Q4OS 2.5 Scorpion offers option to install Plasm Desktop

The Q4OS team has announced the release of Q4OS 2.5, latest stable release of GNU/Linux distribution offering familiar desktop experience with Trinity Desktop. The Q4OS 2.5 offers option to install KDE Plasma Desktop along with current Trinity Desktop.

Despite the inclusion of KDE Plasma support, Q4OS installer will continue as usual, and after installation, if there is enough resources, the installer will offer option to install Plasma Desktop. It can coexist with Trinity Desktop.

A significant update to the Q4OS 2 Scorpion stable LTS is immediately available for download. The new 2.5 series brings an essential change adding KDE Plasma to be an equal option to the Trinity desktop, as Q4OS is now pre-configured for both desktops to coexist alongside each other. System installer configures the system the usual way, but decides afterwards to offer additional installation of the KDE Plasma desktop, if sufficient hardware resources detected. So a user can login and switch forth and back between lightweight efficient Trinity desktop and more advanced KDE Plasma desktop environment according to his choice.

Other changes include PulseAudio better system integration for easier audio management, Q4OS installer improvements, Firefox 60 and LibreOffice 6 installers, important security and bug fixes as well as cumulative upgrade covering all changes since the previous Q4OS 2 Scorpion stable release.

For more information, refer the release announcement published in Q4OS website.

Q4OS 3.1 testing image released based on Debian Buster

The Q4OS team has announced the availability of a new development image for upcoming Q4OS 3.1 stable release. This release is based on Debian Buster, the current unstable branch of Debian. Q4OS 3.1 code named Centaurus will continue it's evolution till the Buster turns stable. After the official release, Centaurus will be supported for at least 5 years depending on upstream support.

A preview of Q4OS inspired by Windows 10 look & feel

Q4OS 3.1 testing release includes Trinity Desktop 14.0.5 development branch. This branch will become stable when Q4OS 3.x will hit on it's first stable release. Trinity Desktop is a continuation of KDE 3.x project and helps Q4OS to provide a robust, reliable and stable desktop experience.

Quoting from official Q4OS 3.1 Centaurus release announcement:

We introduce the initial development build of the new major Q4OS version 3, codenamed 'Centaurus'. This release is based on Debian 'Buster' and Trinity desktop 14.0.5 development branch. Q4OS Centaurus will be in development until Debian Buster becomes stable, and will be supported at least five years from the official release date. Anybody is invited to try out the brand new version and report bugs and glitches,

Q4OS 1.4.11 released with improved NVIDIA support

The Q4OS team has announced Q4OS 1.4.11, latest update in Debian based, fast, powerful and reliable operating systems 1.4 stable series. This release of Q4OS comes with revamped NVIDIA card detection and proprietary driver installers, which will make Q4OS one more step close to graphics related applications.

NVIDIA card detection and proprietary driver installer has been improved a bit, as well as Welcome screen configurator of the Start menu properties. In order to keep current 1.4 Orion line healthy, the new Q4OS version applies security patches and solves a few minor issues. The Orion 1.4.11 has been released for all supported architectures, x64, i386/i686, armhf and a special Raspberry Pi edition. It is currently pushing into the official repositories, for computers of current users to be updated from.

You man find release announcement for Q4OS 1.4.11 in projects website.

Q4OS 1.4.10, Orion released with improved graphics card support

The Q4OS project has unveiled Q4OS 1.4.10 Orion, latest stable update of Debian based stable GNU/Linux distribution that offers traditional user experience for improved productivity. Q4OS 1.4.10 comes with a script that will help for auto detection of NVidia graphics card and for installation of other graphics card related packages.

Orion 1.4.10 introduces after install NVidia graphics card detection and related proprietary drivers easy to use 'qinst-ipvideo' installation script. The default Q4OS 'Bourbon' start menu has been polished and improved a bit. Another new script to switch between category and Q4OS menu structure is available, see Q4OS documentation. There is a fix for the annoying delay prior to show logout dialog, this annoying glitch is now completely gone. Numerous under the hood improvements is provided as usual.

All the updates will arrive into repositories in the days to come, update manager or unattended upgrades mechanism will take care about to update computers of current users.

