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KaOS
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Reader supplied reviews for KaOS
Average rating
5.7 from 25 review(s)
Version: 2024.11
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-11-23
Votes: 0
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It's a great distro. Works out of the box. fast and without recognizable bugs. It is not a real rolling distro, but the update philosophy is clearly described on the website. For me, it's the best distro I know, and I've tried a lot of them. I'm surprised that the disto doesn't have more fans, it's a bit under the radar. Unfortunately, not much is disclosed about the development team. It seems to be just one person called demme if you browse the forums, possibly a few more contributors. With the philosophy of Kaos this seems to be possible, no own apps are developed, the focus is on the packaging, but that is implemented excellently.
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Version: 2024.05
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-05-28
Votes: 16
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Misses the mark on many levels.
KaOS somehow takes KDE Plasma and makes it frustrating to use. Stability, performance and drivers also leaves a lot to be desired.
I'm always intrigued by independent, rolling release projects. But they all seem to suffer from the same things
Whilst I applaud the effort, it's just has way too many issues to contend with.
Thank you.
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Version: 2023.11
Rating: 8
Date: 2024-02-13
Votes: 3
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I see that the reviews are not too positive, and I will agree that the sideways panel is a little wacky... But it's easily dragged back to the bottom if one desires. It's Plasma! The easiest way to experience Plasma 6, which is no small feat.
I find it intriguing, though I'd never use it as a daily driver. Seems to do what it sets out to do. I had issues with the installer in the latest iso - it would refuse to move from the first setup page. Using an older image worked. I'll keep it installed, if only until Plasma 6 becomes mature and more widely available.
Also intriguing? The Czech server is waaay faster than the other mirrors. US internet speeds continue to lag behind international standards...
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Version: 2024.01
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-02-04
Votes: 6
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Horrible. the kde philosophy completely overturned. Impossible to add a new panel, global theme does not respond, the panel always remains on the right, the initial setting (Croeso) is redundant, the same things can be done from the kde control panel. There are at least 100 other distros better than this one. Chaos equals mess, confusion. Comparing it to other distros it consumes more RAM, intense CPU usage. Why create such a distro? Get your own ISO for personal use but don't suggest it to anyone. A new Linux user would be right back where they came from.
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Version: 2023.09
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-09-22
Votes: 5
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This is a very poor representation of KDE Plasma.
KaOS has many many quirks, issues and troubles. Aside from that, there's just zero reason to leave a stable, reputable, well supported and funded distribution for actual production.
This is clearly something developed for the KaOS developers themselves and not for potential real world users.
No way, no how and no thanks!
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Version: 2023.07
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-09-01
Votes: 11
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KaOs is a linux system I do like very much, because it proved to be an outstanding
lightweight, clean, versatile and very stable operating system.
KaOs concentrates only on KDE-desktop. KDE-Plasma is the best desktop
environment in my opinion, and KaOs
makes it to an excellent user experience.
Being a rolling distro, KaOS performs updates one can rely on, KaOs is an operating
system, which I highly recommend.
The installation goes very easy, Calamares installer is used here.
The software coverage is very good, it can be extended by Flatpak as well.
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Version: 2023.07
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-08-13
Votes: 3
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Bad... bad Bad BAD!!!
This project is a train wreck. Starting with theming. The default layout is terrible. Attempting to achieve a normal KDE Plasma theme is challenging. Like mind boggling challenging. What have they done to it? It's not as simple as going into settings and selecting Breeze Dark for example. The panel is still stuck on the right hand side and it does NOT respect the full theming. It's a mix match of Breeze Dark/Light with bits you can't read due to white background with white lettering. Very bizarre.
Aesthetics aside, hardware and performance where another issue. After 3 days I reinstalled Kubuntu and everything was back to normal.
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Version: 2023.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-05-21
Votes: 5
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Not certain who this is for but it's definitely not for me.
KaOS (chaos) is certainly that. It seems to do what it wants.
There are just way too many issues to even consider using this in a production environment. Or just using it as all.
