Quantum OS Aims For A Linux Desktop With QML, Wayland & Material Design

Quantum OS (formerly known as Quartz OS for a brief time) is a new Linux distribution mostly focused around providing a clean, very attractive desktop experience. This latest Linux desktop project is focused on providing a Qt5-based desktop that complies with Google's Material Design concepts.

Quantum OS is being designed to conform to Google's Material Design guidelines. The actual operating system will be based on either Arch Linux or Ubuntu. The desktop is being written using Qt5 and QML and they plan to use the Qt Compositor API for building out their own Wayland compositor.

Quantum OS was announced earlier this month and has been generating a fair amount of user interest thus far. Using Qt5/QML, the UI components will be cross-platform with support for Windows and OS X beyond just being a Linux affair. The project is still in its infancy but hopefully it will continue to mature and be yet another interesting Qt5-based desktop offering.

Quantom OS looks like an interesting project to watch and you can learn more via Quantum OS on GitHub. A few days ago they also showed off their QML Material Design work with the actual demo being done under OS X.