First, minimal test ISO is uploaded for the May stable ISO release.
This first ISO uses the [kde-next] repo, so features Plasma 6.4 Beta. It isn't planned to do any further test ISOs with 6.4 beta/rc, just this one to see if running without kwin-x11 is an option.
This is also a test for the new May toolchain, test ISOs are always used before a new toolchain moves to all users.
Another first for this ISO, completely Qt5 free. It is planned that from now on, new installs will be Qt5/kf5 free, though users will still have the option to install Qt5 apps a bit longer, Qt5 is not set to leave the repositories just yet.
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 6.14.0, KDE Applications 25.04.1, Plasma 6.3.5 and Linux 6.14.xx on the final ISO.
The ISO is using packages from the build & kde-next repo, but those are not enabled, so if you decide to install, make sure to add the build & kde-next 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 -d
The 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-2025.05.16-x86_64.iso
SHA256Sum:
478fd3c07b87c77d27976ebc83de74a2d9d882342cb19a4e595e283be56e2088 KaOS-2025.05.16-x86_64.iso
On this ISO you will find:
Linux 6.12.13
systemd 254.24
gcc 14.2.1
Qt 6.9.0
Frameworks 6.14.0
Plasma 6.3.90
KDE Applications 25.04.1
Calamares 3.3.14
Octopi 0.17.0 with sysinfo & cachecleaner tool
Known issues:
