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The Q4OS project announced today the release and general availability of Q4OS 6.1 as the newest stable (and LTS) version of this lightweight, KDE-oriented distribution featuring the latest KDE Plasma and Trinity desktop environments.
Based on the latest and greatest Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series, Q4OS 6.1 (codename Andromeda) ships with the KDE Plasma 6.3.6 and Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) 14.1.5 desktop environments. As with previous releases, the KDE Plasma edition uses the stock look from upstream.
“Andromeda is a long-term support (LTS) release and will be supported with free security patches and software updates for at least five years. We are even considering another five years of commercial support following the Debian upstream approach, so the total life cycle of Andromeda may extend up to 10 years.”
Q4OS stays true to its roots in offering users a unique desktop experience where both KDE Plasma and Trinity Desktop Environment can independently coexist. Q4OS makes it easy to switch back and forth between the KDE Plasma and Trinity desktops, the latter providing an old-school KDE3 desktop experience.
Q4OS’s in-house Desktop Profiler tool has been updated to let users export the current desktop status snapshot, modify it, and create customized profiles that can later be imported into a new Q4OS installation.
Under the hood, Q4OS 6.1 is powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.12 LTS kernel series. You can download Q4OS 6.1 as separate KDE Plasma and Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) editions for 64-bit systems right now from the official website or from our downloads section below.
