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Fig. 01 — Overview

Deep current.
Clean surface.
Pure KDE.

Koral-OS is a KDE-first immutable Linux — fully integrated Plasma desktop, no extra KDE apps, no clutter. Ghostty as your terminal, Discover for flatpaks. The ocean floor of operating systems: calm, structured, and built to last. Powered by Fedora and bootc.

Download → View on GitHub
ghostty — koral-os
koral@localhost:~$ uname -a
Linux koral-os 6.12.0-ferret #1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux
koral@localhost:~$ rpm -q koral-os
koral-os-1.0.0-1.ferret.x86_64
koral@localhost:~$ █
Fig. 02 — Technical Specification

What's in the box.

KDE Plasma, fully wired up. Nothing added that wasn't asked for.

BASE
Fedora + bootc — atomic, image-based, OCI-native
INCLUDED
DESKTOP
KDE Plasma — fully integrated, all KDE framework components wired
INCLUDED
KDE INTEGRATIONS
Full stack — KWin, Plasma shell, KDE frameworks, portals, all set up
INCLUDED
EXTRA KDE APPS
None — no Kdenlive, no KMail, no Krusader, no suite bloat
NOT PRESENT
TERMINAL
Ghostty — fast, GPU-accelerated, native feel
INCLUDED
APP STORE
Discover — KDE's native flatpak GUI, clean and integrated
INCLUDED
NON-FREE CODECS
Built in — H.264, H.265, AAC, and friends, no manual setup
INCLUDED
OUT-OF-TREE KMODS
Ferret kmod repo layered in — broad hardware support out of the box
INCLUDED
V4L2LOOPBACK
Built in — virtual video device support, no manual DKMS needed
INCLUDED
ZFS
OpenZFS support baked in — ready to use, no post-install steps
INCLUDED
NVIDIA VARIANT
Separate image with proprietary NVIDIA drivers pre-layered
SEPARATE IMAGE
Fig. 03 — Desktop Preview

See it in action.

Koral-OS desktop preview
Fig. 04 — Download

Pick your image.

Two variants. Same clean KDE core. Choose based on your hardware.

01

Koral-OS Standard

Mesa · open drivers · universal

STABLE
VERSION1.0.0
ARCHx86_64
SIZE~2.1 GB
FORMAT.iso
SHA256
— placeholder — checksum will appear here on release —
Download Standard →
02

Koral-OS NVIDIA

Proprietary NVIDIA drivers pre-layered

NVIDIA
VERSION1.0.0
ARCHx86_64
SIZE~2.5 GB
FORMAT.iso
SHA256
— placeholder — checksum will appear here on release —
Download NVIDIA →
Fig. 03a — Verify your download
you@host:~/Downloads$ sha256sum koral-os-1.0.0-x86_64.iso
# compare output against the SHA256 above