KDE Linux

“KDE Linux” is a work-in-progress name of a KDE-owned general-purpose Linux distribution proposed at Akademy 2024. Not to be confused with KDE Neon.

Warning

This page serves as a design document, thus information presented here should be considered a snapshot of the ongoing discussion, not final decisions.

Akademy 2024 Introductory Presentations

Produced and presented by Harald Sitter at Akademy 2024

Presentation slides

Recording of Akademy 2024 presentation

Goals

TODO

Target audience and use cases

TODO (vision of user experience; explore personas?)

Architecture

TODO (file system, base disro, boot process, software separation, security model, distribution and update methods, localization; proposed solution, alternatives, trade-offs for each section)

Related projects

TODO (how are we different from Neon, from Kinoite, from other immutable distros)

Roadmap

TODO

Long-term maintenance

TODO (ongoing effort requirements after release, team)

Promotion

TODO (name and branding, public image, effect on relations with other distros)

Communication

Prototype

The code is currently located here. Note that it is not representative of the final product and exists solely as an experimental playground for now.