Couple this with the fact it is a small development team it just makes it more of a novelty than anything else.
Sounds neat on paper but unfortunately the execution is just bad.
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Version: 2023.02
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-03-23
Votes: 2
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Many packages are more up to date than on ArchLinux:
- ruby 3.2.1 on KaOS, 3.0.5 on AL
- scala 3.2.2 on KaOS, 2.13.8 on AL
- bash 5.2.015 on KaOS, 5.1.016 on AL
Having a known (pacman) and not totally custom package manager is a great idea.
KDE (Qt) is the most robust and complete desktop environment and offering only one is a good way to ensure a neat experience. This respect KISS principle.
It's very simple to use for beginners.
However, many second tier packages (in commonness) are not present in KaOS which make it bad for power users:
- groovy
- crystal
- vsftpd
- metalog
- nuget
- biber
It's more a distro for casual users.
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Version: 2023.02
Rating: 5
Date: 2023-02-19
Votes: 0
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I really do not know what to say it does not belong on the market so many bugs and apps that just will not work I still can not figure out why they are in business.
Printer do not work fonts are just ugly who in the world works with the task bar on the right OK it can be moved but why in the world you put it there in the first place. Newbies beware do not use this distro there are a ton of distros using KDE that are a world better and more stable.
I went into this to see if there was a compelling reason to switch to it. And to that I say NO. Not now, not ever...
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Version: 2023.02
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-02-16
Votes: 2
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Spoiler alert... this was NOT a pleasant experience.
Somehow, someway, they managed to make KDE Plasma very frustrating. If the idea was to be different they certainly succeeded but not in a positive way.
The installer to start gave me a glimpse of things to come. The interface is very odd. I opted for the minimum install to see what was considered minimum. Even though it included additional things to what I consider minimum, I can only surmise it's minimum compared to their standard install.
Once installed, the login screen is down right ugly. The out of the box interface is also ugly and just bad. Like really, really bad. Tried to restore the stock KDE Plasma interface (theme and layout) but even that was a hassle. It didn't put the bar to the bottom and kept it on the right hand side. The Breeze Dark theme I selected yielded a half light, half dark result. A reboot didn't fix it but I finally figured it out. I had to switch and apply light, switch and apply dark... Went back and forth a few times and it finally normalized.
It seemed to find most my hardware but honestly I didn't spend that much time with it after having to deal with the out of the box interface debacle. My patience was pretty much shot.
I went into this to see if there was a compelling reason to switch to it. And to that I say NO. Not now, not ever...
Kubuntu is great for older machines with or without nVidia. Fedora is excellent for newer, non nVidia systems.
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Version: 2022.12
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-12-24
Votes: 3
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honestly - I have to say it's wonderful on older hardware, running this on a retired 8yr old thinkpad & it's frankly perfect
Hardware, wifi, and sound all worked excellently.
GUI is super fast, for this early gen intel gfx
great distro, appreciate the less-is-more approach, I'd rather not fill my older/tiny ssd with bloated support for every de/toolstack/lib in existence
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also worth mentioning wayland really works well, I appreciate the debloat efforts they've been upto vs old x11 support mess
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Version: 2022.12
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-12-12
Votes: 11
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Love the fact that KDE is the default desktop environment.
Also love that it is independent and rolling.
It seemingly, at face value, has the elements of a great distribution.
But sadly, that's where it ends...
This is NOT for beginners.
The default layout is weird and I really don't care for it. I get that they are trying to set themselves apart aesthetically but it makes zero sense. Hardware support is horrid. Performance is horrid due to hardware support. Repositories are indeed limited.
Basically, the out of the box experience is terrible. This can be made somewhat worthy however you'll need to invest some time is doing so. That is not something I'm into. So it's a pass for me.
