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| 2020-11-27 |
NEW • Development Release: Q4OS 4.2 Testing |
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Q4OS is a Debian-based distribution featuring the KDE Plasma desktop with a classic layout. The project's latest development release is Q4OS 4.2 Testing which is based off Debian's Testing branch. The release announcement describes the 4.2 snapshot as follows: "An update to the Q4OS 4 Gemini testing branch is immediately available for download as 64bit live media. The new 4.2 release is based on Debian 11 Bullseye and features Plasma desktop environment by default. New visual Plasma themes have been added, they are now available in system settings utility. Debian Bullseye packages has been received in their latest version, Q4OS specific packages has been updated as well. New version of Trinity desktop 14.0.10 is ready for installation using the Desktop profiler tool." Download (MD5): q4os-4.2-x64-testing.r1.iso (1,884MB, pkglist). |
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| Q4OS is a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution designed to offer classic-style user interface (Trinity) and simple accessories, and to serve stable APIs for complex third-party applications, such as Google Chrome, VirtualBox and development tools. The system is also very useful for virtual cloud environments due to its very low hardware requirements.
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| 2020-12-18 |
Distribution Release: Q4OS 3.13 |
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The Q4OS team have published a new update to their distribution's Debian-based desktop operating system. The project's new release updates the Q4OS 3.x series, bringing it up to date with Debian's Stable branch. For this release Canonical's Snap framework has been removed, though it can be installed from the project's software repositories. "An update to Q4OS 3 Centaurus LTS has been released. The new 3.13 Series receives the recent Debian Buster 10.7 update, updated Debian stable kernel, important security and bug fixes, and several specific Q4OS enhancements. Canonical's Snap daemon and related dependencies have been removed from the Q4OS desktop profiles, however they're still available in the default repositories. A few printing specific bugs has been patched and a new driver installer for Hewlett-Packard printers and scanners has been included in the Software center. In addition to the above, Q4OS 3.13 brings other enhancements, such as improved Calamares installer and a cumulative upgrade covering all changes from the previous stable Q4OS 3 Centaurus release." The distribution's blog offers additional information. The project provides two editions, one with the KDE Plasma desktop and the other with the Trinity desktop environment (TDE). Download (MD5, pkglist): q4os-3.13-x64.r1.iso (897MB), q4os-3.13-x64-tde.r1.iso (697MB). |
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| 2020-08-31 |
Distribution Release: Q4OS 3.12 |
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A new version of Q4OS, a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution offering a choice of a classic-style user interface (Trinity or TDE, a fork of KDE 4) or the modern KDE Plasma desktop, has been released: "An update to Q4OS 3 'Centaurus' LTS has been released. The new 3.12 series receives the recent Debian 'Buster' 10.5 update, critical security and bug fixes, and several specific Q4OS enhancements. We've been working on visual Plasma themes - the Debonaire theme is now available directly in Plasma-based live media, and other new themes are available for installation from the repositories. Automatic detection of NVIDIA hardware and dedicated installer has been fixed. In addition to the above, Q4OS 3.12 brings other enhancements, such as the Firefox 80 installer, supplemented desktop profiles and a cumulative upgrade covering all changes from the previous stable Q4OS 3 'Centaurus' release. Current users only need to perform a regular update to get all the new features. Anyone can download installation media images from the Downloads section of the Q4OS website." See the release announcement and the changelog for further details. Download (MD5, pkglist): q4os-3.12-x64.r1.iso (894MB), q4os-3.12-x64-tde.r1.iso (697MB). |
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| 2020-05-12 |
Distribution Release: Q4OS 3.11 |
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Q4OS is a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution designed to offer classic-style user interface (Trinity) or the more modern Plasma desktop. The project's latest version, Q4OS 3.11, offers several package upgrades and introduces new dedicated installers for the Firefox and Palemoon web browsers. The release announcement offers further details: "A significant update to Q4OS 3 Centaurus LTS is immediately available for download. The new 3.11 series receives all the fixes and goodies from the recent Debian Buster 10.4 update, critical security and bug fixes and brings several Q4OS specific improvements. Most importantly, the Q4OS Software centre applications list has got a bunch of new items. National keyboard layout configuration has been enhanced. In addition to the above, Q4OS 3.11 brings other exciting enhancements, such as dedicated installers for Firefox 76 and Palemoon browsers as well as cumulative upgrade covering all changes since the previous stable version of Q4OS 3 Centaurus." Download (MD5, pkglist): q4os-3.11-x64.r1.iso (904MB), q4os-3.11-x64-tde.r1.iso (711MB). |
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| 2020-02-15 |
Development Release: Q4OS 4.0 Testing |
