The Kalpa Desktop, A Desktop for people that just want to get things done.
329 | Thu 31 Jul 3 p.m.–3:45 p.m.
Presented by
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Shawn W Dunn
https://sfalken.tech
Shawn is the Lead Developer on the Kalpa Desktop https://kalpadesktop.org, current openSUSE Board Member, and a long time openSUSE contributor, as a Moderator, Packager, and Maintainer.
Shawn also currently contributes to the Fedora project as a packager and maintainer, and is a past contributor to Fuduntu, Solus, Crunchbang, and many other FOSS projects.
Shawn W Dunn
https://sfalken.tech
Abstract
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.
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.