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KDE neon


Last Update: 2025-10-16 10:44 UTC


KDE neon is a Ubuntu-based Linux distribution and live DVD featuring the latest KDE Plasma desktop and other KDE community software. Besides the installable DVD image, the project provides a rapidly-evolving software repository with all the latest KDE software. Two editions of the product are available - a "User" edition, designed for those interested in checking out the latest KDE software as it gets released, and a "Developer's" edition, created as a platform for testing cutting-edge KDE applications.

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Average visitor rating: 7.8/10 from 143 review(s).


KDE neon Summary
Distribution KDE neon
Home Page https://neon.kde.org/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums https://discuss.kde.org/tag/neon
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Documentation https://community.kde.org/Neon
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2024-02-29: Distribution Release: KDE neon 20240228
 • 2018-09-26: Distribution Release: KDE neon 20180925
 • 2016-10-05: Distribution Release: KDE neon 5.8
 • 2016-07-05: Distribution Release: KDE neon 5.7
 • More KDE neon releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2025-08-25 KDE introduces a first-run setup wizard
 • 2025-07-09 Wayland and X11 benchmarked across multiple GPUs and distributions
 • 2024-10-12 KDE neon upgrades its base
 • 2021-09-07 Review of the KDE Slimbook
 • 2020-11-16 Plasma Mobile available on PinePhone
 • 2020-08-11 KDE neon updates base system to Ubuntu 20.04
 • 2019-11-25 New Snapcraft extension improves KDE apps
 • 2018-10-26 Pine64 plans PinePhone with Plasma
 • 2018-10-17 KDE neon dropping older Ubuntu-based versions
 • 2018-01-17 KDE to focus on Wayland features
 • More KDE neon headlines...

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Feature 20251016 20240929 20231214 20221020 20211230 20201231 20191226 20180906 20171228 Feature
Release Date 2025-10-16 2024-09-29 2023-12-14 2022-10-20 2021-12-30 2020-12-31 2019-12-26 2018-09-06 2017-12-28 Release Date
End Of Life                   End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 2800-2900 2700-2800 2400-2500 2000-2100 1600-1700 1600-1700 1400-1500 1700-1800 1700-1800 Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma Default Desktop
Package Management DEB (apt) DEB (apt) DEB (apt) DEB (apt) DEB (apt) DEB (apt) DEB (apt) DEB (apt) DEB (apt) Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Asian Language Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Asian Language Support
Full Package List 20251016 20240929 20231214 20221020 20211230 20201231 20191226 20180906 20171228 Full Package List
Package 20251016 20240929 20231214 20221020 20211230 20201231 20191226 20180906 20171228 Package
alsa-lib (1.2.14) 1.2.11 1.2.6.1 1.2.6.1 1.2.2 1.2.2 1.2.2 1.1.3 1.1.0 1.1.0 alsa-lib (1.2.14)
amdgpu (25.0.0) 23.0.0 22.0.0 22.0.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 18.0.1 18.0.1 -- amdgpu (25.0.0)
apparmor (4.1.2) 4.0.1 3.0.4 3.0.4 2.13.3 2.13.3 2.12 2.10.95 2.10.95 apparmor (4.1.2)
apt (3.1.8) 2.8.3 2.4.13 2.4.11 2.0.9 2.0.6 2.0.2 1.6.12 1.2.27 1.2.24 apt (3.1.8)
bash (5.3) 5.2.21 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.4.18 4.3 4.3 bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.13) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.13)
chromium (141.0.7390.107) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (141.0.7390.107)
cinnamon (6.4.13) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.4.13)
cups (2.4.14) 2.4.7 2.4.1 2.4.1 2.3.1 2.3.1 2.3.1 2.2.7 2.1.3 2.1.3 cups (2.4.14)
e2fsprogs (1.47.3) 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.5 1.45.5 1.45.5 1.45.5 1.44.1 1.42.13 1.42.13 e2fsprogs (1.47.3)
ffmpeg (8.0) 6.1.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ffmpeg (8.0)
firefox (144.0) 144.0 130.0.1 121.0 106.0 95.0.1 84.0 71.0 61.0.1 57.0.1 firefox (144.0)
flatpak (1.16.1) 1.14.6 1.12.7 1.12.7 1.12.4 1.10.2 1.6.5 1.0.9 -- -- flatpak (1.16.1)
freetype (2.14.1) 2.13.2 2.11.1 2.11.1 2.10.1 2.10.1 2.10.1 2.8.1 2.6.1 2.6.1 freetype (2.14.1)
gcc (15.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gcc (15.2.0)
gimp (3.0.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (3.0.6)
git (2.51.1) -- 2.34.1 2.34.1 2.25.1 -- -- -- -- -- git (2.51.1)
glibc (2.42) 2.39 2.35 2.35 2.31 2.31 2.31 2.27 2.23 2.23 glibc (2.42)
gnome-shell (49.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (49.1)
grub (2.12) 2.12 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.04 2.04 2.02 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 grub (2.12)
gtk (4.20.2) 3.24.41 3.24.33 3.24.33 3.24.20 3.24.20 3.24.20 3.22.30 3.18.9 3.18.9 gtk (4.20.2)
httpd (2.4.65) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.65)
inkscape (1.4.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4.2)
kmod (34.2) 31 29 29 27 27 27 24 22 22 kmod (34.2)
krita (5.2.13) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.13)
LibreOffice (25.8.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LibreOffice (25.8.2)
Package 20251016 20240929 20231214 20221020 20211230 20201231 20191226 20180906 20171228 Package
libselinux (3.9) 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.4 2.4 libselinux (3.9)
linux (6.17.4) 6.14 6.8 6.2 5.15 5.11 5.4 5.0 4.15 4.10 linux (6.17.4)
mariadb (12.0.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (12.0.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (25.2.5) 25.0.7 23.3.1 23.0.4 21.2.6 21.0.3 20.0.8 19.0.8 18.0.5 17.0.7 mesa (25.2.5)
mysql (9.4.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (9.4.0)
nautilus (49.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (49.1)
NVIDIA (580.95.05) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (580.95.05)
openjdk (25) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (25)
openssh (10.2p1) 9.6p1 8.9p1 8.9p1 8.2p1 8.2p1 8.2p1 7.6p1 7.2p2 7.2p2 openssh (10.2p1)
openssl (3.6.0) 3.0.13 3.0.2 3.0.2 1.1.1f 1.1.1f 1.1.1f 1.1.1 1.0.2g 1.0.2g openssl (3.6.0)
perl (5.42.0) 5.38.2 5.34.0 5.34.0 5.30.0 5.30.0 5.30.0 5.26.1 5.22.1 5.22.1 perl (5.42.0)
php (8.4.13) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.4.13)
plasma-desktop (6.4.5) 6.4.5 6.1.5 5.27.10 5.26.0 5.23.4 5.20.4 5.17.4 5.13.5 5.11.4 plasma-desktop (6.4.5)
postfix (3.10.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.10.4)
postgresql (18.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (18.0)
Python (3.14.0) 3.12.3 3.10.12 3.10.12 3.8.2 3.8.2 3.8.2 3.6.9 2.7.12 2.7.11 Python (3.14.0)
qt (6.10.0) 6.9.2 6.7.2 5.15.11 5.15.5 5.15.2 5.15.2 5.13.2 5.11.1 5.9.3 qt (6.10.0)
samba (4.23.2) 4.19.5 4.15.13 4.15.13 4.13.17 4.13.14 4.11.6 4.7.6 -- -- samba (4.23.2)
systemd (258.1) 255.4 249.11 249.11 245.4 245.4 245.4 237 229 229 systemd (258.1)
thunderbird (144.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (144.0.1)
vim (9.1) 9.1 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.0 7.4 7.4 vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.21) 3.0.20 3.0.16 3.0.16 3.0.9.2 3.0.9.2 3.0.9.2 3.0.8 2.2.2 2.2.2 vlc (3.0.21)
wayland (1.24.0) 1.24.0 1.22.0 1.21.0 1.20.0 1.18.1 1.18.0 1.16.0 1.14.0 1.14.0 wayland (1.24.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.20.1)
xorg-server (21.1.18) 21.1.12 21.1.4 21.1.4 1.20.13 1.20.13 1.20.8 1.19.6 1.19.6 1.19.3 xorg-server (21.1.18)

