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<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en-gb"><head><meta charset="utf-8"><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"><title>Q4OS - pro-linux</title><meta name="description" content="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. 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The distribution is known for being similar in…","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"nibeon","url":"https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/authors/nibeon/"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"nibeon"}}</script></head><body><header><a id="logo" href="https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/">pro-linux</a><nav><ul class="menu"><li><a href="https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/about-blog.html" target="_self">About</a></li><li><a href="https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/tags/article/" target="_self">Articles</a></li></ul></nav></header><main><article><header><h1>Q4OS</h1><time datetime="2022-04-24T23:01">Apr 24th 2022 </time>By <a href="https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/authors/nibeon/" rel="author" title="nibeon">nibeon</a><br>Updated on: <time datetime="2022-04-27T01:13">Apr 27th 2022</time></header><div id="post-entry"><p><strong><a href="https://q4os.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Q4OS</a></strong> is a light-weight Linux distribution, based on Debian, targeted as a replacement for operating systems that are no longer supported on outdated hardware.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"></sup> The distribution is known for being similar in appearance to Microsoft Windows operating systems with one of its pre-installed themes inspired by the look and feel of Windows 2000 and Windows XP.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"></sup></p><figure class="post__image"><img loading="lazy" src="https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/media/posts/5/Q4OS_4.8_Gemini-2.png" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" srcset="https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/media/posts/5/responsive/Q4OS_4.8_Gemini-2-xs.png 300w, https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/media/posts/5/responsive/Q4OS_4.8_Gemini-2-sm.png 480w, https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/media/posts/5/responsive/Q4OS_4.8_Gemini-2-md.png 749w, https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/media/posts/5/responsive/Q4OS_4.8_Gemini-2-xl.png 1200w" alt="Q4OS 4.8 (Gemini) running the Trinity Desktop Environment version R14.0.11" width="1920" height="1080"></figure><p>As far as I know, this distribution is being developed by developers from Germany, now in Czech Republic, but it has a multilingual interface support.</p><p>The main feature of this distribution is the use of a lightweight graphical environment <a href="https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/trinity-desktop.html">Trinity Desktop</a><span style="color: var(--text-primary-color); font-family: var(--editor-font-family); font-size: inherit; font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal);"> (TDE), which is a fork of </span><em style="color: var(--text-primary-color); font-family: var(--editor-font-family); font-size: inherit; font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal);">KDE 3</em><span style="color: var(--text-primary-color); font-family: var(--editor-font-family); font-size: inherit; font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal);">. A build is also provided for more powerful PCs based on KDE Plasma. Another interesting feature of this distribution is the ability to install from under Windows using an *.exe installer. Also recently there have been builds for Raspberry Pi, Pinbook and ARM-devices.</span></p><p>As for me, I liked this distribution precisely because of the lightweight of the main build with <strong><em><a href="https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/trinity-desktop.html">Trinity Desktop</a> </em></strong>(which in turn is one of my favorite graphical environments). At the moment I use this distribution kit on my old laptop.</p></div><div id="author-bio"><h3><a href="https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/authors/nibeon/" title="nibeon">nibeon</a></h3></div><nav id="post-navigation"><a href="https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/about-linux-distributives.html" rel="prev">← Previous (About Linux distributives) </a><a href="https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/trinity-desktop.html" rel="next">Next (Trinity Desktop) →</a></nav></article></main><aside><section><h3>Selected posts</h3><ul><li><a href="https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/about-blog.html">About blog</a></li><li><a href="https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/trinity-desktop.html">Trinity Desktop</a></li><li><a href="https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/q4os.html">Q4OS</a></li></ul></section><section><h3>Categories</h3><div class="sidebar-menu"><nav><ul class="menu"><li><a href="https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/tags/distributive/" target="_self">Distribution</a></li><li><a href="https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/tags/desktop-environment/" target="_self">Desktop Environment</a></li><li><a href="https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/tags/window-manager/" target="_self">Window Managers</a></li><li><a href="https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/tags/soft/" target="_self">Soft</a></li><li><a href="https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/tags/lightweight/" target="_self">Lightweight</a></li></ul></nav></div></section></aside><footer></footer><script async src="https://nibeon.github.io/pro-linux/assets/js/scripts.js?v=3733efd39cd6c799b95c8fcb96993840"></script></body></html>