Distributions Shipping KDE

The following popular GNU/Linux and BSD distributions are shipping KDE:

This is just a short and most likely incomplete list of distributions and projects shipping with KDE. Please refer to the according companies, organisations or projects page for further details about their product.

Ark Linux

The goal of Ark Linux is to build the easiest to use Linux distribution available, while keeping it technically sane.

Built around KDE 3.4, the base insall CD of Ark Linux contains everything the average desktop user will need - other tools, for example compilers and development tools, additional games and support for additional languages, are available on the extra CD images "Ark Development Suite", "Ark Extra Software", "Ark Server Software" and "Ark Extra Languages", and of course in our large online package repository, easily accessed through the Kynaptic GUI. Experienced users can use the "apt-get" tool to install software from the repository on the command line.

Aurox ships with KDE 3.3

"Aurox is a popular European distribution based on Fedora. It is a fast and stable operating system that focuses on better hardware support, especially for laptop computers. The graphical configuration tools and installer help new users to get started with Linux. With Aurox your hardware will work!"

Conectiva Linux 10 ships with KDE 3.2.3

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 ships with KDE 3.3.2

"Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian uses the Linux kernel (the core of an operating system), but most of the basic OS tools come from the GNU project; hence the name GNU/Linux.

Debian GNU/Linux provides more than a pure OS: it comes with more than 8710 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine."

Fedora Core 5 ships with KDE 3.5.1

The Fedora Project is a Red Hat-sponsored and community-supported open source project. Its goal is to work with the Linux community to build a complete, general purpose operating system exclusively from free software.

Gentoo Linux

"Gentoo Linux is a versatile and fast, completely free Linux distribution for x86, PowerPC, UltraSparc and Alpha systems that's geared towards Linux power users. Unlike other distros, Gentoo Linux has an advanced package management system called Portage. Portage is a true ports system in the tradition of BSD ports, but is Python-based and sports a number of advanced features including dependencies, fine-grained package management, "fake" (OpenBSD-style) installs, path sandboxing, safe unmerging, system profiles, virtual packages, config file management, and more."

Kubuntu KGX 6.06 Ships with KDE 3.5.2

Kubuntu is the distribution for KDE fans. Its releases are timed against KDE and always include the latest version. The package archives are shared with Ubuntu meaning it has the largest collection of Free Software ready to install and is easily usable by Ubuntu users.

Linspire 5.0 ships with KDE 3.3.2

"Linspire is a new, fun and exciting operating system that delivers the power, stability and cost-savings of Linux with the ease of a windows environment. Linspire is easy to experience because of its friendly graphical interface and support for popular Microsoft Windows file types (.doc, .xls, .ppt, .jpg, .gif, .mp3, etc.)."

Lycoris Desktop/LX 1.4 ships with KDE 3.2.3

"Desktop/LX 1.4 builds on Lycoris' award-winning desktop platform, adding exciting new features and major behind-the-scenes changes. At the center of this release is a new desktop experience powered by KDE 3.2.3, the latest release of the popular desktop environment for Linux. The desktop experience is backed by Bitstream's btX2 font rendering subsystem, which brings sophisticated font rendering capabilities to Desktop/LX, and AI2 (A-I-squared), Lycoris' revolutionary new application environment for Linux, which gives Desktop/LX users the edge when using third-party Linux application software."

Mandriva Linux Limited Edition 2005 ships with KDE 3.3.2

"Mandriva Linux™ is a friendly Linux Operating System which specializes in ease-of-use for both the home/office and servers. It is freely available in many languages throughout the world."

Novell Linux Desktop 9 ships with KDE 3.2.1 and KDEPIM 3.3

"Novell Linux Desktop 9, powered by SUSE LINUX, provides a leading end-user productivity environment designed specifically to empower businesses to leverage Linux and open source with confidence. It can be deployed as a general-purpose desktop platform or tailored for use in information kiosks, call-center terminals, or stations for infrequent PC users. Novell Linux Desktop also provides an ideal alternative to high-cost UNIX-based engineering workstations."

