern takes on the desktop experience. Ready to serve both powerusers and beginners alike, the Unicorn Desktop is a force to be reckoned with. Based on XFCE, this desktop experience is lightweight and fast, but 100% powerful.

The Unicorn Desktop is our in-house custom XFCE experience that combines the best of the traditional and modern takes on the desktop experience. Ready to serve both powerusers and beginners alike, the Unicorn Desktop is a force to be reckoned with. Based on XFCE, this desktop experience is lightweight and fast, but 100% powerful.

The Unicorn desktop experience comes with built-in free software solutions such as uLauncher, a drop-in replacement for spotlight search. Other features among that also include lightpad, our application grid and Xfdashboard, a gnome-shell style exposé and virtual desktops dashboard. You can read more about the Unicorn desktop here (opens in a new tab).

Users can upgrade from previous beta releases to Rhino Linux 2023.1-beta5, however an issue is currently preventing a direct upgrade with rhino-pkg update. Please follow this guide on our bug tracker to fix the issue.