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Noctalia V5 + LabWC on NixOS

Noctalia V5 + LabWC on NixOS

Noctalia V5 isn't released yet but you already can try it on Linux distro like Artix, Arch, NixOS. Please follow the official Noctalia documentation or copy the parts you need from my configuration.nix. The ram usage on NixOS is 366Mb for Noctalia V5 + LabWC, I also use

KaOS 2026.06: The first Linux distro to ship dinit and Noctalia v5 without systemd and KDE

KaOS 2026.06: The first Linux distro to ship dinit and Noctalia v5 without systemd and KDE

After 12 years, KaOS just went through its biggest change yet. This independent rolling-release distro is now the first to ship Dinit as its default init system and Noctalia 5 with Niri as its default desktop. That means no systemd and no KDE Plasma out of the box. What they

Noctalia v5 + LabWC + Artix Linux: A Modern Linux Desktop Under 500MB

Noctalia v5 + LabWC + Artix Linux: A Modern Linux Desktop Under 500MB

Noctalia Shell v5 is a complete rewrite of the original Noctalia project. The developer stripped it down to the essentials — and the numbers speak for themselves: * ~500 MB RAM on a cold boot * ~165 MB RAM at idle (without recording) * ~900 MB RAM while screen recording For context: that'