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KaOS


Last Update: 2023-09-22 13:24 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.

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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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Feature 2023.09 2022.12 2021.10 2020.11 2019.10 2018.12 2017.11 2016.11 2015.11 2014.12 Feature
Release Date 2023-09-22 2022-12-10 2021-10-14 2020-11-21 2019-10-31 2018-12-28 2017-11-14 2016-11-07 2015-11-24 2014-12-26 Release Date
End Of Life                     End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 3000-3100 3100-3200 2600-2700 1800-1900 2100-2200 1900-2000 1700-1800       Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Default Desktop
Package Management Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Package Management
Release Model Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice Calligra Calligra Calligra Calligra Calligra Calligra Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd Init Software
Journaled File Systems                     Journaled File Systems
Multilingual de, en, es, fr de, en, es, fr de, en, es, fr de, en, es, fr de, en, es, fr de, en, es, fr de, en, es, fr de, en, es, fr de, en, es, fr de, en, es, fr Multilingual
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Full Package List 2023.09 2022.12 2021.10 2020.11 2019.10 2018.12 2017.11 2016.11 2015.11 2014.12 Full Package List

Full Package List:   KaOS 2023.02
  Number of packages: 946 (download as TXT)
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  •  a2ps 4.14-12
  •  aalib 1.4rc5-14
  •  accounts-qml-module 0.7-2
  •  accountsqt 1.16-3
  •  accountsservice 22.08.8-1
  •  acl 2.3.1-1
  •  akonadi 22.12.2-1
  •  akonadi-contacts 22.12.2-1
  •  akonadi-mime 22.12.2-1
  •  alpm_octopi_utils 1.0.4-1
  •  alsa-firmware 1.2.4-4
  •  alsa-lib 1.2.8-1
  •  alsa-oss 1.1.8-7
  •  alsa-plugins 1.2.7.1-1
  •  alsa-topology-conf 1.2.5.1-3
  •  alsa-ucm-conf 1.2.8-1
  •  alsa-utils 1.2.8-1
  •  argon2 20190702-2
  •  ark 22.12.2-1
  •  aspell 0.60.8-3
  •  attr 2.5.1-3
  •  audiothumbs 0.2-5
  •  autoconf 2.71-2
  •  automake 1.16.5-2
  •  avahi 0.8-5
  •  avisynthplus 3.7.2-1
  •  b43-fwcutter 019-6
  •  baloo 5.103.0-1
  •  baloo-widgets 22.12.2-1
  •  bash 5.2.015-1
  •  bash-completion 2.11-2
  •  bc 1.07.1-4
  •  bin86 0.16.21-6
  •  binutils 2.39-1
  •  bison 3.8.2-1
  •  bluedevil 5.27.0-1
  •  bluez 5.66-2
  •  bluez-firmware 1.2-11
  •  bluez-qt 5.103.0-1
  •  boost-libs 1.80.0-2
  •  breeze 5.27.0-1
  •  breeze-gtk 5.27.0-1
  •  breeze-icons 5.103.0-1
  •  brotli 1.0.9-1
  •  btrfs-progs 6.1.3-1
