The KDE Slimbook 4 is a Linux ultrabook with AMD Ryzen 7 5700U and up to 64 GB of RAM, which is offered in two sizes of 14 and 15.6 inches for developers and content creators . The KDE project, supported by KDE e.V. and maintained by the large KDE community, equips the lightweights with KDE Plasma 5.25.
Like the Tuxedo Pulse 15 – Gen2 from the German Linux distributor Tuxedo, the Slimbook 4 also relies on a Zen 2 APU of the Lucienne type with 8 cores, 16 threads, 8 megabytes of L3 cache and a Vega8 graphics unit with eight compute units and 512 shader units and up to 1.9 GHz clock frequency. Both models can also be pre-configured with up to 64 GB of DDR4-3200 and 4 TB of SSD storage and can be ordered directly from the KDE online shop.
KDE Slimbook 4 (image: KDE)
The specifications of the two Linux -Ultrabooks read as follows:
- AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
- Up to 64GB DDR4-3200
- Up to 4TB SSD storage space
- 47 Wh lithium-ion battery
- 320.2 × 214.5 × 16.8 mm
- 1.05 kilograms
< left>14" IPS display with 1,920 × 1080 pixels
- AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
- Up to 64GB DDR4-3200
- Up to 4TB SSD storage space
- 93 Wh lithium-ion battery
- 356.4 × 233.7 × 16.8 mm
- 1, 55 kilograms
< left >15.6" IPS display with 1,920 × 1080 pixels
According to the KDE project, the two lightweights are aimed in particular at developers and content creators who appreciate a free operating system, open source and a cutting-edge plasma desktop. The in-house KDE neon with the new KDE Plasma 5.25 is used as the distribution.
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Krita, Kdenlive, Blender and KDevelop for content creators and developers (Image: KDE)
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Krita, Kdenlive, Blender and KDevelop for content creators and developers (image: KDE)
Complete package for productive users
The two Linux Ultrabooks want to be a complete package for productive users and developers and for this reason they use the comprehensive modular system from KDE Gear – formerly KDE Applications.
The highly expandable software platform comes with all the tools you need, such as the open-source drawing program Krita in version 5.1, the very powerful free video editor Kdenlive, the GPL-licensed 3D graphics suite Blender and the free graphics development environment KDevelop. The package manager and the KDE store Discover provide the necessary replenishment.
The KDE Frameworks 5.95 and the KDE Developer Platform with more than 80 add-ons for the cross-platform free GUI Toolkit Qt in version 5.15.3 offers developers a wide range of options.
Available immediately from 999.95 euros
The KDE Slimbook 4 14" and 15.6″ are now available in the respective basic configuration with 8 GB DDR4-3200 and 256 GB SSD flash memory from 999.95 and 1,049.00 euros respectively in the KDE online shop.