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Last Update: 2026-02-08 01:17 UTC

BEE free (formerly BeeFree OS) is a desktop Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It features the KDE Plasma desktop environment and various customisation, such as the inclusion of Epson printer drivers, GRUB customiser, Python 3 integrated with the Visual Studio code, and WPS Office. The project started life as a Linux Mint-based distribution with the Cinnamon desktop, but switched to KDE neon base in the third quarter of 2019, and then to an Ubuntu base in 2020.

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Distribution BEE free (formerly BeeFree OS)
Home Page https://www.beefree.tech/
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Feature 2020-10-25 MMXX-9.1 18.3
Release Date 2020-10-25 2019-09-01 2018-07-01
End Of Life      
Price (US$) Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 3400-3500 3000-3100 3800-3900
Free Download ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop KDE Plasma KDE Plasma Cinnamon
Default Browser      
Package Format deb (apt) deb (apt) deb (apt)
Package Management      
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite WPS Office WPS Office LibreOffice
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4 Btrfs, ext3, ext4 Btrfs, ext3, ext4
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes
Full Package List 2020-10-25 mmxx-9.1 18.3
Package 2020-10-25 MMXX-9.1 18.3
alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) 1.2.2 1.1.3 1.1.0
amdgpu (25.0.0) -- -- --
apparmor (5.0.0)      
apt (3.3.0) 2.0.2 1.6.11 1.2.26
bash (5.3) 5.0 4.4.18 4.3
bind (9.20.22) -- -- --
chromium (148.0.7778.167) 86.0.4240.111 76.0.3809.132 67.0.3396.99
cinnamon (6.6.8) -- -- 3.6.7
cups (2.4.19) 2.3.1 2.2.7 2.1.3
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) 1.45.5 1.44.1 1.42.13
ffmpeg (8.1.1) 4.2.4 3.4.6 2.8.14
firefox (150.0.3) 80.0.1 -- 60.0.2
flatpak (1.16.6) 1.8.1 1.0.8 0.10.0
freetype (2.14.3) 2.10.1 2.8.1 2.6.1
gcc (16.1.0) 9.3.0 7.4.0 5.3.1
gimp (3.2.4) 2.10.18 2.10.12 2.8.22
git (2.54.0) 2.25.1 2.17.1 2.7.4
glibc (2.43) 2.31 2.27 2.23
gnome-shell (50.1) -- -- --
grub (2.14) 2.04 2.02 2.02beta2
gtk (4.22.4) 3.24.20 3.22.30 3.18.9
httpd (2.4.67) -- -- --
inkscape (1.4.4) 0.92.5 0.92.4 0.92
kmod (34.2) 27 24 22
krita (6.0.1) -- -- --
LibreOffice (26.2.3) 6.4.3 -- 6.0.5
Package 2020-10-25 MMXX-9.1 18.3
libselinux (3.10) 3.0 2.7 2.4
linux (7.0.7) 5.4 5.0 4.10
mariadb (12.2.2) -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- 1.18.0
mesa (26.0.7) 20.0.8 19.0.8 17.2.8
mysql (9.7.0) -- -- --
nautilus (50.1) -- -- --
NVIDIA (595.71.05) -- -- --
openjdk (26.0.1) 11.0.8 -- --
openssh (10.3p1) 8.2p1 7.6p1 7.2p2
openssl (4.0.0) 1.1.1f 1.1.1 1.0.2g
perl (5.42.2) 5.30.0 5.26.1 5.22.1
php (8.5.6) -- -- --
plasma-desktop (6.6.5) 5.18.5 5.16.4 --
postfix (3.11.2) -- -- --
postgresql (18.4) -- -- --
Python (3.14.5) 3.8.2 3.6.8 2.7.12
qt (6.11.1) 5.12.8 5.12.3 5.5.1
samba (4.24.2) 4.11.6 -- 4.3.11
systemd (260.1) 245 237 229
thunderbird (150.0.2) -- -- 52.8.0
vim (9.2) 8.1 8.0 7.4
vlc (3.0.23) 3.0.9.2 3.0.7.1 2.2.2
wayland (1.25.0) -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.20.2) -- -- --
xorg-server (21.1.22) 1.20.8 1.19.6 1.18.4


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