  •  busybox 1.36.0-1
  •  bzip2 1.0.8-3
  •  ca-certificates 1:20211016-1
  •  cairo 1.17.8-1
  •  calamares 3.3.0alpha2-21
  •  calamares-debug 3.3.0alpha2-21
  •  cdparanoia 10.2-7
  •  cdrdao 1.2.5-1
  •  cdrtools 3.02a09-3
  •  cfitsio 4.2.0-1
  •  chmlib 0.40-7
  •  chromaprint 1.5.1-1
  •  cifs-utils 7.0-1
  •  clucene 2.3.3.4-28
  •  cmark 0.30.3-1
  •  colord 1.4.6-1
  •  console-setup 1.216-1
  •  coreutils 9.1-1
  •  cpio 2.13-2
  •  cpupower 6.0.11-1
  •  cracklib 2.9.8-1
  •  croeso 1.14-1
  •  cryptsetup 2.6.1-1
  •  cups 1:2.4.2-2
  •  cups-filters 1.28.17-1
  •  cups-pdf 3.0.1-3
  •  curl 7.87.0-1
  •  dav1d 1.0.0-1
  •  dbus 1.14.6-1
  •  dbus-c++ 0.9.1-2
  •  dbus-glib 0.112-1
  •  dbus-python3 1.3.2-2
  •  dcadec 0.2.0-3
  •  dconf 0.40.0-7
  •  ddcutil 1.4.1-1
  •  desktop-file-utils 0.26-2
  •  device-mapper 2.03.18-1
  •  dhcpcd 9.4.1-1
  •  dialog 2:1.3_20230209-1
  •  diffutils 3.9-1
  •  discount 2.2.7.c-1
  •  djvulibre 3.5.28-3
  •  dmidecode 3.4-1
  •  dmraid 1.0.0.rc16.3-4
  •  dnsutils 9.18.11-1
  •  docbook-xml 4.5-13
  •  docbook-xsl 1.79.2-5
  •  dolphin 22.12.2-1
  •  dolphin-plugins 22.12.2-1
  •  dosfstools 4.2-1
  •  dotconf 1.3-4
  •  double-conversion 3.2.1-1
  •  dracut 059-1
  •  drkonqi 5.27.0-1
  •  duktape 2.7.0-1
  •  dvd+rw-tools 7.1-8
  •  e2fsprogs 1.47.0-1
  •  ebook-tools 0.2.2-6
  •  ed 1.19-1
  •  editorconfig-core-c 0.12.6-1
  •  efibootmgr 18-1
  •  efivar 38-1
  •  eigen3 3.4.0-1
  •  elfutils 0.188-1
  •  emovix 0.9.0-15
  •  enca 1.19-6
  •  epson-inkjet-printer-escpr 1.7.23-1
  •  exiv2 0.27.6-1
  •  expat 2.5.0-1
  •  faac 1.30-3
  •  faad2 2.10.1-1
  •  fakeroot 1.31-1
  •  falkon 22.12.2-1
  •  ffmpeg 4.4.3-2
  •  ffmpegthumbs 22.12.2-1
  •  fftw 3.3.10-1
  •  file 5.44-1
  •  filesystem 2023.01-1
  •  findutils 4.9.0-1
  •  flac 1.4.2-1
  •  flex 2.6.4-3
  •  fluidsynth 2.3.1-1
  •  fontconfig 1:2.14.2-1
  •  foomatic-db 2:20221004-1
  •  foomatic-db-engine 2:20221004-1
  •  frameworkintegration 5.103.0-1
  •  freecell-solver 5.0.0-4
  •  freeglut 3.4.0-2
  •  freetype2 2.13.0-1
  •  fribidi 1.0.12-1
  •  fuse 2.9.9-4
  •  fuse3 3.13.1-1
  •  fwupd 1.8.10-1
  •  gawk 5.2.1-1
  •  gc 8.2.2-1
  •  gcab 1.5-1
  •  gcc 12.2.0-1
  •  gcc-libs 12.2.0-1
  •  gd 2.3.3-5
  •  gdb 12.1-4
  •  gdbm 1.23-1
  •  gdk-pixbuf2 2.42.10-2
  •  gettext 0.21.1-3
  •  ghostscript 1:10.0.0-2
  •  giflib 5.2.1-2
  •  git 2.39.1-1
  •  glew 2.2.0-2
  •  glib2 2.74.5-1
  •  glibc 2.36-1
  •  glibmm 2.66.5-2
  •  glib-networking 2.74.0-1
  •  glu 9.0.2-1
  •  gmp 6.2.1-5
  •  gnupg 2.4.0-1
  •  gnutls 3.7.9-2
  •  gobject-introspection 1.74.0-3
  •  gperf 3.1-3
