First, minimal test ISO is uploaded for the March stable ISO release.
Main changes for this ISO are the move to Plasma 6.3, using systemd 254, updated Boost/ICU stack and updates/rebuilds of over half of the repositories. Nvidia moved to the 570 series, so help in testing non-free is needed.
As always, early test ISOs are minimal, very few apps, just a web-browser, file manager, text editor, GUI package manager. The non-free Nvidia drivers are included since they are a big part of what needs testing, especially the move to 570 will need attention from those who have the hardware to test this driver.
Plan is to have Frameworks 6.12.0, KDE Applications 24.12.3, Plasma 6.3.3 and Linux 6.13.xx on the final ISO.
The ISO is using packages from the build repo, but that repo is not enabled, so if you decide to install, make sure to add the build repo to your pacman.conf.
Debug packages for Calamares are part of all ISOs, run Calamares with gdb if you encounter errors.
provide the installation log, if you encounter any issue at all
You can start Calamares from the Welcome app, or run it with:
sudo calamares -dThe installation log will be created in the home directory of the Live user, see ~/installation.log. It is available after the installation in the target system in /var/log/installation.log
If run from CLI, make sure to Pastebin the full output, since no installation.log will be copied then, though that log is more complete.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/kaos-test/files/iso/KaOS-2025.03.15-x86_64.iso
SHA256Sum:
22ac979499e4db3bdcd94f643fb29a2cd8f0689bd2702aa3adad05c0fa96c7da KaOS-2025.03.15-x86_64.isoOn this ISO you will find:
Linux 6.12.11
systemd 254.24
gcc 14.2.0
Qt 6.8.2
Frameworks 6.12.0
Plasma 6.3.3
KDE Applications 24.12.3
Calamares 3.3.14
Octopi 0.17.0 with sysinfo & cachecleaner tool
Known issues:
- None at this time