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A brand-new release of Hannah Montana Linux features a KDE Plasma 6 base and a lot of pink
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The Linux community is full of distro creativity. Some distros are created to solve a specific problem, while others are made for fun. Back in 2009, the world bore witness to the majesty that was Hannah Montana Linux, and while it was intended as a joke, it was surprisingly functional. We even gave it a try in 2025, although getting it running after all those years was tricky.
If you missed out and you're craving a Linux distro that's very, very pink, then I have some excellent news for you. Someone has made a modern-day release of Hannah Montana Linux, and it has a modern-day version of KDE Plasma under the hood.
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Hannah Montana Linux gets modern remaster after nearly two decades — ‘Sweet niblets,’ new v26 is built on Debian with a re-skin of KDE Plasma
Say whaaaat? Hannah Montana Linux is back. The distro made as a tribute to the noughties Disney Channel sitcom for tweens and teens, featuring the eponymous secret pop star, was basically abandoned in 2009. Now it's back, with a modern kernel and about 18 years of patches, with the release of the Hannah Montana Linux v26.0 remaster by developer Noah Cagle.
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Return of The Meme! Hannah Montana Linux Lives Again in 2026
Hannah Montana Linux (HML) has become a conversation starter in the land of FOSS (aka FOSSLand?), and somehow, the year is 2026. The remaster, released by Noah Cagle, a developer/YouTuber, has taken us by surprise.
This new avatar of HML is a combination of Debian Live tooling and the Calamares installer, with most of the makeover happening inside KDE Plasma, the desktop environment of choice here.
For anyone unfamiliar, the original Hannah Montana Linux was bestowed upon us in 2009, riding on Kubuntu 9.04 and KDE 4.2, drenched in hot pink Disney Channel branding.
It might sound like a fever dream, but it was a real, functioning operating system, and that absurdity is precisely what turned it into a long-running Linux meme that never quite died.
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Hannah Montana GNU/Linux – modern remaster
Hannah Montana GNU/Linux is a modern remaster of the original Hannah Montana Linux. It is built with Debian's live-build framework.
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Hannah Montana Linux Is Back!
If Hannah Montana brings back fond memories of your childhood, or you simply love the color pink, the new revival of Hannah Montana Linux (HML) might be just what the open source doctor ordered.
Noah Cagle has revived the project, which was seen as little more than a curiosity when it first arrived on the scene. This latest iteration of the once dead distribution, "is just a re-skin of KDE Plasma." Cagle said. "Many of the Plasma components are direct modifications of Plasma's default theme, Breeze. As such, this project is licensed under GPLv3+."
As far as what's new in HML 26 (besides KDE Plasma 6), you'll find a refreshed icon pack, color scheme, and wallpapers, all of which were created by cloning and modifying the originals. You'll even find a snazzy H as the start button icon.