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It's quick to set up, easy to use, and runs happily even on less powerful hardware. Open and free for everyone. Whether you're new to Linux or an expert, Q4OS is a reliable choice just ready to go.</p> 107<h1>Why Q4OS ?</h1> 108<div style="float:left; width:280px;"><a href="style/image5.jpg" style="border-bottom: none;"><img style="border: 1px solid" src="style/image5.jpg" width="300" height="200" class="img" alt="A screenshot of Q4OS running the Plasma desktop with the file manager open and an active launcher menu" /></a></div> 109<div style="float:right; width:300px;padding: 0 0 15px 0;line-height: 1.7em;"><b>Lean and fast</b><br /> 110thanks to unique Q4OS tools a user can rather easily achieve setup of a fitted system eliminating superfluous components and applications. Therefore Q4OS performs faster and more efficient, doesn't exploit memory and computing resources with useless tasks and processes .. <a href="dqa015.html#instl">read more</a></div> 111<br style="clear:both;" /> 112<br /> 113<div style="float:right; width:300px;"><a href="style/image8.jpg" style="border-bottom: none;"><img style="border: 1px solid" src="style/image8.jpg" width="300" height="200" class="img" alt="A screenshot of Q4OS running the Plasma desktop with the welcome screen open and an active launcher menu" /></a></div> 114<div style="float:left; width:280px;padding: 0 0 15px 0;line-height: 1.7em;"><b>Rock stable</b><br /> 115stability, consistence, lightness are our top priorities. This is exactly what Debian upstream guarantees and which is why we honor the Debian development model. Q4OS is designed to run stable, immutable and fail-safe in the long-term .. <a href="dqa015.html#boome">read more</a></div> 116<br style="clear:both;" /> 117<br /> 118<div style="float:left; width:280px;"><a href="style/image10.jpg" style="border-bottom: none;"><img style="border: 1px solid" src="style/image10.jpg" width="300" height="200" class="img" alt="A screenshot of Q4OS running the Plasma desktop with the system settings open and an active launcher menu" /></a></div> 119<div style="float:right; width:300px;padding: 0 0 15px 0;line-height: 1.7em;"><b>Visual themes, Lookswitcher</b><br /> 120would you like to change the default desktop look and feel ? Install Lookswitcher from the softw
120are center to get a few original desktop themes and a one-click tool to easily switch between them. Select a theme you like and enjoy the new desktop appearance.</div> 121<br style="clear:both;" /> 122<br /> 123<div style="float:right; width:300px;"><a href="style/image9.jpg" style="border-bottom: none;"><img style="border: 1px solid" src="style/image9.jpg" width="300" height="200" class="img" alt="A screenshot of Q4OS running the Trinity desktop with the file manager and TDevelop open and an active launcher menu" /></a></div> 124<div style="float:left; width:280px;padding: 0 0 15px 0;line-height: 1.7em;"><b>Trinity desktop option</b><br /> 125lightweight, fast, efficient, in many ways surpasses competition. In our opinion, a highly underrated desktop environment. Mainstream Linux distributions don't support Trinity at all, but we love it so much, that Trinity is even a dedicated download option, right after the default Plasma desktop.</div> 126<br style="clear:both;" /> 127<br /> 128<div style="float:left; width:280px;"><a href="style/image2.jpg" style="border-bottom: none;"><img style="border: 1px solid" src="style/image2.jpg" width="300" height="200" class="img" alt="A screenshot of Q4OS running the Trinity desktop with the Google Chrome setup wizard open and an active launcher menu" /></a></div> 129<div style="float:right; width:300px;padding: 0 0 15px 0;line-height: 1.7em;"><b>Dual desktop ready</b><br /> 130a unique alternative that makes possible setting up multiple desktop environments, typically Plasma and Trinity, side by side without interfering with each other. Carefully separated, ready to run as required, waiting for action. Just select the desired one at login time .. <a href="dqa015.html#ddskr">read more</a></div> 131<br style="clear:both;" /> 132<br /> 133<div style="float:right; width:300px;"><a href="style/image11.jpg" style="border-bottom: none;"><img style="border: 1px solid" src="style/image11.jpg" width="300" height="200" class="img" alt="A screenshot of the Q4OS Centaurus installer running on Windows" /></a></div> 134<div style="float:left; width:280px;padding: 0 0 15px 0;line-height: 1.7em;"><b>Windows installer</b><br /> 135an exclusive way to put Linux alongside Windows. Just run a setup wizard from within Windows and install Q4OS as easily as any other application. Although installed within windows, Q4OS kernel takes full control of the hardware. That is much more efficient than running a virtual machine .. <a href="dqa014.html">read more</a></div> 136<br style="clear:both;" /> 137<br /> 138<div style="float:left; width:280px;"><a href="style/image12.jpg" style="border-bottom: none;"><img style="border: 1px solid" src="style/image12.jpg" width="300" height="200" class="img" alt="A screenshot of the Q4OS desktop profiler running during installation" /></a></div> 139<div style="float:right; width:300px;padding: 0 0 15px 0;line-height: 1.7em;"><b>More features</b><br /> 140in addition to the above and what to expect from a regular Debian system, Q4OS has got other interesting features. Native Q4OS utilities such as Desktop profiler and Software center, installers for third party applications, support for x86/32bit as well as ARM architecture and even more.</div> 141<br style="clear:both;" /> 142<br /></div> 143</div> 144<div id="footer"><a href="https://www.q4os.org">copyright © 2026 Jupiter4 foundation</a> </div> 145</div> 146</body> 147</html>
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