KDE neon
Live Images
Live images are ideal for people who want a clean installation. Use a live image to replace your existing system, install alongside existing operating systems, or simply try KDE neon without affecting your computer.
If you intend to use KDE neon in a VirtualBox VM, please turn on 3D acceleration in the machine settings.
User Edition
64-bit
Featuring the latest officially released KDE software on a stable base. Ideal for adventurous KDE enthusiasts.
User Edition Live/Install Image
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Testing Edition
64-bit
Featuring pre-release KDE software built the same day from bugfix branches. Good for testing. There is no QA. Will contain bugs.
Testing Edition Live/Install Image
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Unstable Edition
64-bit
Featuring pre-release KDE software built the same day from new feature branches. Good for testing. There is no QA. Will contain many bugs.
Unstable Edition Live/Install Image
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Developer Edition
64-bit
Unstable Editon plus development libraries pre-installed.
Developer Edition Live/Install Image
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Install using KDE ISO Image Writer.
Download the ISO file, use KDE ISO Image Writer (or on Mac we recommend ROSA Image Writer) to make a bootable USB drive with the ISO file and reboot using that USB drive.
KDE ISO Image Writer
ROSA Image Writer for Mac OS X
GPG signatures signed by
KDE
neon ISO Signing Key
(0x45F4C354638D1F29) are available alongside the ISOs for verification.
Shells
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KDE neon in Containers
Containers are great for testing or developing on KDE software without the need to re-install your operating system or a virtual machine. We build ours daily and you can use
distrobox
to install it. They run with
docker
and
podman
and other container managers.
Container Images Documentation
Snap Packages
Most KDE apps now are available as Snap packages which can be installed on any Linux distro. These are made using KDE neon technology.
Snap comes ready to use on KDE neon.
For other distros you may need to
set up Snap on your system
, you can then install packages from the Store or through Plasma Discover.
KDE on the Snap Store