pearOS is an Arch-based desktop Linux distribution that delivers a macOS-inspired look and feel, built on top of the KDE Plasma desktop environment. It combines a polished theme and custom icon set with a curated selection of applications to provide a cohesive user experience.
The distribution includes its own installation tool, the pearOS Installer, along with a dedicated welcome application to help users get started. For file management, it ships with GNOME Files.
pearOS comes preloaded with a range of popular desktop, web, and multimedia applications, including the Gwenview image viewer, Firefox web browser, Elisa music player, and Kate text editor.
The special features of pearOS NiceC0re are:
– “Liquid Gel Design. A revolutionary design language that brings fluid, organic interfaces with advanced glassmorphism effects and seamless animations”,
– “The pearOS Installer. pearOS NiceC0re is the first pearOS version to try the new installer, made in Electron with Node.js”.
The planned innovation is Soda DE “desktop environment that redefines user interaction with innovative workflows and intuitive design patterns”.
| Working state: | Active |
| Desktop: | KDE Plasma |
| Init Software: | systemd |
| Package Management: | Pacman |
| Release Model: | Rolling |
| Platforms: | x86_64 |
| Home Page: | pearos.xyz |
| Developer: | Alexandru Bălan, Pear Software and Services S.R.L. |
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