  •  gpgme 1.18.0-1
  •  gpm 1.20.7-8
  •  gpsd 3.25-1
  •  gptfdisk 1.0.9-3
  •  grantlee 5.3.1-1
  •  grantleetheme 22.12.2-1
  •  graphite 1.3.14-2
  •  grep 3.8-2
  •  groff 1.22.4-16
  •  grub 2.06-3
  •  grub2-editor 0.8.1-5
  •  grub-theme-midna 3.2-2
  •  gsettings-desktop-schemas 43.0-1
  •  gsm 1.0.22-2
  •  gst-plugins-bad 1.22.0-1
  •  gst-plugins-base 1.22.0-1
  •  gst-plugins-good 1.22.0-2
  •  gstreamer 1.22.0-1
  •  guile 2.2.7-8
  •  gutenprint 5.3.4-4
  •  gwenview 22.12.2-1
  •  gzip 1.12-1
  •  hardware-detection 20221012-1
  •  harfbuzz 6.0.0-1
  •  haruna 0.10.3-1
  •  hdf5 1.14.0-1
  •  hdparm 9.65-1
  •  hicolor-icon-theme 0.17-2
  •  hplip 3.22.10-2
  •  hspell 1.4-4
  •  hunspell 1.7.2-1
  •  hwdata 0.367-1
  •  hwdetect 2023.02-1
  •  hwinfo 22.2-1
  •  hyphen 2.8.8-7
  •  iana-etc 20230202-1
  •  iasl 20221020-1
  •  icu 72.1-1
  •  imagemagick 7.1.0.61-1
  •  imlib2 1.10.0-2
  •  iniparser 4.1-3
  •  init-live 2022.09-1
  •  inxi 3.3.25-1
  •  iproute2 6.1.0-1
  •  iptables 1.8.9-1
  •  iputils 20221126-1
  •  isl3887usb-firmware 2.13.25.0-8
  •  isl3890-firmware 2.13.25.0-8
  •  iso-codes 4.12.0-1
  •  isowriter 1.2.8-1
  •  iwd 2.3-1
  •  jack2 1.9.22-1
  •  jansson 2.14-1
  •  jfsutils 1.1.15-10
  •  jpeg-xl 0.8.1-1
  •  json-c 0.16-1
  •  jsoncpp 1.9.5-1
  •  json-glib 1.6.6-1
  •  k3b 1:22.12.2-1
  •  kaccounts-integration 22.12.2-1
  •  kactivities 5.103.0-1
  •  kactivities-stats 5.103.0-1
  •  kactivitymanagerd 5.27.0-1
  •  kamoso 22.12.2-1
  •  kaos-wallpapers 3.1-4
  •  kapidox 5.103.0-1
  •  karchive 5.103.0-1
  •  kate 22.12.2-1
  •  kauth 5.103.0-1
  •  kbd 2.5.1-2
  •  kbookmarks 5.103.0-1
  •  kcalendarcore 5.103.0-1
  •  kcmutils 5.103.0-1
  •  kcodecs 5.103.0-1
  •  kcolorpicker 0.2.0-1
  •  kcompletion 5.103.0-1
  •  kconfig 5.103.0-1
  •  kconfigwidgets 5.103.0-1
  •  kcontacts 1:5.103.0-1
  •  kcoreaddons 5.103.0-1
  •  kcp 1.1.0-1
  •  kcrash 5.103.0-1
  •  kdbusaddons 5.103.0-1
  •  kdeclarative 5.103.0-1
  •  kde-cli-tools 5.27.0-1
  •  kde-common 22.12.0-1
  •  kdeconnect-kde 1:22.12.2-1
  •  kdecoration 5.27.0-1
  •  kded 5.103.0-1
  •  kdegraphics-mobipocket 22.12.2-1
  •  kdegraphics-thumbnailers 22.12.2-1
  •  kde-gtk-config 5.27.0-1
  •  kdelibs4support 5.103.0-1
  •  kdeplasma-addons 5.27.0-1
  •  kdesdk-thumbnailers 22.12.2-1
  •  kdesignerplugin 5.103.0-1
  •  kdesu 5.103.0-1
  •  kdialog 22.12.2-1
  •  kdnssd 5.103.0-1
  •  kdoctools 5.103.0-1
  •  kdsoap 2.1.1-2
  •  keditbookmarks 22.12.2-1
  •  kemoticons 5.103.0-1
  •  keyutils 1.6.3-2
  •  kf5-attica 5.103.0-1
  •  kfilemetadata 5.103.0-1
  •  kfind 22.12.2-1
  •  kget 22.12.2-1
  •  kglobalaccel 5.103.0-1
