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q4osteam

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Q4OS 7 testing is out

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

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

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

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Germ

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

Nice, I may replace my Forky install.

Thanks!

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Qwertius

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

I look forward to giving it a trial run -

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Last edited by Qwertius (2025-12-19 05:59)

Qwertius

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

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

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

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

Try Q4OS Debonaire theme.

q4osteam

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

... 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

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

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

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

Installed updates -

(I have a terminal print out if needed)

Lookswitcher still not working. Stops after 52%

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swarfendor437

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

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

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

i notice sadly that it is using Wayland!

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

theasmitkid

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

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

@q4osteam, Any updates?

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q4osteam

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

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

theasmitkid

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

Preliminary Stable Build, nice!

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theasmitkid

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

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

Can we get a minimal install cd?

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q4osteam

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

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

Last edited by q4osteam (2025-12-05 15:34)

theasmitkid

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

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

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q4osteam

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

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

theasmitkid

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

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

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Qwertius

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

... 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.

I installed the latest version of Firefox via terminal.

Works fine.

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EbonHydra

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

I'll wait until the TDE release of Q4OS testing of version 7 or the stable version of version 7 is out.
Speaking of Q4OS TDE - I have used it in setting up my computer I use for Zoom again, and everything seems to be working just fine.

theasmitkid

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

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

It's out

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swarfendor437

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

Just been tryiing Q4OS 7r.3 as a VM using virt-manager. Codecs won't install saying not available for 'forky'. Look Switcher still won't install.
Additionally, some of the app icons in Software Center are blank and when apps do get installed the installed app remains a little circle where a 'tick' should appear.

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FlexQ4

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

Short question: will (Q4OS 7 - based on) Debian 14 "Forky" then utilize the new Linux kernel 7.x later this year?

q4osteam

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Re: Q4OS 7 testing is out

Short answer, yes