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Aurora

Aurora is a Fedora Silverblue-based Linux distribution with the goal of being a general-purpose workstation. It uses the KDE Plasma desktop.

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KaOS

KaOS is a desktop Linux distribution that features the latest version of the Noctalia desktop environment, the Calligra office suite, and other popular software applications that use the Qt toolkit. It was inspired by Arch Linux, but the developers build their own packages which are available from in-house repositories.

Technical Specs Comparison
AuroraKaOS
FedoraBaseIndependent
flatpak / rpmPackage Managerpacman / pkg
systemdInit Systemsystemd
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelRolling Release
43Latest Version2026.02
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
November 19, 2025Release DateFebruary 15, 2026
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
KDE PlasmaniriNoctalia
Desktops
KDE PlasmaniriNoctalia