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== Reception ==
== Reception ==
[[SourceForge]] featured Q4OS as "Community Choice" Project of the Month in April 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Says |first=Davetiye |date=2020-04-03 |title=April 2020, “Community Choice” Project of the Month – Q4OS |url=https://sourceforge.net/blog/april-2020-community-choice-project-month-q4os/ |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=SourceForge Community Blog |language=en-US}}</ref>
[[SourceForge]] featured Q4OS as "Community Choice" Project of the Month in April 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-04-03 |title=April 2020, “Community Choice” Project of the Month – Q4OS |url=https://sourceforge.net/blog/april-2020-community-choice-project-month-q4os/ |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=SourceForge Community Blog |language=en-US}}</ref>


In January 2022, [[TechRadar]] considered Q4OS as one of the best light-weight Linux distributions of the year for its Windows installer and support for older hardware, notably systems running on [[32-bit processor|32-bit processors]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Sharma |first1=Shashank |last2=Peers |first2=Nick |last3=Cox |first3=Alex |last4=Drake |first4=Nate |last5=December 2020 |first5=Mayank Sharma 02 |date=2020-12-02 |title=Best lightweight Linux distros of 2021 |url=https://www.techradar.com/news/best-lightweight-linux-distro |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=[[TechRadar]] |language=en}}</ref>
In January 2022, [[TechRadar]] considered Q4OS as one of the best light-weight Linux distributions of the year for its Windows installer and support for older hardware, notably systems running on [[32-bit processor|32-bit processors]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Shashank |last2=Peers |first2=Nick |last3=Cox |first3=Alex |last4=Drake |first4=Nate |last5=Sharma |first5=Mayank |date=2022-01-17 |title=Best lightweight Linux distros of 2022 |url=https://www.techradar.com/news/best-lightweight-linux-distro |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=TechRadar |language=en}}</ref>


== Forks ==
== Forks ==

Revision as of 14:04, 27 March 2022

Q4OS
Q4OS 3.14.2 (Centaurus) running KDE Plasma version 5.14.5
DeveloperQ4OS development team
OS familyLinux
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Latest releaseQ4OS 4.7 (Gemini)[1] / November 22, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-11-22)
Available inMultilingual
Update methodAPT
Package managerdpkg
Platformsx86-64, i386, armhf, arm64
Kernel typeLinux kernel
UserlandGNU
Default
user interface		TDE, KDE Plasma, LXQt[a]
LicenseFree software licenses (mainly GPL) + some proprietary
Official websiteq4os.org Edit this at Wikidata

Q4OS is a light-weight Linux distribution based on Debian.

History

In 2019, version 3.8 was released which was based on Debian Buster.[2]

The original KDE based version has been discontinued since around 2008.[3]

Features

It is using the Trinity Desktop Environment, which is a fork of K Desktop Environment 3.[4]

Releases

Stable versions of Q4OS are derived from Debian's Stable release branch with long-term support that lasts five years after their initial release.[5] Developmental "testing" versions of future releases are derived from the Debian Testing branch.[6]

Version[7] Codename Release date End-of-life Description
Latest preview version of a future release: 0.5.17 2014-07-17 "Development" version
Latest preview version of a future release: 1.1-RC2 2015-04-14 Second release candidate of Q4OS 1.1
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.2 Orion 2015-04-27 Initial version to be specified under codename Orion
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.2.3 2015-06-08 TDE is now bundled with the LXQt desktop environment
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.4 2015-09-04 Initial version to support devices running on ARM architecture[8]
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.6.3 2016-08-05 Implemented UEFI support
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.8.4 2017-04-26 LXQt has been removed from default installation, Icedove is replaced with Mozilla Thunderbird[9]
Latest preview version of a future release: 2.0.2 Scorpion 2016-01-06 Initial testing version of Q4OS Scorpion
Latest preview version of a future release: 2.3.6 2017-10-04 "Final beta" release
Old version, yet still maintained: 2.4 2017-10-04 2022-10 Initial stable release of Q4OS Scorpion and to provide long-term support
Old version, yet still maintained: 2.5 2018-06-03 2023-06 TDE is now bundled with KDE Plasma
Latest preview version of a future release: 3.1 Centaurus 2018-01-29 Initial testing version of Q4OS Centaurus
Old version, yet still maintained: 3.8 2019-07-15 2024-07 Initial stable release of Q4OS Centaurus
Old version, yet still maintained: 3.10 2020-01-04 2025-01 TDE and KDE Plasma have been split into separate installation images
Old version, yet still maintained: 3.13 2020-12-19 2025-12 The Snap daemon has been removed from default installation
Latest preview version of a future release: 4.0 Gemini 2020-02-16 Initial testing version of Q4OS Gemini
Old version, yet still maintained: 4.6 2021-09-27 2026-09 Initial stable release of Q4OS Gemini
Current stable version: 4.7 2021-11-22 2026-11 Latest stable release of Q4OS
Legend:
Old version, not maintained
Old version, still maintained
Latest version
Latest preview version
Future release

Reception

SourceForge featured Q4OS as "Community Choice" Project of the Month in April 2020.[10]

In January 2022, TechRadar considered Q4OS as one of the best light-weight Linux distributions of the year for its Windows installer and support for older hardware, notably systems running on 32-bit processors.[11]

Forks

The Linux distribution Quark is a fork of Q4OS.[12]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Removed since Q4OS 1.8.4 (Orion).

References

  1. ^ "Q4OS - desktop operating system". q4os.org. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  2. ^ Nestor, Marius (28 July 2019). "Q4OS Operating System Brings the Trinity Desktop to Debian GNU/Linux 10 "Buster"". Softpedia. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  3. ^ Apfelböck, Hermann (2018-12-02). "Linux auf dem Stick: 10 Ideen für den Einsatz". PC-WELT (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Thommes, Ferdinand. "Das Design von Windows XP lebt in Linux weiter". ComputerBase (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Paul, John (2019-05-26). "Q4OS Linux Revives Your Old Laptop with Windows' Looks - It's FOSS". It's FOSS. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  6. ^ "Development Release: Q4OS 4.2 Testing (DistroWatch.com News)". DistroWatch. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
  7. ^ "Q4OS - desktop operating system". q4os.org. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  8. ^ "Q4OS - desktop operating system". q4os.org. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
  9. ^ Nestor, Marius (2017-04-25). "Debian-Based Q4OS 1.8.4 Operating System Lets Users Select Alternative Desktops". Softpedia. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  10. ^ "April 2020, "Community Choice" Project of the Month – Q4OS". SourceForge Community Blog. 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  11. ^ Sharma, Shashank; Peers, Nick; Cox, Alex; Drake, Nate; Sharma, Mayank (2022-01-17). "Best lightweight Linux distros of 2022". TechRadar. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  12. ^ February 2021, Mayank Sharma 26 (2021-02-26). "Quark 20.04 review". TechRadar. Retrieved 2021-09-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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