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Neptune


Last Update: 2025-05-17 18:09 UTC


Neptune is a GNU/Linux distribution for desktops. It is based on Debian's Stable branch, except for a newer kernel, some drivers and newer versions of popular applications, such as LibreOffice. It also ships with the latest version of the KDE desktop. The distribution's main goals are to provide a good-looking general-purpose desktop with pre-configured multimedia playback and to offer an easy-to-use USB installer with a persistence option.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 127 (71), 6 months: 180 (49), 3 months: 179 (49), 4 weeks: 162 (47), 1 week: 142 (55)

Average visitor rating: 8.82/10 from 34 review(s).


Neptune Summary
Distribution Neptune
Home Page https://neptuneos.com/
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2023-07-23: Distribution Release: Neptune 8.0
 • 2023-02-21: Development Release: Neptune 7.9 Beta 1
 • 2022-08-20: Distribution Release: Neptune 7.5
 • 2022-01-01: Distribution Release: Neptune 7.0
 • 2020-07-08: Distribution Release: Neptune 6.5
 • 2019-08-17: Distribution Release: Neptune 6.0
 • 2018-11-05: Distribution Release: Neptune 5.6
 • 2018-07-22: Distribution Release: Neptune 5.4
 • 2018-03-10: Distribution Release: Neptune 5.0
 • 2016-01-29: Distribution Release: Neptune 4.5
 • 2015-07-20: Distribution Release: Neptune 4.4
 • 2015-03-21: Distribution Release: Neptune 4.3
 • More Neptune releases...

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 • 2018-03-20 Neptune provides repo of new KDE packages
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Feature 8.1 7.5 6.5 5.6 4.5.4
Release Date 2024-03-31 2022-08-20 2020-07-08 2018-11-04 2017-04-06
End Of Life          
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 2900-3000 2600-2700 2400-2500 2100-2200 1900-2000
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma
Package Management DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd
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
Multilingual          
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- --
Full Package List 8.1 7.5 6.5 5.6 4.5.4
Package 8.1 7.5 6.5 5.6 4.5.4
abiword (3.0.6) -- -- -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.14) 1.2.8 1.2.4 1.1.8 1.1.3 1.0.25
amdgpu (23.0.0) 23.0.0 19.1.0 18.1.99 18.0.1 --
bash (5.2.37) 5.2.15 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.2
bind (9.20.8) -- -- -- -- --
chromium (136.0.7103.113) 122.0.6261.128 104.0.5112.79 83.0.4103.116 70.0.3538.67 57.0.2987.98
cups (2.4.12) 2.4.2 2.3.3 2.2.10 2.2.1 1.5.3
e2fsprogs (1.47.2) 1.47.0 1.45.5 1.45.5 1.44.4 1.42.5
firefox (138.0.4) -- -- -- -- --
freetype (2.13.3) 2.12.1 2.10.4 2.9.1 2.6.3 2.4.9
gcc (15.1.0) 12.2.0 10.2.1 8.3.0 6.3.0 4.7.2
gimp (3.0.4) 2.10.34 2.10.22 2.10.8 2.8.18 2.8.2
glibc (2.41) 2.36 2.31 2.28 2.24 2.19
gnome-shell (48.1) -- -- -- -- --
gnucash (5.11) -- -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.59) -- -- -- -- --
grub (2.12) 2.06 2.04 2.02 2.02beta3 2.02beta2
gtk (4.18.5) 3.24.38 3.24.24 3.24.5 3.22.11 3.4.2
httpd (2.4.63) -- -- -- -- --
inkscape (1.4.2) 1.2.2 1.0.2 1.0 0.92.1 --
k3b (25.04.1) -- -- -- -- 2.0.2
kmod (34.2) 30 28 26 23 21
krita (5.2.9) -- -- -- -- --
LibreOffice (25.2.3) 7.4.7 7.0.4 6.4.5 6.1.3rc1 4.3.3
linux (6.14.7) 6.1.76 5.18.2 5.6.14 4.18.6 3.18.48
lxqt-panel (2.2.0) -- -- -- -- --
Package 8.1 7.5 6.5 5.6 4.5.4
mariadb (11.7.2) -- -- 10.3.22 -- --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- --
mesa (25.1.0) 22.3.6 20.3.5 18.3.6 18.1.9 13.0.4
mysql (9.3.0) -- -- -- -- 5.5.54
nautilus (48.1) -- -- -- -- --
NVIDIA (570.144) -- -- -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- --
openjdk (24.0.1) 17.0.7 11.0.16 11.0.7 8u181 7u121
openssh (10.0p1) 9.2p1 8.4p1 7.9p1 7.4p1 6.7p1
openssl (3.5.0) 3.0.9 1.1.1n 1.1.1d 1.1.0f 1.0.2d
perl (5.40.2) 5.36.0 5.32.1 5.28.1 5.24.1 5.14.2
php (8.4.7) -- -- -- -- --
plasma-desktop (6.3.5) 5.27.5 5.20.5 5.14.5.1 5.12.0 4.11.14
postfix (3.10.2) -- -- -- -- --
postgresql (17.5) -- -- -- -- --
Python (3.13.3) 3.11.2 3.9.2 3.7.3 2.7.13 2.7.9
qt (6.9.0) 6.4.2 5.15.2 5.11.3 5.7.1 4.8.6
samba (4.22.1) 4.17.12 4.13.13 4.9.5 4.5.12 4.1.17
systemd (257.5) 252.22 247.3 245 239 227
thunderbird (138.0.1) 115.9.0 91.12.0 68.10.0 60.2.1 45.6.0
vim (9.1) 9.0 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.4
vlc (3.0.21) 3.0.20 3.0.16 3.0.11 3.0.3 2.2.4
wayland (1.23.1) -- -- -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.20.1) -- -- -- -- --
xorg-server (21.1.16) 21.1.7 1.20.11 1.20.4 1.19.6 1.17.2

