Category: Kaos
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KaOS Linux Transitions from KDE Plasma to Niri/Noctalia to Break Free from systemd After 12 Years
KaOS Linux has officially discontinued its default use of the KDE Plasma desktop environment in favor of the Niri Wayland compositor and the Noctalia desktop shell, marking a significant shift after 12 years of utilizing KDE. The new release, KaOS Linux 2026.02, is notable for adopting a scrollable-tiling compositor approach. The decision to move away…
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KaOS 2025.03 Linux Distribution Launches with KDE Plasma 6.3 and Linux Kernel 6.13
KaOS Linux has launched its latest release, version 2025.03, which comes equipped with KDE Plasma 6.3 and the Linux Kernel 6.13. This independent Linux distribution, built on KDE software, utilizes Arch Linux’s pacman package manager. Among the significant upgrades, the new version introduces the Nextcloud-client, an open-source synchronization client for Nextcloud. The development team has…
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KaOS Linux 2024.01 Unveiled: Embracing a Pure KDE Plasma 6-Based Environment
The independent development team behind KaOS Linux distribution has initiated 2024 with a new ISO release that unveils the first purely Plasma 6-based environment for a pre-launch experience of the much-anticipated KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment set to be released later this month. “What you will see on this ISO is a pure Plasma 6…
