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KaOS 2020.01

The real difference that sets KaOS apart from others like it isn’t in the specifications but in the execution. On paper KaOS is a KDE distro that’s available only for 64-bit machines. Pull the blinds up and you’ll see tools, utilities and methodologies cannibalised from various different projects, all neatly stacked into a cohesive installation that behaves and performs admirably well.

KaOS’s developers have structured the project’s infrastructure to

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