Slackware 10.1 ships with KDE 3.3.2

"Slackware is the veteran of Linux distributions. Slackware is well known for its very high standards for quality. You may expect not always the most recent bells and wistles but a rock solid Linux instead. The heart of Slackware is its founder Patrick Volkerding. Slackware is the most "UNIX-like" distribution and less market driven.

Slackware is mainly supported via mailing lists and news groups."

SOT Linux 2003 ships with KDE 3.1.4

"Whether you're a desktop publisher, Net junkie, home-office worker, or a games fiend (or all of the above!), SOT Linux Desktop has everything you'll need to make computer life easier.

Designed especially for the home user, our new Desktop release comes with the best selection of the latest Linux tools - a powerful office suite, multimedia applications, games, utilities, and Internet software. At work or play, if you're a creative individual with a taste for Linux, SOT's 2002 Desktop is for you!"

SUSE Linux 10.1 ships with KDE 3.5.1

"For rich, reliable and secure home computing, there's no better choice than SUSE LINUX 10.1. It features an easy-to-install Linux operating system that lets you browse the Web, send e-mail, chat with friends, organize digital photos, play movies and songs, and create documents and spreadsheets. You can even use it to host a Web site or blog, create a home network and develop your own applications."

Turbo Linux 10 ships with KDE 3.1.3

"Turbolinux 8 Workstation for US-based OEMs gives PC and workstation manufacturers the opportunity to provide their business users with easy access to the tools, applications, support, and stability of Linux. Turbolinux 8 Workstation includes e-mail, web browsers, office and mail suites, PDA hot-sync capabilities, ADSL setup tool, MP3 and MIDI, and diverse hardware support including USB devices. Turbolinux 8 Workstation also allows for optional installation of Windows 95/98 in either free disk space or dual-boot environments. In addition, Turbolinux 8 Workstation provides an ADSL interface for high-speed connections and extended support for various digital media including digital video data. (Available in Japan and China only)"

Xandros Desktop OS 3 ships with KDE 3.3

"Xandros Desktop OS is an intuitive graphical environment that works right out of the box and offers unrivaled compatibility with Microsoft Windows. The new Xandros Business Desktop OS adds enterprise-class Active Directory and PDC authentication to the peer-to-peer Windows networking found in the consumer editions."

Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 ships with KDE 3.3

"Yellow Dog Linux v4.0 is a complete, Fedora RPM-based operating system for PowerPC computers. Yellow Dog Linux v4.0 offers an intuitive, flexible graphical installer, 1300 packages on 8 CDs (4 Install, 4 Source), a unified KDE and GNOME desktop environment featuring shared menus, applications, and user interface ... and of course, support for the Apple G5 Power Macs!"

FreeBSD 4.10 ships with KDE 3.2.2

"FreeBSD is an advanced BSD UNIX operating system for "PC compatible" computers, developed and maintained by a large team of individuals.

FreeBSD offers advanced networking, performance, security and compatibility features today which are still missing in other operating systems, even some of the best commercial ones.

FreeBSD makes an ideal Internet or Intranet server. It provides robust network services, even under the heaviest of loads, and uses memory efficiently to maintain good response times for hundreds, or even thousands, of simultaneous user processes. Visit our gallery for examples of FreeBSD powered applications and services. The "KDE on FreeBSD" team maintains a set of current packages."

NetBSD ships KDE

"The NetBSD operating system is a full-featured, open source, Unix-like operating system descended from the Berkeley Networking Release 2 (Net/2), 4.4BSD-Lite, and 4.4BSD-Lite2. NetBSD runs on a variety of different system architectures featuring numerou distinct families of CPUs. The NetBSD packages collection has current packages of KDE."

OpenBSD 3.5 ships with KDE 3.2.1

"The OpenBSD project produces a FREE, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Our efforts emphasize portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography. OpenBSD supports binary emulation of most programs from SVR4 (Solaris), FreeBSD, Linux, BSD/OS, SunOS and HP-UX. The Open BSD ports tree has current packages of KDE."

KDE for AIX

KDE for Solaris