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 their computer.
User Edition64-bit
Featuring the latest officially released KDE software on a stable base. Ideal for everyday users.
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Testing Edition64-bit
Featuring pre-release KDE software built the same day from bugfix branches. Good for testing. There is no QA. Will contain bugs.
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Unstable Edition64-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.
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Developer Edition64-bit
Unstable Editon plus development libraries pre-installed.
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Shells
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Docker Images
Docker Images 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 on Docker Hub.
Snap Packages
Many KDE apps now are available as Snap packages which can be installed on any Linux distro. Most of these are currently made from KDE neon packaging on the KDE neon servers.
First set up Snap on your system, you can then install packages from the Store or through Plasma Discover.
Builds from releases go into the Candidate channel and when confirmed good into the Release channel. Builds from Git master go into Edge channel and from Git beta branches into the Stable channel.
Special Case Editions:
- Korean Testing Edition Live/Install Image pre-configured with Korean locale.
- Pinebook Remix Images build with some non-free drivers for the ARM based Pinebook laptop.