Chakra Linux | Overview

The Original Qt & KDE Linux Distro

Egee
Distro Delves
1 min readJun 28, 2020

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Chakra Linux 2017 iso

What’s Chakra Linux?

The Chakra operating system is a community-developed Linux distribution with a focus on KDE and Qt software, utilizing a unique half-rolling release model.

Based in part on Arch Linux, Chakra was one of the original Linux distributions with a focus on Qt and KDE as the sole desktop and GUI toolkit.

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Thoughts

After reaching its zenith in 2017, Chakra Linux is largely a forgotten Linux distribution.

The project is seemingly still alive with packages being built weekly but the developers seem uninterested in maintaining usable install media.

The desktop itself is curious; pure KDE and Qt. Despite this, it doesn’t’ feel much different than KDE neon or even Manjaro KDE; Chakra doesn’t really offer anything new or exciting.

KaOS is probably the unwitting spiritual successor to Chakra, with its focus on KDE and history in Arch Linux.

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Egee
Distro Delves

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