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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.

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BigLinux

BigLinux is a Brazilian Linux distribution localised into Brazilian Portuguese (with support for English). It is was originally based on Kubuntu, but starting from 2017 the distribution was re-born based on deepin.

Technical Specs Comparison
KaOSBigLinux
IndependentBaseArch, Manjaro
pacman / pkgPackage Managerpacman / pkg, flatpak, snap
systemdInit Systemsystemd
Rolling ReleaseRelease ModelRolling Release
2026.02Latest Version12.04
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
February 15, 2026Release DateJuly 28, 2012
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
niriNoctaliaKDE Plasma
Desktops
niriNoctaliaKDE Plasma