  •  kgpg 22.12.2-1
  •  kguiaddons 5.103.0-1
  •  khd-nvidia 1:525.89.02-2
  •  khd-nvidia-390xx 390.157-6
  •  khelpcenter 22.12.2-1
  •  kholidays 1:5.103.0-1
  •  khotkeys 5.27.0-1
  •  khtml 5.103.0-1
  •  ki18n 5.103.0-1
  •  kiconthemes 5.103.0-1
  •  kidletime 5.103.0-1
  •  kimageannotator 0.6.0-1
  •  kimageformats 5.103.0-1
  •  kinfocenter 5.27.0-1
  •  kinit 5.103.0-1
  •  kio 5.103.0-1
  •  kio-extras 22.12.2-1
  •  kio-fuse 5.0.1-1
  •  kirigami 5.103.0-1
  •  kirigami-addons 0.7.0-1
  •  kitemmodels 5.103.0-1
  •  kitemviews 5.103.0-1
  •  kjobwidgets 5.103.0-1
  •  kjournald 0.1.0-1
  •  kjs 5.103.0-1
  •  kjsembed 5.103.0-1
  •  kmediaplayer 5.103.0-1
  •  kmenuedit 5.27.0-1
  •  kmime 22.12.2-1
  •  kmod 30-2
  •  knewstuff 5.103.0-1
  •  knotifications 5.103.0-1
  •  knotifyconfig 5.103.0-1
  •  kompare 22.12.2-1
  •  konsole 22.12.2-1
  •  kpackage 5.103.0-1
  •  kparts 5.103.0-1
  •  kpat 22.12.2-1
  •  kpeople 5.103.0-1
  •  kpeoplevcard 0.1-2
  •  kpimtextedit 22.12.2-1
  •  kpipewire 5.27.0-1
  •  kplotting 5.103.0-1
  •  kpmcore 22.12.2-1
  •  kpmcore-debug 22.12.2-1
  •  kpty 5.103.0-1
  •  kquickcharts 5.103.0-1
  •  kquickimageeditor 0.2.0-2
  •  krb5 1.20.1-1
  •  kross 5.103.0-1
  •  krunner 5.103.0-1
  •  kscreen 5.27.0-1
  •  kscreenlocker 5.27.0-1
  •  kservice 5.103.0-1
  •  ksshaskpass 5.27.0-1
  •  ksystemstats 5.27.0-1
  •  ktexteditor 5.103.0-1
  •  ktextwidgets 5.103.0-1
  •  kunitconversion 5.103.0-1
  •  kuserfeedback 1.2.0-1
  •  kvantum 1.0.9-1
  •  kwallet 5.103.0-1
  •  kwalletmanager 22.12.2-1
  •  kwallet-pam 5.27.0-1
  •  kwayland 5.103.0-1
  •  kwayland-integration 5.27.0-1
  •  kwidgetsaddons 5.103.0-1
  •  kwin 5.27.0-1
  •  kwindowsystem 5.103.0-1
  •  kxmlgui 5.103.0-1
  •  kxmlrpcclient 1:5.103.0-1
  •  lame 3.100-3
  •  layer-shell-qt 5.27.0-1
  •  lcms2 2.14-2
  •  ldb 2:2.6.1-2
  •  ldns 1.8.3-1
  •  less 608-1
  •  libabw 0.1.3-2
  •  libaccounts-glib 1.26-2
  •  libaio 0.3.113-1
  •  libao 1.2.2-3
  •  libappimage 1.0.4.5-3
  •  libarchive 3.6.2-1
  •  libass 0.17.0-1
  •  libassuan 2.5.5-1
  •  libasyncns 0.8-6
  •  libatasmart 0.19-5
  •  libatomic_ops 7.6.14-1
  •  libavc1394 0.5.4-6
  •  libavif 0.11.1-2
  •  libblockdev 2.28-2
  •  libbluray 1.3.4-1
  •  libbsd 0.11.7-1
  •  libburn 1.5.4-1
  •  libbytesize 2.7-2
  •  libcaca 0.99.beta20-1
  •  libcanberra 0.30-5
  •  libcap 2.67-1
  •  libcap-ng 0.8.3-1
  •  libcddb 1.3.2-8
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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: 0


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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