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The Q4OS team have published a new development snapshot of their lightweight distribution. The new testing release is called 4.0 "Gemini" and is based on Debian Testing (aka Bullseye). "We are happy to kick off development cycle of the Q4OS 4, the brand new major version codenamed 'Gemini'. The Debian 'Bullseye' development branch underlies Q4OS Gemini, which will be in development until Debian Bullseye becomes stable, and it's planned to be supported for five years from the official release date. Unlike previous installation media, Q4OS Gemini live media carries the full desktop software bundle, however a user can ask the Desktop profiler tool to strip the target system into one of predefined so called 'Software profiles' throughout the installation process. Feel free to download and try the new version out, bugs and glitches reporting would be very welcome, live bootable media are immediately available for download from the dedicated Testing releases page." Further detaisl can be found on the project's blog page. Download (MD5): q4os-4.0-x64.r1.iso (1,594MB, pkglist). |
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| 2020-01-03 |
Distribution Release: Q4OS 3.10 |
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Q4OS is a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution designed to offer classic-style user interface, provided by either KDE Plasma or the Trinity desktop. The project's latest release, Q4OS 3.10, is based on Debian 10.2 "Buster" and offers better screen scaling for Trinity users. "The new 3.10 series brings important changes for key Q4OS desktop environments, Plasma and Trinity. Both desktops are now much more independent one on each other, Q4OS Plasma doesn't require presence of the Trinity desktop anymore. As a positive side effect, we could significantly reduce size of the Plasma installation media. In addition to adoption the Debian Buster 10.2 release, we have included a dedicated hardware reporting tool into both Plasma and Trinity live media. Screen scaling tool for Trinity desktop has been even improved again. Plasma Debonaire theme has been polished, so it now looks a bit darker. Apart from the changes mentioned, Q4OS 3.10 brings numerous improvements and fixes as well as cumulative upgrade covering all changes since the previous Q4OS 3 Centaurus stable release, see the complete Changelog." Further details can be found in the project's blog post. Download (MD5) (pkglist): q4os-3.10-x64.r1.iso (858MB), q4os-3.10-x64-tde.r1.iso (679MB). |
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| 2019-07-15 |
Distribution Release: Q4OS 3.8 |
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Q4OS is a lightweight Linux distribution based on Debian. The distribution's latest release is Q4OS 3.8 which is available in two desktop editions: KDE Plasma and Trinity. "Q4OS Centaurus is based on Debian Buster 10 and Plasma 5.14, optionally Trinity 14.0.6, desktop environment, and it's available for 64-bit and 32-bit/i686 PAE computers, as well as for older i386 systems without PAE extension. We are working hard to bring it for ARM devices too. One of the Q4OS specific goals is the ability to have Plasma and Trinity desktop alongside each other installed. Users can switch back and forth between more advanced Plasma or efficient Trinity desktop. Both desktops can independently coexist side by side and don't interfere with each other. Plasma is being the logical primary choice for most of users, so it's considered to be the default option, which is also obvious from the Q4OS downloads site. Q4OS 3.8 will receive five years of security updates. Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5) (pkglist): q4os-3.8-x64.r1.iso (869MB), q4os-3.8-x64-tde.r1.iso (638MB). |
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| 2019-06-14 |
Development Release: Q4OS 3.7 Testing |
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Q4OS is a Debian-based distribution which runs either the Trinity or KDE Plasma desktop environments. The project has published a new development snapshot, Q4OS 3.7 which is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit builds. "We are entering the final phase of the Q4OS 3 Centaurus development, so it's now officially frozen. On this occasion we have released a brand new 32-bit Q4OS 'Centaurus' installation media designed for older computers, as well as 64-bit media cumulative update. Users can now easily deploy the Q4OS 3.7 testing release, if they want to become early adopters or just help with the testing. Please download 64-bit, as well as 32-bit ISO images on the dedicated Testing releases webpage. The Freeze phase is now in effect for Q4OS 3 'Centaurus', which means that no new features, nor significant changes are permitted, exception being only critical bugs and anything else, that might block the final release." Q4OS 3.x should transition to being a stable release around the same time Debian 10 is published in the first half of July. After that, Q4OS 3.x will receive five years of support. Details can be found on the distribution's news page. Download (MD5, pkglist): q4os-3.7-x64.r1.iso (869MB), q4os-3.7-x64-tde.r1.iso (638MB). |
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| 2019-04-05 |
Development Release: Q4OS 3.6 Testing |
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The Q4OS team have published a new development snapshot of their Debian-based distribution. The new version, Q4OS 3.6 Testing, is available in KDE Plasma and Trinity desktop flavours which uses Debian "Buster" as its base. The release announcement reads: "An updated image of the Q4OS 3 Centaurus testing live media is available for download https://www.q4os.org/downloads2.html , now in version "3.6". It now features the most recent Trinity stable release 14.0.6. Apart from that, a few fixes and security patches has been included.... Q4OS Centaurus 3.6 is based on the current Debian 'Buster' development, Plasma 5.14, and Trinity desktop 14.0.6 stable branches. All the updates are immediately available for existing Q4OS Centaurus users from the regular Q4OS repositories. Keep in mind we don't recommend to use testing versions in production environments." Download (MD5) (pkglist): q4os-3.6-x64.r1.iso (916MB), q4os-3.6-x64-tde.r1.iso (678MB). |
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