Why Fedora KDE?
Reliable
Each version is updated for approximately 13 months, and upgrades between versions are quick and easy.
Free & private
With Fedora, your desktop is your own. It's free, there are no ads, and your data belongs to you.
Customizable
Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop lets you customize your desktop to your need and workflows, instead of the other way around.
Trusted
Developed in partnership with upstream projects. Rigorously tested.
Leading technology
Built on the latest technologies and enhancements that open source has to offer.
Makes the most of your device
Fedora works with hardware vendors to make excellent hardware support across a range of devices.
Features for Everyone
For Creators
Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop is an excellent choice for artists and creators because it offers a sleek, customizable interface powered by KDE Plasma. It supports HDR displays and advanced color management, ensuring accurate colors and vibrant visuals—essential for digital art, video editing, and photography. Fedora’s focus on stability and up-to-date software keeps creators equipped with the latest tools and features.
Available with Fedora KDE are industry-favorite applications like Krita, a professional digital painting program, and Kdenlive, a robust non-linear video editor. These open-source tools empower creators to bring their visions to life, whether working on digital art, animation, or video production. Combined with Fedora’s commitment to open innovation, this makes Fedora KDE a perfect platform for creative professionals and enthusiasts alike.
For Scientists
Fedora’s frequent updates and focus on upstream-first development ensure that scientists always have access to the latest versions of critical tools like Python, R, Julia, LaTeX, and libraries for machine learning, data visualization, and high-performance computing.
Fedora also includes KDE apps like LabPlot (data visualization), Cantor (computing), Kile (LaTeX), and KStars (astronomy), supporting research and analysis across disciplines. With up-to-date software and secure infrastructure, it empowers scientists to focus on discovery.
For Developers
Built-in tools from KDE like Kate (a powerful text editor), Hotspot (a performance profiler) and Yakuake (a fast, drop-down terminal) offer developers everything they need for software development, debugging, and performance tuning. Fedora KDE ensures developers have the tools and flexibility to work efficiently, whether building applications, embedded systems, or open-source projects.
Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop also leverages Fedora’s container ecosystem, including tools like Toolbx for working in isolated development environments and Podman for container management. Developers can also access trusted Red Hat container images, enabling secure, consistent development across systems, from local machines to cloud environments.
For Gamers
With KDE Plasma’s lightweight yet visually polished environment, it maximizes system resources, giving gamers a snappy, responsive experience — particularly valuable on both high-end rigs and older hardware.
Fedora KDE offers fresher drivers, kernel updates, and gaming libraries. This is especially critical for gaming on Linux, where performance gains from the latest Mesa drivers, Proton improvements, and Vulkan support can be game-changing.
Customizable
Built by you
Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop is the result of work done across the Fedora Project, and everyone is welcome to participate. To learn how decisions are made about Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop, see the Fedora KDE Special Interest Group pages.
Chat with the team
Participate in Plasma Desktop discussions on Matrix #kde:fedoraproject.org
Report & discuss issues
Ask and answer questions on discussion.fedoraproject.org/tag/kde
Participate in a test day
Help keep the Fedora experience smooth, performant and bug-free by participating in a test day
Help the design and docs teams
Open to all current and potential contributors weekly - find more info here.
