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DistroWatch.com: XPQ4

XPQ4


Last Update: 2026-03-30 17:15 UTC

XPQ4 is a fork of the Debian-based Q4OS Linux distribution, with themes that resemble either the Windows XP or the Windows 10 desktops. There are two variants of the distribution - FreeXP and Free10. While FreeXP uses the lightweight Trinity desktop environment, the Free10 edition provides the full-featured KDE Plasma desktop. Both variants of XPQ4 can be installed to a hard disk using the Calamares system installer.

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XPQ4 Summary
Distribution XPQ4
Home Page https://xpq4.sourceforge.io/
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Feature 20260330
Free10		 20260310
FreeXP
Release Date 2026-03-30 2026-03-10
End Of Life    
Price (US$) Free Free
Image Size (MB) 1800-1900 1400-1500
Free Download ISO ISO
Installation Calamares Calamares
Default Desktop KDE Plasma Trinity
Default Browser Chromium Konqueror
Package Format deb deb
Package Management apt apt
Release Model Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- --
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4
Multilingual en en
Full Package List 20260330 20260310
Package 20260330
Free10		 20260310
FreeXP
alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) 1.2.14 1.2.14
amdgpu (25.0.0) 23.0.0 23.0.0
apparmor (4.1.7) 4.1.0 4.1.0
apt (3.2.0) 3.0.3 3.0.3
bash (5.3) 5.2.37 5.2.37
bind (9.20.22) -- --
chromium (147.0.7727.101) 146.0.7680.164 --
cinnamon (6.6.8) -- --
cups (2.4.17) 2.4.10 2.4.10
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) 1.47.2 1.47.2
ffmpeg (8.1) 7.1.3 7.1.3
firefox (150.0) -- --
flatpak (1.16.6) -- --
freetype (2.14.3) 2.13.3 2.13.3
gcc (15.2.0) -- --
gimp (3.2.4) -- --
git (2.54.0) -- --
glibc (2.43) 2.41 2.41
gnome-shell (50.1) -- --
grub (2.14) 2.12 2.12
gtk (4.22.3) 3.24.49 --
httpd (2.4.66) -- --
inkscape (1.4.3) -- --
kmod (34.2) 34.2 34.2
krita (6.0.1) -- --
LibreOffice (26.2.2) -- --
Package 20260330
Free10		 20260310
FreeXP
libselinux (3.10) 3.8.1 3.8.1
linux (7.0) 6.12.74 6.12.73
mariadb (12.2.2) -- --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- --
mesa (26.0.5) 25.0.7 25.0.7
mysql (9.7.0) -- --
nautilus (50.1) -- --
NVIDIA (595.58.03) -- --
openjdk (26.0.1) -- --
openssh (10.3p1) 10.0p1 10.0p1
openssl (4.0.0) 3.5.5 3.5.4
perl (5.42.2) 5.40.1 5.40.1
php (8.5.5) -- --
plasma-desktop (6.6.4) 6.3.6 --
postfix (3.11.1) -- --
postgresql (18.3) -- --
Python (3.14.4) 3.13.5 3.13.5
qt (6.11.0) 6.8.2 6.8.2
samba (4.24.1) 4.22.8 --
systemd (260.1) 257.9 257.9
thunderbird (150.0) -- --
vim (9.2) -- --
vlc (3.0.23) -- --
wayland (1.25.0) 1.23.1 1.23.1
xfdesktop (4.20.2) -- --
xorg-server (21.1.22) 21.1.16 21.1.16

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