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Version: 2022.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-05-04
Votes: 22
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All versions:
1. Fonts are broken and look ugly (jerky)
2. Very limited repository (a lot of packages are missing)
3. Improperly compiled KDE is always missing components and is incompatible with Android (can't browse and copy files/photos), can't use amazing KDE feature to send SMS from computer
4. Weird hard-coded setting of KDE (can't revert panel to its normal position, using KDE settings, i.e. default global themes are broken, ticking box use theme default setting is hacked and overriden by hardcoded settings)
5. Using USB stick to transfer files is broken. It doesn't recognize it (same as with connection of Android)
6. You can't ask maker to fix anything. He refuses everything.
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Version: 2021.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-12-26
Votes: 13
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Very beautiful, cured looking distro and also very stable too. Underrated ditsro
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Version: 2021.10
Rating: 8
Date: 2021-12-22
Votes: 7
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Fantastic looking and seems to operate very fast. It seems to use more resources than Manjaro's Plasma and Solus Plasma at start-up. Manjaro runs at about 600MB and Solus maybe around 650MB on my HP i7 desktop with 16GB RAM but KaOS seemed to be at 1.1GB which was surprisingly higher. It may be pre-loading more into RAM to make it faster based on available RAM- who knows. I got the impression it is using XFS as the file system so that may be part of the reason why. The KaOS packages are somewhat limited to around 2100-2200 but should be enough for the average user. KaOS feels Solus to me but not as complete in some ways. Although, KaOS has a far better Welcome app to guide you through some initial settings and application installations versus Solus having nothing. As with Solus, some applications have to be started through the terminal like UnComplicated Firewall in Solus. On KaOS you do the same thing for Telegram which seems strange. Once it is started - the icon is in the Internet menu and you can pin it to the task bar. I like KaOS. It has curated packages that work far better than some Snaps/Flatpaks like what Solus does. There is not much to dislike. However, there are a few things I like more in Manjaro/Solus Plasma. KaOS has a good implementation of the Plasma desktop ONLY and I may keep it on my SSD - it is running very well and I am pleased with it. There are many things to like about KaOS. If you are proficient with the terminal and/or like using the terminal more, than KaOS is fantastic. If you want a GUI mostly, there will be occasions you need to use the terminal. If you dislike the terminal, then I think KDE Neon with Plasma, Solus Plasma, Manjaro Plasma, or Kubuntu is a better choice. (You won't avoid the terminal entirely with those distributions but use of the CLI will be less.) I feel comfortable with the terminal and don't see this as a limitation but a new user might have some challenges. Definitely a very good distribution which is starting to get ripe and maturing to be top notch!
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Version: 2021.08
Rating: 5
Date: 2021-10-04
Votes: 1
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I would have Loved this OS. It had everything I wanted, and zero bloatware. However, when I went to install and use Wine to access some needed old Windoz software, like I have on other Linux, it wouldn't let me load 32 bit libraries. And I couldn't find a repository that I could add to do so. They have it locked down to 64 bit so badly that you can't even side load something you need. Which is too bad. I really wanted this one to work, as it ran great on my old laptops.
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Version: 2021.08
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-09-23
Votes: 6
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This is truly a top notch system. I admire everything about it.
Octopi, as implemented here, amounts to what every package management GUI should aspire to. It's fabulous.
The Midna icons are colorful, interesting, and distinguishable, but still give an overall impression of professionalism (not cartoonish like many other icon themes).
An application called qPhotoRec is included in the installation (my first time knowing about it) that allowed me to recover some data I'd lost from an external drive back in 2008.
I've installed this on several different computers and take pleasure from it daily.
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Version: 2021.03
Rating: 5
Date: 2021-03-28
Votes: 26
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Seems to be stable and plasma is well integrated but I've the testing aborted because of KUserFeedback included in dependence with Plasma Workspace - a no-go in my opinion.
It's Ok to have it in the repository for people who like it that Telemetry come to Linux Systems, or also installed by default.. but never as a dependency for the Plasma Desktop so it can't be uninstalled if people don't like the way KDE goes with telemetry.
I know, i know... it can be disable, is fully opt-in, don't use a vendor you don't trust, build your own package, KDE is so lovely pink coloured and full of blooming flowers... bla bla
But then, whats the reason that people couldn't simply uninstall the package the don't like and don't want on their systems?
