Çalışan CD'ler - dağıtımınızı seçmenin bir yolu
Bir Çalışan CD genellikle KDE SC'nin en son kararlı sürümünü Linux kurulumu yapmadan veya mevcut Linux kurulumunuzu değiştirmeden deneme sürüşü yapmanıza izin verir. Bu dağıtımlar tamamen CD'den önyüklenir ve çalıştırılır; ayrıca sabit disklerinizde değişiklik yapmaz. Böylece bir Windows bilgisayarda hiçbir risk olmadan denenebilir. Tüm listelenmiş CD'ler ücretsiz olarak indirilebilir.
Kubuntu ÇalışanDVD
Kubuntu Linux'un Çalışan bir DVD sürümü, Ubuntu'nun KDE Plasma Masaüstü seçeneği. Kubuntu ayrıca Plasma Active tablet deneyimi kullanan Kubuntu'nun bir önizlemesi olan Kubuntu Active Teknoloji Önizlemesini de sunmaktadır.
Fedora
FOSS dünyasındaki en son ve en mükemmel şeyleri isteyen kullanıcıları hedefleyen hızlı tempolu bir dağıtım. Fedora KDE genellikle depolarda KDE'nin en son kararlı sürümünü içerir ve beta sürümleri de desteklenen ek depolarda genellikle sunulur.
Mepis
Debian ve Red Hat'in Kudzu'su tabanlı. Disk ayrıca sabit diske kurulum da sunmaktadır.
PCLinuxOS
Mandrake tabanlı (artık Mandriva olarak biliniyor).
Slax - Çalışan CD
Slackware tabanlı. Modüler yapısı ve sahte okuma yazma CD dosya sistemi ile gelir. Slax ayrıca bir USB Flash Sürücüden de çalıştırılabilir. Slax'in grafiksel bir yükleyici olmadığından, bilgisayarınıza yüklemek isterseniz Giriş belgesindeki basit adımları takip etmelisiniz.
openSUSE Çalışan-CD
KDE SC'li openSUSE'yi denemenizi ve sabit diskinize yüklemenizi sağlar.
Aptosid - Sidux türevi
Aptosid is an operating system based on the Linux kernel, Debian's branch (called "Sid") and many free and open source applications.
Linux Mint
Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu and Debian and is aimed at beginners. There are versions of Linux Mint for several desktop environments. Be sure to get the KDE version of the Linux Mint Live CD.
Chakra
The Chakra Project is a promising newcommer. Originally based on Arch Linux, Chakra is focused solely on KDE workspaces. It is possible to install third party applications, as well.
Mageia
Mageia is a community based distribution. It is a fork of Mandriva.
Netrunner
Netrunner is based on Kubuntu with it main focus on KDE, and aims to be complete operating system for both beginners and experts.
ROSA
ROSA, a Russian company, offers their enterprise solution ROSA Marathon 2012 for download. The new ROSA Desktop.Fresh edition is aimed at regular desktop users.
KXStudio
KXStudio has a focus on audio and video production. Currently, it is based on Ubuntu and has KDE as its officially supported desktop.
Sabayon
Sabayon is a "rolling release" distribution, meaning that you install once and have your system upgraded as new versions of installed software is added to the distribution. Perhaps not the easiest distribution for users new to Linux.
Pardus Live
Pardus is a Turkish distribution based on Debian. Previously Pardus was a well regarded KDE-based distribution, but the project has been dormant for more than a year. The new version published late last year (2012) seems to depart significantly from previous versions. Currently it is only available in Turkish.
Pisi Linux
Pisi Linux is another project building on the original Pardus project. Pisi Linux is a community project and supports many languages.
OpenMandriva Lx
OpenMandriva Lx aims to be easy to get started with but also cater to the advanced user. OpenMandriva is a community project.
Korora
Korora aims to be easy for new users, but still useful for experts. It is a community project based on Fedora.
Kwheezy
From the project site: Not so much a distribution based on Debian, but rather "a well configured Debian KDE installer". It is designed to give you more out-of-the-box. To be easier for Linux or Debian newcomers.
Porteus
Designed to run from a USB flash drive, Porteus is small and fast. Porteus is a community project based on Slackware.
SuperX
An Indian project, SuperX is based on Ubuntu. From the project site: SuperX uses a tweaked version of KDE and is aimed towards beginners, casual users and business looking for a well supported user-friendly Linux OS.
Bridge Linux
Based on Arch Linux. The installation and setup procedure is not as simple for new users as most live systems.
New Live CDs and DVDs are becoming available all the time. If you've heard of a distro and think you'd like to try it, do an Internet search for it. You may well find that a Live CD is available.