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KaOS


Last Update: 2023-11-14 01:40 UTC


KaOS is a desktop Linux distribution that features the latest version of the KDE desktop environment, the Calligra office suite, and other popular software applications that use the Qt toolkit. It was inspired by Arch Linux, but the developers build their own packages which are available from in-house repositories. KaOS employs a rolling-release development model and is built exclusively for 64-bit computer systems.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 54 (198), 6 months: 47 (202), 3 months: 42 (222), 4 weeks: 63 (174), 1 week: 95 (104)

Average visitor rating: 5.81/10 from 21 review(s).


KaOS Summary
Distribution KaOS
Home Page http://kaosx.us/
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2023-09-22: Distribution Release: KaOS 2023.09
 • 2023-02-14: Distribution Release: KaOS 2023.02
 • 2022-10-07: Distribution Release: KaOS 2022.10
 • 2022-06-22: Distribution Release: KaOS 2022.06
 • 2022-04-29: Distribution Release: KaOS 2022.04
 • 2022-02-14: Distribution Release: KaOS 2022.02
 • 2021-10-14: Distribution Release: KaOS 2021.10
 • 2021-08-18: Distribution Release: KaOS 2021.08
 • 2021-06-29: Distribution Release: KaOS 2021.06
 • 2021-04-27: Distribution Release: KaOS 2021.04
 • 2021-01-15: Distribution Release: KaOS 2021.01
 • 2020-09-23: Distribution Release: KaOS 2020.09
 • More KaOS releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2023-07-13 KaOS releases install media fix
 • 2023-04-23 KaOS previews KDE Plasma 6
 • 2022-08-18 KaOS removes final Python 2 packages and PulseAudio
 • 2017-08-14 KaOS working on hardened kernel
 • 2017-03-22 KaOS updates
 • 2016-09-14 KaOS gets first run wizard
 • 2016-07-24 KaOS releases big changes
 • More KaOS headlines...

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abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.10) 1.2.10 1.2.8 1.2.5.1 1.2.4 1.1.9 1.1.7 1.1.4.1 1.1.2 1.1.0 1.0.28 alsa-lib (1.2.10)
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bash (5.2.21) 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3 bash (5.2.21)
bind (9.18.20) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.18.20)
chromium (119.0.6045.199) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (119.0.6045.199)
cups (2.4.7) 2.4.7 2.4.2 2.3.3 2.3.3 2.3.0 2.2.10 2.2.6 2.2.1 2.1.0 2.0.1 cups (2.4.7)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.4 1.45.6 1.45.4 1.44.5 1.43.7 1.43.3 1.42.13 1.42.12 e2fsprogs (1.47.0)
firefox (120.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- firefox (120.0.1)
freetype (2.13.2) 2.13.2 2.12.1 2.11.0 2.10.4 2.10.1 2.9.1 2.8 2.6.5 2.6.1 2.5.4 freetype (2.13.2)
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gimp (2.10.36) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (2.10.36)
glibc (2.38) 2.37 2.36 2.33 2.32 2.30 2.27 2.25 2.23 2.21 2.20 glibc (2.38)
gnome-shell (45.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (45.2)
gnucash (5.4-1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.4-1)
gnumeric (1.12.56) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.56)
grub (2.06) 2.06 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.04 2.02 2.02 2.01.81 2.02beta 2.00 grub (2.06)
gtk (4.12.4) -- -- -- -- -- 2.24.32 2.24.31 -- -- -- gtk (4.12.4)
httpd (2.4.58) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.58)
inkscape (1.3.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.3.1)
k3b (23.08.3) 23.08.3 22.12.0 21.08.2 20.08.3 19.08.2 18.12.0 17.08.3 2.9.92 2.9.90 2.0.3 k3b (23.08.3)
kmod (31) 31 30 29 27 26 25 24 23 22 19 kmod (31)
krita (5.2.1) -- -- -- -- 4.2.7.1 4.1.7 3.3.2.1 3.0.1.1 2.9.93 2.8.7 krita (5.2.1)
libreoffice (7.6.3) 7.6.2.1 7.4.3 7.2.1 7.0.3 6.3.3 -- -- -- -- -- libreoffice (7.6.3)
linux (6.6.4) 6.5.11 6.0.12 5.14.11 5.8.18 5.3.8 4.19.12 4.13.12 4.8.6 4.2.6 3.17.7 linux (6.6.4)
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mate-desktop (1.26.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.26.2)
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mysql (8.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (8.2.0)
nautilus (45.2.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (45.2.1)
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openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (21.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (21.0.1)
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php (8.3.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.3.0)
plasma-desktop (5.27.10) 5.27.9 5.26.4 5.23.0 5.20.3 5.17.2 5.14.4 5.11.3 5.8.3 5.4.3 -- plasma-desktop (5.27.10)
postfix (3.8.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.8.3)
postgresql (16.1) 16.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (16.1)
Python (3.12.0) 3.10.13 3.10.9 3.8.12 3.8.6 3.7.5 3.6.7 3.6.1 3.5.2 3.4.3 3.4.2 Python (3.12.0)
qt (6.6.1) 6.6.0 5.15.7 5.15.2 5.15.1 5.13.1 5.12.0 5.9.2 5.7.0 5.5.1 4.8.6 qt (6.6.1)
samba (4.19.3) 4.19.2 4.17.3 4.15.0 4.12.10 4.10.10 4.9.4 4.7.1 4.5.1 4.3.1 4.1.14 samba (4.19.3)
systemd (255) 254.6 252.3 249.4 246 243 239 235 232 228 218 systemd (255)
thunderbird (115.5.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (115.5.1)
vim (9.0) 9.0 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.0 8.0 7.4 7.4 vim (9.0)
vlc (3.0.20) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.20)
wayland (1.22.0) 1.22.0 1.21.0 1.19.0 1.18.0 1.17.0 1.16.0 1.14.0 1.12.0 1.9.0 1.6.0 wayland (1.22.0)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.9) 21.1.9 21.1.4 1.20.13 1.20.9 1.20.5 1.20.3 1.19.5 1.18.4 1.17.4 1.16.3 xorg-server (21.1.9)

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Version: 2023.09
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-09-22
Votes: 0


This is a very poor representation of KDE Plasma.

KaOS has many many quirks, issues and troubles. Aside from that, there's just zero reason to leave a stable, reputable, well supported and funded distribution for actual production.

This is clearly something developed for the KaOS developers themselves and not for potential real world users.

No way, no how and no thanks!


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Version: 2023.07
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-09-01
Votes: 1


KaOs is a linux system I do like very much, because it proved to be an outstanding
lightweight, clean, versatile and very stable operating system.
KaOs concentrates only on KDE-desktop. KDE-Plasma is the best desktop
environment in my opinion, and KaOs
makes it to an excellent user experience.
Being a rolling distro, KaOS performs updates one can rely on, KaOs is an operating
system, which I highly recommend.
The installation goes very easy, Calamares installer is used here.
The software coverage is very good, it can be extended by Flatpak as well.


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Version: 2023.07
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-08-13
Votes: 3


Bad... bad Bad BAD!!!

This project is a train wreck. Starting with theming. The default layout is terrible. Attempting to achieve a normal KDE Plasma theme is challenging. Like mind boggling challenging. What have they done to it? It's not as simple as going into settings and selecting Breeze Dark for example. The panel is still stuck on the right hand side and it does NOT respect the full theming. It's a mix match of Breeze Dark/Light with bits you can't read due to white background with white lettering. Very bizarre.
Aesthetics aside, hardware and performance where another issue. After 3 days I reinstalled Kubuntu and everything was back to normal.


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