Which box will be opened if we begin walking this way? As a KDE Develeper wrote; "There are so many things more we can do with KDEs Telemetry".
It is just my personal opinion that i don't like to go this way, if somebody don't care about telemetry in their system, this is their choice and it's OK as long as we respect each other point of view. For me KaOS has disqualified with this.
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Version: 2020.11
Rating: 6
Date: 2021-03-24
Votes: 6
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While I was able to install it, it took a lot of work and a couple of hours to get a working version to boot. I was never able to get everything working like it should. It always had weird boot errors. I worked with the developer to try to get it working correctly to no avail. The developer was quite helpful and patient. However, I came to the conclusion that I wanted to use the distro, not tinker with it to get it working properly and decided to move on to another distro.
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Version: 2021.01
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-03-23
Votes: 1
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An excellent KDE desktop distro. Equal and perhaps even superior to my favorite distros, Manjaro and PCLinuxOS. Very esthetically attractive, easy to install and use, very utilitarian.
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Version: 2021.01
Rating: 8
Date: 2021-02-15
Votes: 0
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I come from my favorite Manjaro, but Kaos is more stable, at least for now!
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Version: 2021.01
Rating: 8
Date: 2021-02-14
Votes: 0
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KaOS is a very good KDE-focused distro with one of the best looking KDE themes (Midna and MidnaDark) although yes - some icons for GTK apps are missing.
KaOS uses the Pacman packaging system from Arch Linux but with their own repositories with hand-crafted selection of apps plus user-maintained apps built from source in KCP. They work flawlessly but the selection is rather limited. I was able to add software-rich repositories from Arch Linux to Pacman in KaOS (except "core" due to name collision) and a lot of additional apps from Arch can indeed be successfully installed and used in KaOS but, unfortunately, due to some incompatibilities not all - e.g. those based on webkit2gtk like GnuCash which I've been using and is essential for me.
That's why I would appreciate if KaOS developers made their distribution compatible with Arch like e.g. Manjaro does - it would not have to interfere with their proclaimed focus on KDE but only added additional option for users who need additional specific apps and would like to use KaOS as their main all-round distro.
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Version: 2021.01
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-01-21
Votes: 0
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Really good and nice looking distro. As an occasional linux user, and still a beginner, I was really impressed after first boot up. Not really by the panel on the right (that looked weird actualy) but unique wallpaper and white design.
KaOS still needs a lot of polish, mainly in midna theme. Its a beutiful theme, but incomplete. You cant see some icons on white backgrounds and some icons were replaced by some that doesnt even make sense. Its a small thing, but developers should really fix this. If you change theme to Breeze, all the icons are visible and correct, but then you will lose that unique and beautiful midna theme.
If it wasnt for this "incomplete" midna theme, and badly scaled panel on the right (I mean, the panel on the right side is actualy cool idea, I got used to it pretty fast, and now Im using panel on the right on every distro even on windows - thx KaOS) but they should pay some more attention to these small details to have a distro that does feel polished.
Small tweak like changing panel thickness to 50 makes so much more difference. It should be like that as default after first boot. That would make much better first impression for new users.
There are also some other things that needs some attention, but I was quite alright using this distro. Pacman is well implemented and what you cant find there you can use KCP for some other apps, and if not there, use flathub. You will have to use terminal for that, but its pretty simple and elegant.
Its still one of my favorite distros, and I hope that they will fix these small things so I can give it 10/10.
Oh, and btw... its infernally fast and lightweight.
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Version: 2021.01
Rating: 7
Date: 2021-01-16
Votes: 0
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Usually test this on a spare drive because I'd like to use it. Occasional hiccups have kept it off my main drive, however. Liked learning how to use KCP, that made me a better user. We'll see how the latest rendition goes.
Good implementation of Octopi, but anything on the "alien" side of things can cause issues. Kaos has the most useful and beautiful welcome screen I know of. So much spit and polish!
