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KaOS

KaOS is an independent Linux distribution built around the latest version of the KDE Plasma desktop environment. It includes LibreOffice and other popular software applications based on the Qt software development toolkit.

Key facts

OS.name: KaOS
OS.logo: KaOS logo 2015.svg
OS.logo_size: 150px
OS.screenshot: KaOS 2021 Desktop 19 01 2021 20 15 09.png
OS.caption: KaOS 2021.01, with "Midna" theme
OS.family: Unix-like
OS.working_state: Current
OS.source_model: Open source
OS.released: 2013.11 / 
OS.language count: 35
OS.update_model: Rolling release
OS.package manager: pacman
OS.instruction_set: x86-64
OS.kernel_type: Linux (monolithic)
OS.userland: GNU Core
OS.influenced_by: Arch Linux
OS.ui: KDE Plasma (graphical)
OS.tagline: "A Lean KDE Distribution"

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History
Features
Applications
Reception
References
External links

== History == Initial prerelease development work on the project took place under the provisional codename "KdeOS" from May to August 2013. To prevent confusion between the distribution's name and the KDE desktop environment, the name was changed to "KaOS" in September 2013.