Q4OS 7 testing is out

q4osteam · 2025-11-20 14:48

The first testing live media of Q4OS-7 "Perseus" based on Debian 14 Forky is available for download. Plasma version is only available at the moment, however Trinity variant will follow soon. This release is based on Debian 14 Forky and Plasma desktop 6.5.2.

Download "q4os-7.0-x64-plasma.r1-testing.iso" from https://sourceforge.net/projects/q4os/files/testing/

Testing and feedback is welcome however keep in mind it's a testing version.

The default Plasma theme:

Efficient Q4OS Debonaire theme:

Last edited by q4osteam (2025-11-20 15:21)

theasmitkid · 2025-11-20 16:03

I'd definitely switch to Q4OS 7 if it uses Preliminary Testing Builds of TDE!

Germ · 2025-11-21 14:37

Nice, I may replace my Forky install.

Thanks!

Qwertius · 2025-11-23 04:12

I look forward to giving it a trial run --- my only fear --

is the growing menace of rounded corners in KDE.

Q

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Qwertius · 2025-11-23 07:03

These all installed.

Abiword - OK

Bleachbit - OK

Featherpad - OK

GMTP - OK

GParted - OK

Gwenview - OK

Handbrake - OK

Kazam - OK

Kolourpaint - OK

Konqueror -OK

K-Torrent - OK

Obs-studio

Okular - OK

Obs-studio - OK

Openshot-qt - OK

Plasma Discovery - OK

Synaptic - OK

Timeshift - OK

Uget - OK

Update Manager - OK

VLC - Media Player - OK

Fails ----

Firefox - Fail

(I installed FF via using Konsole / Apt repository.)

Look-Switcher - Fail (52% then stops)

Manually installed via Konsole - sudo apt -

baobab calligra converseen gdebi gnome-disk-utility grub-customizer gufw mypaint marble qbittorrent qpdfview scribus xournal

Upgrading: 0, Installing: 345, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0

Download size: 355 MB
Space needed: 1,255 MB

I noted Simplescreenrecorder & Gufw have gone from the software center list.

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q4osteam · 2025-11-23 10:19

Qwertius wrote:

... my only fear -- is the growing menace of rounded corners in KDE.

Try Q4OS Debonaire theme.

q4osteam · 2025-11-23 10:24

Qwertius wrote:

... Firefox ... Look-Switcher - Fail (52% then stops)

Yes, FF and Lookswitcher as well as few other installers are not available for Q4OS-7 testing yet.

Qwertius · 2025-11-23 10:35

re Debonaire - yes - I was just making a joke about how KDE is all out on curves and rounded corners.

Some people like it, which is perfectly fine --- but some of us -- not so much.

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Qwertius · 2025-11-24 05:24

Installed updates -

(I have a terminal print out if needed)

Lookswitcher still not working. Stops after 52%

Q

swarfendor437 · 2025-11-26 22:46

Installed as a VM using virt-manager. Main things that would not install for me were Proprietary Codecs and Look Switcher. In live mode VM before installing to a VM HDD, I entered Konsole in the search portion of the menu launcher and it crashed needing a forced re-start. Once 'installed' Konsole worked correctly.

This is how it looks so far:

[i notice sadly that it is using Wayland!]

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q4osteam · 2025-11-26 22:55

swarfendor437 wrote:

i notice sadly that it is using Wayland!

You can log out and select X11 session on the login screen.

theasmitkid · 2025-11-29 15:19

theasmitkid wrote:

I'd definitely switch to Q4OS 7 if it uses Preliminary Testing Builds of TDE!

@q4osteam, Any updates?

Last edited by theasmitkid (2025-11-29 15:19)

q4osteam · 2025-12-02 10:10

Q4OS-7 testing Trinity edition has been released, download https://sourceforge.net/projects/q4os/files/testing/

theasmitkid · 2025-12-02 11:55

Preliminary Stable Build, nice!

theasmitkid · 2025-12-05 15:17

q4osteam wrote:

Q4OS-7 testing Trinity edition has been released, download https://sourceforge.net/projects/q4os/files/testing/

Can we get a minimal install cd?

q4osteam · 2025-12-05 15:21

We don't plan to release install-cd at the moment. For what reason do you need the install-cd ?

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theasmitkid · 2025-12-05 17:32

I use ventoy for installation and I have a lot of iso, live cd is often twice as large as installcd so I prefer installcd. Also because of the limited network speed in my area, install-cd is better to download. I've seen some (non-q4os) issues with the calamares like mbr/gpt partition issues when trying to setup dual boot windows. And I've some devices with really small displays and the gui installer doesn't work really well in those..

So I always prefer install-cd, thank you

q4osteam · 2025-12-05 17:49

You can also install plain Debian with no desktop environment and use this https://www.q4os.org/dqa017.html method to setup Q4OS.

theasmitkid · 2025-12-05 18:14

Would be a pain when I need to reinstall and/or in an offline environment..

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