Solus KDE is just too good on my hardware to replace it with Kaos. Solus has enough of the freshness but non of the headaches.
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Latest Reviews
Project: KaOS
Version: 2024.11
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-11-23
Votes: 0
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It's a great distro. Works out of the box. fast and without recognizable bugs. It is not a real rolling distro, but the update philosophy is clearly described on the website. For me, it's the best distro I know, and I've tried a lot of them. I'm surprised that the disto doesn't have more fans, it's a bit under the radar. Unfortunately, not much is disclosed about the development team. It seems to be just one person called demme if you browse the forums, possibly a few more contributors. With the philosophy of Kaos this seems to be possible, no own apps are developed, the focus is on the packaging, but that is implemented excellently.
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2024.05
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-05-28
Votes: 16
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Misses the mark on many levels.
KaOS somehow takes KDE Plasma and makes it frustrating to use. Stability, performance and drivers also leaves a lot to be desired.
I'm always intrigued by independent, rolling release projects. But they all seem to suffer from the same things
Whilst I applaud the effort, it's just has way too many issues to contend with.
Thank you.
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2023.11
Rating: 8
Date: 2024-02-13
Votes: 3
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I see that the reviews are not too positive, and I will agree that the sideways panel is a little wacky... But it's easily dragged back to the bottom if one desires. It's Plasma! The easiest way to experience Plasma 6, which is no small feat.
I find it intriguing, though I'd never use it as a daily driver. Seems to do what it sets out to do. I had issues with the installer in the latest iso - it would refuse to move from the first setup page. Using an older image worked. I'll keep it installed, if only until Plasma 6 becomes mature and more widely available.
Also intriguing? The Czech server is waaay faster than the other mirrors. US internet speeds continue to lag behind international standards...
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2024.01
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-02-04
Votes: 6
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Horrible. the kde philosophy completely overturned. Impossible to add a new panel, global theme does not respond, the panel always remains on the right, the initial setting (Croeso) is redundant, the same things can be done from the kde control panel. There are at least 100 other distros better than this one. Chaos equals mess, confusion. Comparing it to other distros it consumes more RAM, intense CPU usage. Why create such a distro? Get your own ISO for personal use but don't suggest it to anyone. A new Linux user would be right back where they came from.
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2023.09
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-09-22
Votes: 5
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This is a very poor representation of KDE Plasma.
KaOS has many many quirks, issues and troubles. Aside from that, there's just zero reason to leave a stable, reputable, well supported and funded distribution for actual production.
This is clearly something developed for the KaOS developers themselves and not for potential real world users.
No way, no how and no thanks!
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2023.07
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-09-01
Votes: 11
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KaOs is a linux system I do like very much, because it proved to be an outstanding
lightweight, clean, versatile and very stable operating system.
KaOs concentrates only on KDE-desktop. KDE-Plasma is the best desktop
environment in my opinion, and KaOs
makes it to an excellent user experience.
Being a rolling distro, KaOS performs updates one can rely on, KaOs is an operating
system, which I highly recommend.
The installation goes very easy, Calamares installer is used here.
The software coverage is very good, it can be extended by Flatpak as well.
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2023.07
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-08-13
Votes: 3
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Bad... bad Bad BAD!!!
This project is a train wreck. Starting with theming. The default layout is terrible. Attempting to achieve a normal KDE Plasma theme is challenging. Like mind boggling challenging. What have they done to it? It's not as simple as going into settings and selecting Breeze Dark for example. The panel is still stuck on the right hand side and it does NOT respect the full theming. It's a mix match of Breeze Dark/Light with bits you can't read due to white background with white lettering. Very bizarre.
Aesthetics aside, hardware and performance where another issue. After 3 days I reinstalled Kubuntu and everything was back to normal.
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2023.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-05-21
Votes: 5
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Not certain who this is for but it's definitely not for me.
KaOS (chaos) is certainly that. It seems to do what it wants.
There are just way too many issues to even consider using this in a production environment. Or just using it as all.
