Kalpa Desktop, Where it is, and Where it's going
Schedule

Presented by:

Shawn Dunn

from openSUSE

Former Project Co-Lead of Cloverleaf Linux Former KDE Maintainer for Fuduntu Linux Current Maintainer of the Dracut Package for openSUSE Current openSUSE KDE:Unstable:SC team member working on development of KDE

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Kalpa Desktop is a Plasma desktop derived from MicroOS, and Tumbleweed, providing a immutable system base, with a containerized workflow, through distrobox and podman, and Desktop applications via Flathub.

Kalpa grew out of the initial work by Richard Brown, with MicroOS Desktop, but has diverged over the past three years.

Kalpa's focus is on providing users with:

  • A well-tested and current Plasma-Wayland desktop
  • A minimal installation, without a bunch of applications you may not want or need
  • Robust stability, through the use of atomic updates, no more broken updates
  • Just a "Damn Good™" basic desktop installation, that's designed to be a desktop, and that's all

This presentation will present the current state of the Project, and examine the future roadmap for Kalpa Desktop.

Date:
2025 June 27 - 11:30
Duration:
30 min
Room:
Saal
Conference:
openSUSE Conference 2025
Language:
Track:
Open Source
Difficulty:
Easy

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