For official release announcement, see Q4OS website.

Q4OS 2.1 Scorpion testing image is available now

The Q4OS has announced availability of Q4OS 2.1 Scorpion development image for testing. This testing image of Q4OS is based on Debian 9 Stretch, along with Linux Kernel 4.5 and Trinity Desktop 14.0.4. Q4OS 'Scorpion' will be marked as stable, as soon as Debian 9 stretch become stable.

We have included the 'Bourbon' start menu, the brand new default start menu in Q4OS. The two panel 'Bourbon' menu is highly efficient and customizable and features a search line, favorites, history and more options. System packages have been updated and some improvements have been ported from Q4OS Orion stable version.

We invite anyone to try out this testing Q4OS Scorpion 2.1 and report bugs and glitches, you can download live CD's for x64 and i686-pae cpu architectures from dedicated Testing releases webpage. Keep in mind, testing versions are not intended for daily use in production environments.

Read original announcement published in Q4OS blog.

Q4OS 1.4.9 Orion Released

The Q4OS team announced release of Q4OS 1.4.9 Orion, latest update in Q4OS orion series. Q4OS is a Debian stable based GNU/Linux distribution with classical desktop experience. Q4OS 1.4.9 Orion is based on recently released Debian 8.4 'Jessy'.

We introduce 'Bourbon' start menu, the brand new default start menu in Q4OS. The two panel 'Bourbon' menu is highly efficient and customizable and features a search line, favorites, history and more options.

Q4OS 1.4.9 'Orion' is based on the most recent Debian 8.4 'Jessie' stable version released a few days ago. System packages have been updated and important security patches have been applied. A significant update for the native Q4OS uninstaller fixes the unintentional removal of the 'locales' package. Numerous under the hood improvements is provided as usual.

All the updates will arrive into repositories in the days to come, update manager or unattended upgrades mechanism will take care about to update computers of current users.

See original release announcement in Q4OS website.

Converting Q4OS into a Windows XP clone using XPQ4

Mr Gary Newell has written a tutorial that explains how to convert Q4OS into a windows xp like operating system using XPQ4 which is a theme changer application for Q4OS. Q4OS is a fast and powerful operating system that comes with highly productive Trinity Desktop.

Source : Everyday Linux User's portal

In essence XPQ4 provides a theme changer for Q4OS similar to the one used by Zorin. With XPQ4 you can change the look and feel so that your Linux distribution emulates Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. It is the perfect replacement for Windows XP users not quite ready to give it up yet. Q4OS is really very good and goes down as one of my picks for 2015 with its lightweight look and feel and its attention to detail.

See complete tutorial in everyday linux user's portal.

Q4OS 2.0.2 Scorpion dev Released

The Q4OS team announced availability of Q4OS 2.0.2 dev, latest development release of Debian based lightweight GNU/Linux distribution. The main purpose of this development release is to find possible bugs in early phase of development.

From release announcement:

This release is based on the latest Debian 'Stretch' and Trinity desktop 14.0.3 preliminary stable branch, brings improved installer, Linux kernel 4.3 and recent version of most packages and applications. Despite beta status, Q4OS 'Scorpion' flies fairly stably and smoothly.

Q4OS 'Scorpion' will be in development as long as Debian Stretch will continue to be testing, and becomes stable together with it. Official 'Scorpion' support is set at least five years from official stable release date.

Read complete release announcement in Q4OS blog.

Q4OS 1.4.4 Orion Released

The Q4OS team announced release of Q4OS 1.4.4, latest maintenance release of Q4OS 1.4.x series. Q4OS is a fast and powerful operating system based on the latest technologies while offering highly productive desktop environment.

From release announcement:

The new Q4OS release ships with brand new update notifier and manager, as well as several different improvements. Update notifier pops up an icon in system tray, when updates are available from system repositories and lets administrator to apply them on request. Other improvements include optimized desktop profiles, fast data transfer from Android devices, broader support for various multimedia formats and more. Bunch of more or less important bug fixes, packages updates and security patches has been delivered as usual.

See complete release announcement in Q4OS website.