Couple this with the fact it is a small development team it just makes it more of a novelty than anything else.
Sounds neat on paper but unfortunately the execution is just bad.
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2023.02
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-03-23
Votes: 2
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Many packages are more up to date than on ArchLinux:
- ruby 3.2.1 on KaOS, 3.0.5 on AL
- scala 3.2.2 on KaOS, 2.13.8 on AL
- bash 5.2.015 on KaOS, 5.1.016 on AL
Having a known (pacman) and not totally custom package manager is a great idea.
KDE (Qt) is the most robust and complete desktop environment and offering only one is a good way to ensure a neat experience. This respect KISS principle.
It's very simple to use for beginners.
However, many second tier packages (in commonness) are not present in KaOS which make it bad for power users:
- groovy
- crystal
- vsftpd
- metalog
- nuget
- biber
It's more a distro for casual users.
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2023.02
Rating: 5
Date: 2023-02-19
Votes: 0
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I really do not know what to say it does not belong on the market so many bugs and apps that just will not work I still can not figure out why they are in business.
Printer do not work fonts are just ugly who in the world works with the task bar on the right OK it can be moved but why in the world you put it there in the first place. Newbies beware do not use this distro there are a ton of distros using KDE that are a world better and more stable.
I went into this to see if there was a compelling reason to switch to it. And to that I say NO. Not now, not ever...
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2023.02
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-02-16
Votes: 2
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Spoiler alert... this was NOT a pleasant experience.
Somehow, someway, they managed to make KDE Plasma very frustrating. If the idea was to be different they certainly succeeded but not in a positive way.
The installer to start gave me a glimpse of things to come. The interface is very odd. I opted for the minimum install to see what was considered minimum. Even though it included additional things to what I consider minimum, I can only surmise it's minimum compared to their standard install.
Once installed, the login screen is down right ugly. The out of the box interface is also ugly and just bad. Like really, really bad. Tried to restore the stock KDE Plasma interface (theme and layout) but even that was a hassle. It didn't put the bar to the bottom and kept it on the right hand side. The Breeze Dark theme I selected yielded a half light, half dark result. A reboot didn't fix it but I finally figured it out. I had to switch and apply light, switch and apply dark... Went back and forth a few times and it finally normalized.
It seemed to find most my hardware but honestly I didn't spend that much time with it after having to deal with the out of the box interface debacle. My patience was pretty much shot.
I went into this to see if there was a compelling reason to switch to it. And to that I say NO. Not now, not ever...
Kubuntu is great for older machines with or without nVidia. Fedora is excellent for newer, non nVidia systems.
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2022.12
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-12-24
Votes: 3
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honestly - I have to say it's wonderful on older hardware, running this on a retired 8yr old thinkpad & it's frankly perfect
Hardware, wifi, and sound all worked excellently.
GUI is super fast, for this early gen intel gfx
great distro, appreciate the less-is-more approach, I'd rather not fill my older/tiny ssd with bloated support for every de/toolstack/lib in existence
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also worth mentioning wayland really works well, I appreciate the debloat efforts they've been upto vs old x11 support mess
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2022.12
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-12-12
Votes: 11
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Love the fact that KDE is the default desktop environment.
Also love that it is independent and rolling.
It seemingly, at face value, has the elements of a great distribution.
But sadly, that's where it ends...
This is NOT for beginners.
The default layout is weird and I really don't care for it. I get that they are trying to set themselves apart aesthetically but it makes zero sense. Hardware support is horrid. Performance is horrid due to hardware support. Repositories are indeed limited.
Basically, the out of the box experience is terrible. This can be made somewhat worthy however you'll need to invest some time is doing so. That is not something I'm into. So it's a pass for me.
