Chakra (operating system)
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Chakra with Heritage theme
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| Developer | Chakra Team |
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| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open source |
| Latest release | (Half-Rolling release) / Installation medium: 2017.03-Goedel |
| Platforms | x86-64 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Userland | GNU |
| Default user interface | KDE Plasma Desktop |
| License |
Free software licenses (mainly GPL) |
| Official website | chakralinux |
Chakra (officially Chakra GNU/Linux) is a Linux distribution originally based on Arch Linux and focused on the latest KDE software, intending to provide a KDE/Qt minimizing use of other widget toolkits where possible. It has been well received by critics.
In June 2006 a group of Arch Linux users initiated the KDEmod packaging project to improve and simplify a standard KDE installation with Arch Linux. In December 2008 the group released their first custom made ISO with a preconfigured Arch + KDEmod + Tribe. After several releases lead developer Jan Mette suggested to split from Arch to allow for a much closer integration with KDE software.
On August 30, 2010 the first independent version, called Chakra 0.2 was released. This ended the development on KDEmod and the project was renamed to "The Chakra Project".
Chakra includes both free and proprietary software, though the latter may be disabled during installation. It is only available for the x86_64 architecture, with support for i686 having been dropped in August 2012. It is based on KDE Software Compilation.
Chakra does not schedule releases for specific dates but uses a "Half-Rolling release" system. This means that the core packages of Chakra (graphics, audio, etc.) are frozen and only updated to fix any security problems. These packages are updated after the latest versions have been thoroughly tested before being moved to permanent repository (about every six months). This allows stable base to ensure stability to the rest of the programs. The other applications (web browsers, games, media players, office suites, etc.) are updated following the rolling release model and are generally available immediately after their release.
The Chakra website supplies ISO images that can be run from CD, DVD or USB. The ISO images provide two versions, full edition and minimal edition. The graphical Chakra installation program is called "Calamares".
Currently, the following main repositories exist:
And, testing repositories that include package candidates for other repositories. Currently, the following testing repositories exist:
There are also unstable repositories that include applications that are still considered to be unstable. There are also packages built right from the git, not waiting for an official release. Currently, the following unstable repositories exist:
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