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Version: 20250925
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-10-02
Votes: 2


Just tried about a dozen live distros on my heterogeneous 6 monitor (from 2K to 8K) desktop with Intel/AMD. Only the distros using KDE were at all equipped to deal with that, with proper scaling mostly. Fedora KDE quickly became buggy, spontaneously resetting the monitor layout. Kubuntu worked well eventually, but the install steps had pretty bad GUI glitches which I almost couldn't get past.

Of all the distros, ONLY KDE Neon 'just worked'. It has to be my distro of choice, because I can't find any others that will even function (at least as live USBs). Based on my experience, I cannot recommend anything but Neon to Linux newbies, whether coming from Windows, Mac, or de novo.

But aside from the intra-linux comparison, its DE implementation (KDE) and stability also compare very well to Win 11, with KDE even having superior multimonitor support than Windows ever did.


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Version: 20250918
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-09-23
Votes: 0



To me kde neon is homey and comfortable and one of a out of the box distros to me at least at baseline everything works blue tooth,wifi, printer well i have a canon prixma MG3600 I had the the linux drivers and install.sh and install them without a hitch. the multimedia codecs usually are a minor problem until i realize ubuntu is debian based i opted to use a debian install of said codecs and blu ray codecs i use ask ubuntu method. the sticking point was the keydb.cfg file which a simple rename took care of it. games will i used dota 2 as a base line i was Leary of debian distros because debian froze the reatan alloy 9 right up. user error in all likey hood the ubantu base of neon no such problems. i was using fedora kde but the feel of it was off for me its personal quirk . fedora is top bleeding edge distro with kernel 6.15. but neon is right behind it with kernel 6.14 and with minor proton switches games work as well fedora even better i dare say. as for the kde starting bear bones with only vlc nothing else so i put libreoffice suite and gimp and ides and heavy games, multimedia, internet , and education. a word about dolphins places its not broke as kde design scheme you can put what folder you care in places meaning as per kde customization. overall a excellent out of box distro inspite of it being a show piece kde a good begininer distro probally minor console input



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Version: 20250731
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-08-01
Votes: 2


I've installed numerous distros that utilize the KDE plasma desktop. Every time I do, I wind up going back to KDE Neon as it is the single best distro for their own version of the KDE plasma desktop. It install easily, consistently detects my printer and internet, is compatible with the latest NVIDIA drivers, runs fast with Wayland vs X11, works well with GRUB detecting my other distros, and is very stable. I now have KDE Neon as my lead distro on all of my computers. I'm now sufficiently satisfied with KDE Neon that my "distro shopping" days are over!


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