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2022.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-05-04
Votes: 22
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All versions:
1. Fonts are broken and look ugly (jerky)
2. Very limited repository (a lot of packages are missing)
3. Improperly compiled KDE is always missing components and is incompatible with Android (can't browse and copy files/photos), can't use amazing KDE feature to send SMS from computer
4. Weird hard-coded setting of KDE (can't revert panel to its normal position, using KDE settings, i.e. default global themes are broken, ticking box use theme default setting is hacked and overriden by hardcoded settings)
5. Using USB stick to transfer files is broken. It doesn't recognize it (same as with connection of Android)
6. You can't ask maker to fix anything. He refuses everything.
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2021.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-12-26
Votes: 13
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Very beautiful, cured looking distro and also very stable too. Underrated ditsro
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2021.10
Rating: 8
Date: 2021-12-22
Votes: 7
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Fantastic looking and seems to operate very fast. It seems to use more resources than Manjaro's Plasma and Solus Plasma at start-up. Manjaro runs at about 600MB and Solus maybe around 650MB on my HP i7 desktop with 16GB RAM but KaOS seemed to be at 1.1GB which was surprisingly higher. It may be pre-loading more into RAM to make it faster based on available RAM- who knows. I got the impression it is using XFS as the file system so that may be part of the reason why. The KaOS packages are somewhat limited to around 2100-2200 but should be enough for the average user. KaOS feels Solus to me but not as complete in some ways. Although, KaOS has a far better Welcome app to guide you through some initial settings and application installations versus Solus having nothing. As with Solus, some applications have to be started through the terminal like UnComplicated Firewall in Solus. On KaOS you do the same thing for Telegram which seems strange. Once it is started - the icon is in the Internet menu and you can pin it to the task bar. I like KaOS. It has curated packages that work far better than some Snaps/Flatpaks like what Solus does. There is not much to dislike. However, there are a few things I like more in Manjaro/Solus Plasma. KaOS has a good implementation of the Plasma desktop ONLY and I may keep it on my SSD - it is running very well and I am pleased with it. There are many things to like about KaOS. If you are proficient with the terminal and/or like using the terminal more, than KaOS is fantastic. If you want a GUI mostly, there will be occasions you need to use the terminal. If you dislike the terminal, then I think KDE Neon with Plasma, Solus Plasma, Manjaro Plasma, or Kubuntu is a better choice. (You won't avoid the terminal entirely with those distributions but use of the CLI will be less.) I feel comfortable with the terminal and don't see this as a limitation but a new user might have some challenges. Definitely a very good distribution which is starting to get ripe and maturing to be top notch!
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2021.08
Rating: 5
Date: 2021-10-04
Votes: 1
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I would have Loved this OS. It had everything I wanted, and zero bloatware. However, when I went to install and use Wine to access some needed old Windoz software, like I have on other Linux, it wouldn't let me load 32 bit libraries. And I couldn't find a repository that I could add to do so. They have it locked down to 64 bit so badly that you can't even side load something you need. Which is too bad. I really wanted this one to work, as it ran great on my old laptops.
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2021.08
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-09-23
Votes: 6
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This is truly a top notch system. I admire everything about it.
Octopi, as implemented here, amounts to what every package management GUI should aspire to. It's fabulous.
The Midna icons are colorful, interesting, and distinguishable, but still give an overall impression of professionalism (not cartoonish like many other icon themes).
An application called qPhotoRec is included in the installation (my first time knowing about it) that allowed me to recover some data I'd lost from an external drive back in 2008.
I've installed this on several different computers and take pleasure from it daily.
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2021.03
Rating: 5
Date: 2021-03-28
Votes: 26
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Seems to be stable and plasma is well integrated but I've the testing aborted because of KUserFeedback included in dependence with Plasma Workspace - a no-go in my opinion.
It's Ok to have it in the repository for people who like it that Telemetry come to Linux Systems, or also installed by default.. but never as a dependency for the Plasma Desktop so it can't be uninstalled if people don't like the way KDE goes with telemetry.
I know, i know... it can be disable, is fully opt-in, don't use a vendor you don't trust, build your own package, KDE is so lovely pink coloured and full of blooming flowers... bla bla
But then, whats the reason that people couldn't simply uninstall the package the don't like and don't want on their systems?
