KDE Linux Documentation

Life on a cutting-edge image-based 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
• Install using Ventoy
• Switch between KDE Linux and another operating system (“dual-boot”)

Apps & system updates

• Install apps and games
• Install fonts
• Keep the system up to date

Typing & text input

• Type in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or Vietnamese
• Type emojis, symbols, and accented characters

Specialized software

• Install Linux software not available in Discover
• Reduce latency for specialized software
• Use password managers with web browsers
• Add or override content in /usr
• Copy/rip Audio CDs to your computer

Data safety

• Restore older versions of files
• Back up and restore data on a secondary disk or network location

Storage & disks

• Free up disk space
• Auto-mount disks
• Access network shares
• Why is /etc/fstab empty?

Remote login

• Log into the system remotely
• Automatically unlock your SSH keys

Virtualization

• Create and use virtual machines
• Work with virtual and remote cameras

Graphics cards (GPUs)

• Use a pre-Turing (older than GTX 1630) NVIDIA GPU
• Force software to run on the dedicated GPU with a multi-GPU setup

Software development

• Develop software
• Develop KDE Linux
• Test changes to KDE Linux with openQA

Troubleshooting & debugging

• Recover from a failure to start up properly
• Set additional kernel command-line arguments
• Debug crashes in Flatpak apps
• Migrate older installations

Learn about KDE Linux

• History & architecture
• Governance
• Roadmap & lifecycle

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