Q4OS

"Fast and friendly, desktop oriented operating system based on Debian Linux. Providing a set of dedicated utilities and specific optimizations, combined with a focus on getting a productive system easily. This makes it ideal for people who want to get a working environment tailored to individual needs and preferences. From this perspective, Q4OS is suitable for both newcomers as well as experienced computer users.

The goal is to provide long-term supported system receiving security updates. This is exactly what Debian base guarantees. We prefer the Debian development model to keep the core system as immutable as possible. It results in a reliable and stable system that you can definitely rely on.

Stable means, once installed and configured, it just works for a long time with minimum maintenance and administrative interventions. We prefer the Debian development model to keep the core system as immutable as possible. Most of applications, including desktop environments, are maintained in their original major stable versions and receive security fixes only. Dedicated features are updated or included in testing versions with a conservative approach, upon thorough testing and verification.

The Windows installer is an 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."

Updated to Version 5.4 Aquarius stable on 11/27/2023

Home Page
https://www.q4os.org/index.html

Release Notes
https://www.q4os.org/blog.html#news231127

Q4OS for Windows setup
https://www.q4os.org/dqa014.html