Which box will be opened if we begin walking this way? As a KDE Develeper wrote; "There are so many things more we can do with KDEs Telemetry".
It is just my personal opinion that i don't like to go this way, if somebody don't care about telemetry in their system, this is their choice and it's OK as long as we respect each other point of view. For me KaOS has disqualified with this.
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2020.11
Rating: 6
Date: 2021-03-24
Votes: 6
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While I was able to install it, it took a lot of work and a couple of hours to get a working version to boot. I was never able to get everything working like it should. It always had weird boot errors. I worked with the developer to try to get it working correctly to no avail. The developer was quite helpful and patient. However, I came to the conclusion that I wanted to use the distro, not tinker with it to get it working properly and decided to move on to another distro.
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2021.01
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-03-23
Votes: 1
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An excellent KDE desktop distro. Equal and perhaps even superior to my favorite distros, Manjaro and PCLinuxOS. Very esthetically attractive, easy to install and use, very utilitarian.
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2021.01
Rating: 8
Date: 2021-02-15
Votes: 0
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I come from my favorite Manjaro, but Kaos is more stable, at least for now!
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2021.01
Rating: 8
Date: 2021-02-14
Votes: 0
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KaOS is a very good KDE-focused distro with one of the best looking KDE themes (Midna and MidnaDark) although yes - some icons for GTK apps are missing.
KaOS uses the Pacman packaging system from Arch Linux but with their own repositories with hand-crafted selection of apps plus user-maintained apps built from source in KCP. They work flawlessly but the selection is rather limited. I was able to add software-rich repositories from Arch Linux to Pacman in KaOS (except "core" due to name collision) and a lot of additional apps from Arch can indeed be successfully installed and used in KaOS but, unfortunately, due to some incompatibilities not all - e.g. those based on webkit2gtk like GnuCash which I've been using and is essential for me.
That's why I would appreciate if KaOS developers made their distribution compatible with Arch like e.g. Manjaro does - it would not have to interfere with their proclaimed focus on KDE but only added additional option for users who need additional specific apps and would like to use KaOS as their main all-round distro.
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2021.01
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-01-21
Votes: 0
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Really good and nice looking distro. As an occasional linux user, and still a beginner, I was really impressed after first boot up. Not really by the panel on the right (that looked weird actualy) but unique wallpaper and white design.
KaOS still needs a lot of polish, mainly in midna theme. Its a beutiful theme, but incomplete. You cant see some icons on white backgrounds and some icons were replaced by some that doesnt even make sense. Its a small thing, but developers should really fix this. If you change theme to Breeze, all the icons are visible and correct, but then you will lose that unique and beautiful midna theme.
If it wasnt for this "incomplete" midna theme, and badly scaled panel on the right (I mean, the panel on the right side is actualy cool idea, I got used to it pretty fast, and now Im using panel on the right on every distro even on windows - thx KaOS) but they should pay some more attention to these small details to have a distro that does feel polished.
Small tweak like changing panel thickness to 50 makes so much more difference. It should be like that as default after first boot. That would make much better first impression for new users.
There are also some other things that needs some attention, but I was quite alright using this distro. Pacman is well implemented and what you cant find there you can use KCP for some other apps, and if not there, use flathub. You will have to use terminal for that, but its pretty simple and elegant.
Its still one of my favorite distros, and I hope that they will fix these small things so I can give it 10/10.
Oh, and btw... its infernally fast and lightweight.
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2021.01
Rating: 7
Date: 2021-01-16
Votes: 0
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Usually test this on a spare drive because I'd like to use it. Occasional hiccups have kept it off my main drive, however. Liked learning how to use KCP, that made me a better user. We'll see how the latest rendition goes.
Good implementation of Octopi, but anything on the "alien" side of things can cause issues. Kaos has the most useful and beautiful welcome screen I know of. So much spit and polish!
Solus KDE is just too good on my hardware to replace it with Kaos. Solus has enough of the freshness but non of the headaches.
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