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KDE neon


Last Update: 2024-12-01 11:00 UTC


KDE neon is a Ubuntu-based Linux distribution and live DVD featuring the latest KDE Plasma desktop and other KDE community software. Besides the installable DVD image, the project provides a rapidly-evolving software repository with all the latest KDE software. Two editions of the product are available - a "User" edition, designed for those interested in checking out the latest KDE software as it gets released, and a "Developer's" edition, created as a platform for testing cutting-edge KDE applications.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 13 (584), 6 months: 13 (541), 3 months: 15 (507), 4 weeks: 16 (487), 1 week: 21 (408)

Average visitor rating: 7.74/10 from 131 review(s).


KDE neon Summary
Distribution KDE neon
Home Page https://neon.kde.org/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums https://discuss.kde.org/tag/neon
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Documentation https://community.kde.org/Neon
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2024-02-29: Distribution Release: KDE neon 20240228
 • 2018-09-26: Distribution Release: KDE neon 20180925
 • 2016-10-05: Distribution Release: KDE neon 5.8
 • 2016-07-05: Distribution Release: KDE neon 5.7
 • More KDE neon releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2024-10-12 KDE neon upgrades its base
 • 2021-09-07 Review of the KDE Slimbook
 • 2020-11-16 Plasma Mobile available on PinePhone
 • 2020-08-11 KDE neon updates base system to Ubuntu 20.04
 • 2019-11-25 New Snapcraft extension improves KDE apps
 • 2018-10-26 Pine64 plans PinePhone with Plasma
 • 2018-10-17 KDE neon dropping older Ubuntu-based versions
 • 2018-01-17 KDE to focus on Wayland features
 • 2017-01-22 KDE neon to use Calamares
 • 2016-12-10 KDE neon gets LTS branch
 • More KDE neon headlines...

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Feature 20241127 20240929 20231214 20221020 20201231 20191226 20180906 20171228 Feature
Release Date 2024-12-01 2024-09-29 2023-12-14 2022-10-20 2021-12-30 2020-12-31 2019-12-26 2018-09-06 Release Date
End Of Life                 End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 2600-2700 2700-2800 2400-2500 2000-2100 1600-1700 1600-1700 1400-1500 1700-1800 Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation 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 Default Desktop
Package Management DEB (apt) DEB (apt) DEB (apt) DEB (apt) DEB (apt) DEB (apt) DEB (apt) DEB (apt) Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture 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 Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Asian Language Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Asian Language Support
Full Package List 20241127 20240929 20231214 20221020 20201231 20191226 20180906 20171228 Full Package List
Package 20241127 20240929 20231214 20221020 20201231 20191226 20180906 20171228 Package
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.13) 1.2.11 1.2.6.1 1.2.6.1 1.2.2 1.2.2 1.2.2 1.1.3 1.1.0 alsa-lib (1.2.13)
amdgpu (23.0.0) 23.0.0 22.0.0 22.0.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 18.0.1 18.0.1 amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.37) 5.2.21 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.4.18 4.3 bash (5.2.37)
bind (9.20.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.3)
chromium (131.0.6778.108) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (131.0.6778.108)
cups (2.4.11) 2.4.7 2.4.1 2.4.1 2.3.1 2.3.1 2.3.1 2.2.7 2.1.3 cups (2.4.11)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) -- 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.3.3 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.1) 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.5 1.45.5 1.45.5 1.45.5 1.44.1 1.42.13 e2fsprogs (1.47.1)
firefox (133.0.3) 133.0 130.0.1 121.0 106.0 95.0.1 84.0 71.0 61.0.1 firefox (133.0.3)
freetype (2.13.3) 2.13.2 2.11.1 2.11.1 2.10.1 2.10.1 2.10.1 2.8.1 2.6.1 freetype (2.13.3)
gcc (14.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gcc (14.2.0)
gimp (2.10.38) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (2.10.38)
glibc (2.40) 2.39 2.35 2.35 2.31 2.31 2.31 2.27 2.23 glibc (2.40)
gnome-shell (47.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (47.2)
gnucash (5.9) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.9)
gnumeric (1.12.57) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.57)
grub (2.12) 2.12 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.04 2.04 2.02 2.02beta2 grub (2.12)
gtk (4.16.7) 3.24.41 3.24.33 3.24.33 3.24.20 3.24.20 3.24.20 3.22.30 3.18.9 gtk (4.16.7)
httpd (2.4.62) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.62)
inkscape (1.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4)
k3b (24.08.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- k3b (24.08.3)
kmod (33) 31 29 29 27 27 27 24 22 kmod (33)
krita (5.2.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.6)
LibreOffice (24.8.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LibreOffice (24.8.3)
linux (6.12.4) 6.8 6.8 6.2 5.15 5.11 5.4 5.0 4.15 linux (6.12.4)
Package 20241127 20240929 20231214 20221020 20201231 20191226 20180906 20171228 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.5.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.5.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (24.3.1) 24.0.9 23.3.1 23.0.4 21.2.6 21.0.3 20.0.8 19.0.8 18.0.5 mesa (24.3.1)
mysql (9.1.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (9.1.0)
nautilus (47.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (47.1)
NVIDIA (565.77) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (565.77)
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (23.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (23.0.1)
openssh (9.9p1) 9.6p1 8.9p1 8.9p1 8.2p1 8.2p1 8.2p1 7.6p1 7.2p2 openssh (9.9p1)
openssl (3.4.0) 3.0.13 3.0.2 3.0.2 1.1.1f 1.1.1f 1.1.1f 1.1.1 1.0.2g openssl (3.4.0)
perl (5.40.0) 5.38.2 5.34.0 5.34.0 5.30.0 5.30.0 5.30.0 5.26.1 5.22.1 perl (5.40.0)
php (8.4.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.4.1)
plasma-desktop (6.2.4) 6.2.3 6.1.5 5.27.10 5.26.0 5.23.4 5.20.4 5.17.4 5.13.5 plasma-desktop (6.2.4)
postfix (3.9.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.9.1)
postgresql (17.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (17.2)
Python (3.13.1) 3.12.3 3.10.12 3.10.12 3.8.2 3.8.2 3.8.2 3.6.9 2.7.12 Python (3.13.1)
qt (6.8.1) 6.8.0 6.7.2 5.15.11 5.15.5 5.15.2 5.15.2 5.13.2 5.11.1 qt (6.8.1)
samba (4.21.2) 4.19.5 4.15.13 4.15.13 4.13.17 4.13.14 4.11.6 4.7.6 -- samba (4.21.2)
systemd (256.9) 255.4 249.11 249.11 245.4 245.4 245.4 237 229 systemd (256.9)
thunderbird (133.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (133.0)
vim (9.1) 9.1 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.0 7.4 vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.21) 3.0.20 3.0.16 3.0.16 3.0.9.2 3.0.9.2 3.0.9.2 3.0.8 2.2.2 vlc (3.0.21)
wayland (1.23.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.23.1)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.14) 21.1.12 21.1.4 21.1.4 1.20.13 1.20.13 1.20.8 1.19.6 1.19.6 xorg-server (21.1.14)