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Version: 8.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-11
Votes: 0


I have been using Neptune since v.7, and I have to say, in a vast sea of Debian-based distros, this one really stands out as an excellent option. It is very fast, stable, and reliable. It is pretty much vanilla Debian (stable), with everything I would add to Debian if I were to build it up from scratch, plus a very nice, well thought out and attractive Plasma theme. Bonus points for using the Excalibur menu, which I prefer to the stock KDE options.

I run Neptune on a ThinkPad T61 with 8GB of RAM and a 500GB HDD, as well as in a Virtualbox VM on a Mac. Runs fantastic in both cases. Updates have been trouble-free.


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Version: 8.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-09-04
Votes: 31


I had no problems, the installation runs via Calamaris and is a little easier than Debian KDE. It's a little more preconfigured, you don't have to do as much as with Debian, but it's still pure Debian, which I like.The KDE is still 5.27 like Debian, but you can work well with it too, I don't always have to have the latest software. Everyone as they wish. That's why stability is in the foreground, which is important to me, the computer has to run, I don't have time to tinker with it in case something doesn't work again.


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Version: 8.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-05-21
Votes: 28


I've been running various flavors of Linux for years but I am new to Neptune. I wanted to try something new and I loaded it on my spare system.

Install was problematic the first time I tried. The installer crashed at the end with an error message and a failed installation that would not boot correctly. Trying again immediately, the install was smooth and painless. I suspect it was an issue with my USB thumb drive but I am not so sure. A third attempt at installation was also clean and painless.

Once installed, the system has been stable and responsive. It's nothing fancy, but it also isn't cluttered and bogged down with a tone of stuff right out of the gate either. I have been able to install additional packages without issue and so far the repositories have had everything I want.

I was pleasantly surprised to see SELinux as an option in the repositories and I set it up. I had to dig online a bit to figure out what I needed to do, and once I did all of that it has been working fine. It would be nice if the installer gave the option to set this up automatically up front instead of having to set it up explicitly after installation is complete.

So far I am pleased with Neptune though I am still getting familiar. Once I am content that it's solid and what I need, I will load it up on some of my other systems.


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