In the end, what they delivered was a less-than-stable interface that looked a bit toy-ish. One of the issues I’d always had with KDE is that the developers/designers were too heavy-handed with the effects. The default desktop is masterfully designed for elegance and simplicity.įigure 1: The default KaOS desktop, sans any tweaking. But when KaOS displayed the KDE 5 desktop ( Figure 1 ), I was stunned. The whole standard metaphor of panel, start button, system tray has never really appealed to me. Does KaOS have what it takes to back them up? Let’s take a look at what makes KaOS so special. In fact, I’d go so far to say the bits and pieces that come together for KaOS, make it the single best KDE-based distribution I have ever used.
With my interest piqued, I decided to spin up a virtual machine to see if KaOS was a worthy contender for my time. In a word, that approach is “focus.” KaOS is completely dedicated to KDE, and they will never alter from that course (even when they mention the idea of venturing away from the Linux kernel in lieu of the Illumos kernel ). KaOS takes a very distinct approach to the platform. This relatively new take on Linux is a rolling release distribution, focused on delivering a lightweight operating system with a decidedly KDE flavor. However, their latest release promised to deliver a version of KDE that would strip it of all the issues that plagued the big “K,” so I thought it was finally time to give it a look. KaOS arrived on the scene in 2013 and has, for the most part, existed under the radar. I also gave 5 a try a few times and found it buggy and slow.
When it finally shifted to the next iteration (4.x, aka Plasma), I thought the new additions were interesting, but, as a whole, the platform suffered from serious stability issues. During its 3.x days, I found it too much like Windows. I have to confess, KDE has never succeeded in winning me over.
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