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Version: 20240905
Rating: 2
Date: 2024-09-06
Votes: 7


Destroyed trust. Up until the disastrous implementation of plasma 6, my neon system had been a great kde platform. For several years I found it to be more sturdy than kubuntu, manjaro kde, and mx linux kde. Plasma 6 was indicated as a security update. It was a disaster. Black screens, wayland updates getting earlier fixes than x11, disappearing panels, boot issues--all without warning. And this was on the User Edition (not the Testing, Unstable or Developer editions). I didn't lose anything, but time--time in switching to a new OS. Neon's website now states that the User Edition is "Ideal for adventurous..." Neon should come with a warning that it is not for serious use.


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Version: 20240704
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-07-13
Votes: 49


Amazing project! ... but still based on Ubuntu.

They did a great job! It's all very, very smooth and well integrated.
Even the Unstable (absolute latest of everything, plus bugs, for testing) version works still pretty great.

The way I tried all this with KDE Neon is just in a VM.
But I also use the new KDE Plasma 6.1 desktop on Arch Linux (bare metal) so I from that perspective wanted to explore KDE Neon, so see how they've done things there.

An issue here is that Arch Linux does not really support PackageKit, and therefore also not to use the KDE Discover application either, except for Flatpack and things (but I don't use Flatpak on Arch yet, there's already the AUR).

For me however the most important thing is not the desktop but Arch Linux, so it's not that I am planning to change that.

In KDE Neon it's very clear that the using this desktop is your main goal. If that's what you want, then this is for you.
I also like the logo and the boot splash screen that it uses, making it feel solid.

With Kubuntu things are different, you're getting Ubuntu's own stable build of KDE Plasma 5 and the focus is more on that it's an official Ubuntu flavour. It's not the latest version of Plasma and that should not bother you.

Why dit I start all this with "... but still based on Ubuntu."?
That's because I have a little bit a love-hate relationship with Ubuntu because it seems amazing free software at first but in the end it turns out to be a lot like commercial company product (think about the usage advertisements in the distro, closed-source Snaps system, etc.).
Ubuntu is overrated.

I really prefer Debian. It would be really amazing if KDE Neon was rebased on Debian, or that they made a version of it. A bit like how Mint has done it. Most good things about Ubuntu all come from Debian.


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Version: 20231214
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-07-10
Votes: 16


I am very happy with this distro. The main reason I chose KDE Neon instead of ubuntu was that some important and common applications such as the web browser were snap packages. My experience is that is stable and fast (so my 8-years-old laptop works as a new one and I think it will be that way for years.

All my family use it in their computers (including «relatives in law») and they does not miss their older OS (that wich begins with a W). I use it also at job and it has all I need (and much more).


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