Q4OS
Sign in to saveQ4OS is a light-weight Linux distribution based on Debian, targeted as a replacement for operating systems that are no longer supported on outdated hardware. The distribution is known for an addon called XPQ4, which adds themes intended to replicate the look and feel of Windows 2000, XP, 7, 8 and 10.
Key facts
- OS.name
- Q4OS
- OS.logo
- Q4OS logo.svg
- OS.logo size
- 200px
- OS.screenshot
- Q4OS 4.8 Gemini.png
- OS.caption
- Q4OS 4.8 (Gemini) running the Trinity Desktop Environment version R14.0.11
- OS.developer
- Q4OS development team
- OS.family
- Unix-like
- OS.working_state
- Current
- OS.source_model
- Open source
- OS.released
- 0.5.0 /
- OS.language
- Multilingual
- OS.updatemodel
- APT
- OS.package_manager
- dpkg
- OS.supported_platforms
- x86-64, i386, armhf, arm64
- OS.kernel_type
- Linux kernel
- OS.userland
- GNU
- OS.ui
- TDE, KDE Plasma
- OS.license
- Free software licenses (mainly GPL) + some proprietary
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Q4OS - desktop operating system
q4os.org →Link to the official site · 6,369 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lightweight Linux distribution
- Headquarters
- Prague
- Based on
- Debian
- Platform
- x86-64
- Official website
- q4os.org
- Image
- Q4OS 4.8 Gemini.png
- Has use
- retrocomputing
Show 10 more facts
- issue tracker URL
- sourceforge.net/p/q4os/tickets
- software version identifier
- 6.4
- Commons category
- Q4OS
- inception
- 2013-07-04
- location of formation
- Germany
- update method
- Advanced Package Tool
- package management system
- dpkg
- copyright license
- GNU General Public License
- GUI toolkit or framework
- KDE Plasma 5
- publication date
- 2013-07-04
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Features
- Releases
- Reception
- Forks
- Quarkos
- Quark 20.04
- Quark 21.10
- Quarkos 22.04
- FreeXP
- See also
- References
- External links
Q4OS is a light-weight Linux distribution based on Debian, targeted as a replacement for operating systems that are no longer supported on outdated hardware. The distribution is known for an addon called XPQ4, which adds themes intended to replicate the look and feel of Windows 2000, XP, 7, 8 and 10.
== History == Development of Q4OS began in 8 April 2014 to coincide with Windows XP's end of extended support in the same year.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q4OS” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.