KaOS

Overview

KaOS takes a focused approach to Linux by building its packages from scratch around Qt and KDE applications. It uses a rolling release model with a limited repository designed for quality and integration and now defaults to the Niri scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor with Noctalia.

Key features

• Built from scratch
• Qt and KDE focused
• Rolling release model
• Niri and Noctalia desktop
• Pacman package management
• Limited curated repositories
• Single x86_64 architecture