KDE Linux Documentation

Life on a cutting-edge immutable OS can be unfamiliar! This page contains information about how to perform various tasks on KDE Linux:

Installation

• Install on a device
• Install in a virtual machine

Hardware support

• Use a pre-Turing (older than GTX 1630) NVIDIA GPU

Basic use

• Install apps and games
• Install fonts
• Keep the system up to date
• Back up data
• Auto-mount internal disks
• Type characters not on your keyboard

Advanced use

• Force software to run on the dedicated GPU with a multi-GPU setup
• Install Linux software not available in Discover
• Use Password Managers with Web Browsers
• Reduce latency for specialized software
• Add or override content in /usr
• Create and use virtual machines

Software development

• Develop KDE software
• Develop or run Python scripts
• Develop or debug the kernel
• Develop other non-KDE software
• Develop KDE Linux
• Develop general-purpose GPU software using OpenCL/CUDA/etc. (coming soon)

Troubleshooting and debugging

• Recover from a failure to start up properly
• Debug crashes in Flatpak apps
• Migrate older installations

Article contributed by Nate Graham under the CC-BY-4.0 license.