Recess Linux | linuxlive Library

Built 14 Oct 2026

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Recess Linux on Fedora 44: the KDE Plasma desktop, as the boot test saw it — The desktop as the boot test saw it, KDE Plasma on Fedora 44.

Download: 4.8 GiB
To the desktop: 53 s
Apps: 4
Last built: October 14, 2026

Get Recess Linux 0.1

Version: 0.1 (build 2026.10.14.15), built with linuxlive v0.4.2
SHA-256: 7a02c3d7d825ac67ced5b685b0942453e85f9982ab31bdaf50d6c01e2d025f2d

New to this? How to check the file, put it on a USB stick and boot it.

Installable. Start it, then choose Install Recess Linux on the desktop or in the boot menu. The installer erases one whole disk and needs the internet. How it works.

Inside: every package and its source. Getting the source code.

Remix in the Workshop Start your own distro from this one: change anything, then build it.

Boot-tested

Booted in QEMU on October 14, 2026 and rebuilt every month with the newest packages. Times are from power-on to a working system. See the test run.

UEFI from USB, to the desktop52.5 s
UEFI with Secure Boot, from CD54.5 s
UEFI from CD54.5 s
BIOS from CD48.5 s
BIOS from USB50.5 s
Installed to a disk, then started from it

What is inside

Fedora with KDE Plasma, set up for kids and classrooms: GCompris's learning games, Tux Paint for drawing, Firefox and LibreOffice. Boot it from a USB stick on any PC; nothing on the computer's disk changes. Built from Eric-Ness/recess-linux.

Apps from Flathub

Firefoxorg.mozilla.firefox
GComprisorg.kde.gcompris
Tux Paintorg.tuxpaint.Tuxpaint
LibreOfficeorg.libreoffice.LibreOffice

Desktop and base

KDE Plasma on Fedora 44. Installed systems update as one image and can roll back.

The spec

Everything above comes from these lines. Paste them into the linuxlive-distro template to build your own copy, then change what you like.

# Recess Linux: a live desktop for families and classrooms.
# Every option is explained at
# https://github.com/Eric-Ness/linuxlive/wiki/Writing-a-Spec
schema_version: 1
name: Recess Linux
version: "0.1"
base: fedora
desktop: kde
apps:
  - firefox
  - gcompris
  - tuxpaint
  - libreoffice
branding:
  wallpaper: assets/wallpaper.png   # sky, sun, hills and toy blocks; drawn for Recess Linux, CC0
  logo: assets/logo.png             # three toy blocks; drawn for Recess Linux, CC0
  accent_color: "#1e88e5"

Wallpaper (sky, sun, hills and toy blocks) and logo (three toy blocks) drawn for Recess Linux, CC0. Licence: CC0-1.0. Not made or endorsed by Canonical or the Fedora Project.

Version history

Every change to this distro in the Library repository, newest first.

v0.1Add Recess LinuxOctober 13, 2026 · pull request #1

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