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Q4OS


Last Update: 2025-03-27 11:53 UTC


Q4OS is a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution designed to offer classic-style user interface (Trinity) and simple accessories, and to serve stable APIs for complex third-party applications, such as Google Chrome, VirtualBox and development tools. The system is also very useful for virtual cloud environments due to its very low hardware requirements.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 31 (297), 6 months: 29 (330), 3 months: 26 (364), 4 weeks: 36 (321), 1 week: 34 (331)

Average visitor rating: 8.74/10 from 165 review(s).


Q4OS Summary
Distribution Q4OS
Home Page https://q4os.org/
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Documentation https://q4os.org/documents.html
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Bug Tracker https://sourceforge.net/p/q4os/tickets/
Related Websites http://www.q4os.de/
http://www.q4os.net/
Reviews 5.x: The Register
4.6: Namakutux
3.8: DistroWatch
3.6: LinuxInsider
2.6.x: LinuxInsider
2.4.x: The Register
1.8.x: DedoimedoDedoimedo
0.5.x: Blogspot
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2025-03-27: Distribution Release: Q4OS 5.8
 • 2024-09-04: Distribution Release: Q4OS 5.6
 • 2023-07-07: Distribution Release: Q4OS 5.2
 • 2022-08-01: Distribution Release: Q4OS 4.10
 • 2022-04-05: Distribution Release: Q4OS 4.8
 • 2021-11-21: Distribution Release: Q4OS 4.7
 • 2021-09-27: Distribution Release: Q4OS 4.6
 • 2021-06-29: Distribution Release: Q4OS 3.15
 • 2021-02-16: Distribution Release: Q4OS 3.14
 • 2020-12-18: Distribution Release: Q4OS 3.13
 • 2020-11-27: Development Release: Q4OS 4.2 Testing
 • 2020-08-31: Distribution Release: Q4OS 3.12
 • More Q4OS releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2025-04-28 Trinity Desktop Environment 14.1.4 released
 • 2017-11-28 Q4OS installed on Windows partition
 • More Q4OS headlines...

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Feature 5.8 4.12 3.16 2.7 1.8.8 0.5.29
Release Date 2025-03-27 2023-05-03 2023-01-01 2018-12-30 2017-09-14 2015-03-27
End Of Life            
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 1400-1500 1000-1300 800-900 300-900 200-600  
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Text mode Text mode Text mode
Default Desktop KDE Plasma, Trinity KDE Plasma, Trinity KDE Plasma, Trinity KDE Plasma, Trinity Trinity Trinity
Package Management DEB, Flatpak, Snap DEB, Flatpak, Snap DEB, Flatpak, Snap DEB DEB DEB
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- -- -- -- -- --
Processor Architecture x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 aarm64, armhf, i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd SysV
Journaled File Systems            
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes      
Asian Language Support jp, ko, zh_CN jp, ko, zh_CN jp, ko, zh_CN -- -- --
Full Package List 5.8 4.12 3.16 2.7 1.8.8 0.5.29
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Version: 5.8
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-05-16
Votes: 0


kDE plasmaで運用していますが、このq4OS一度たりともフリーズしたことはありません。更にインストールする時の選択操作画面もわかり易く今までのwindows10よりも簡単でwindows7に近い感覚ですね。解りにくい複雑な操作もなく7までの簡潔だけど分かり易い選択操作が順に進んでいくという感じ。
 評価を少し下げていたのはコピー貼り付け履歴にバクが合ったので評価8/10点かなと思っていたが、そのバグも改善されたので9/10点に上がりました。残りの1点はusb無線wifiは大体対応していないので、自分でドライバーを探してきて対応させることになります。カーネルにmakeなりを使う一式のコマンドを用いることになります。
 なのでそこで初めからusbに指すだけで使えるwindowsとは勝手が違いますのでソレだけですかね。
 後はcorei5ー650でも今までのpcと同じ様に使えるので貴重なOSです。素晴らしい!mxlinuxやBodhiではライブ動画が観れなかったりと不便はありましたがq4osはないですよ安定もしていて本当に素晴らしい!を繰返したく為る程のOSです。

 是非これからも開発を続けて下さい応援しています。


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Version: 5.8
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-12
Votes: 5


If you want Debian with KDE Plasma on top (in my humble opinion the best combination of the linux world) then look no further because Q4OS nails it perfectly.
It installs very fast and hasslefree on every machine that I own, it runs smooth as silk, and it stays out of the way.
You can even choose if you want to install a minimal Plasma or middleweight or a heavyweight with many apps.
Kudos to the team, you nailed it.
Love the Trinity Edition as well.
Perfect for stone age laptops.
10/10.
A fine product.
Already paypaled donation.


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Version: 5.8
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-01
Votes: 2


Installed the newest Q4OS (5.8) just this morning to see where it is now. Basic Plasma 64 bit install on an Asus junk laptop with 17" HD+, Celeron N3060 (!!!), a 180 GB Intel SATA 2 (!) SSD, and 8 GB of single channel RAM. The install process was a bit slow, but that was expected. this laptop is really not a fast one. Then some stuff like MM codecs and Chrome browser from the shop, zram-tools (for zram swap) and intel-gpu-tools (to see if the Braswell igpu is doing its job, it is) from the repos. I'm writing this short note on it, in the fifth tab of Chrome. Other four tabs are Netflix, Spotify, Youtube and a local newspaper, all streaming except the newspaper and this page. I can pretty niftly change tabs by ctrl-tabbing and they all work. That should be enough for a review. I gave 10 points by my first impression. Let's say I prefer very much using this one to low end chromebooks. This is good for what they are good for, nothing much more.

There have been some installing problems in previous versions but I met none of those this time. The most impressive thing is that this puny laptop can actually be useful. I bought it for coins, just because of the charger and nice matte 1600 x 900 panel. I noticed there was actually nothing wrong or broken, except that it only had an almost dead and slow spinning disc and just 2 GB of RAM. Either of them is no good with Windows 10. So, I decided to give it a go. I swapped the RAM (just one slot) and the disk, did some settings in BIOS and installed Q4OS.

If you have a similar setup note that I have 8 GB of RAM, and with less RAM or a slower CPU (there are some!) I think maybe three simultaneous streams could be too much. The pretty Vulkan cube also works. I'm not expecting too much from the gaming front but I'll see.



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