{"id":8468,"date":"2026-09-23T19:51:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T02:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=8468"},"modified":"2026-09-23T19:51:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T02:51:40","slug":"openkylin-3-0-release-makes-it-a-ai-first-linux-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=8468","title":{"rendered":"openKylin 3.0 Release Makes it a &#8220;AI first&#8221; Linux Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/2026\/08\/openkylin-3.webp\" alt=\"openKylin 3.0 release\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openkylin.top\/index-en.html\">openKylin<\/a> is China&#8217;s homegrown, open source operating system which is developed by a consortium of companies, research institutes, and individual contributors.<\/p>\n<p>We have <a href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/news\/openkylin-linux-os\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">covered openKylin in the pas<\/a>t but that was more than two years ago. There is a new major release in the form of openKylin 3.0 that brings Linux kernel 7.0, UKUI (desktop environment) 4.24 and deeply integrated AI at the core.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see the highlight of the new release.<\/p>\n<h2>AI is at the center of openKylin 3.0<\/h2>\n<p>Among the most highlighted changes in the new release is the built-in, all-new KylinBot AI agent framework, along with Xiao K, the AI assistant built on top of it. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/2026\/09\/it-s-foss-revised-version-1-_html_ba6d6abe.webp\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Xiao AI bot in Kylin\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1875\" height=\"998\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Xiao K is basically the graphical interface similar to Hermes Desktop and most other AI tools of this sort. The underlying KylineBot AI agent framework integrates it with the system.<\/p>\n<p>And then it comes with several pre-built system skills like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Input Devices:<\/strong> Full coverage for keyboard, mouse, and touchpad.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Display Control:<\/strong> Screen brightness and OSD display adjustments.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Network Management:<\/strong> Deep integration with the NetworkManager command-line tool to manage Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and VPNs with a single command.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Peripheral Management:<\/strong> Bluetooth toggle, device discovery, and automatic audio device pairing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>System Controls:<\/strong> Power management, taskbar operations, shortcut navigation, and system app controls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/2026\/09\/it-s-foss-revised-version-1-_html_85598aca.webp\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"AI skills in Kylin\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" \/><figcaption><i><em class=\"italic\">Custom skills to interact with your desktop<\/em><\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This way, you can ask the agent in Xiao K to switch off the bluetooth or switch to a different network, change the input keyboard layout and more. You don&#8217;t need to go through the command line or click through the system settings. The agent does the job for you.<\/p>\n<p>Seems like overkill, right? But it makes more sense if you use the voice input. People these days use Siri hands-off for calling to specific contacts. So, if you could just talk to your computer and ask it to connect to your bluetooth headphone, why not?<\/p>\n<p>Remember that Ubuntu 26.10 is also working on AI integration. Omarch 4.0 got a sudden surge in popularity for AI (and its looks). So, even if you dislike AI, there is a demand for it. And sooner or later, most desktop operating systems will have built-in AI assistants like this. openKylin is just a few steps ahead of its peers.<\/p>\n<p>There are more skills that can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/gitee.com\/openkylin\/openkylin-skills\" rel=\"noreferrer\">openKylin&#8217;s repo here<\/a>. It is in Chinese language and I do hope they start offering these features in English as well to cater a larger global audience.<\/p>\n<p>Like Hermes, OpenClaw and other AI tools, Xiao K doesn&#8217;t stay to your desktop only. You can communicate with it from messaging tools like WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk etc. Telegram and Discord support is planned. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/2026\/09\/it-s-foss-revised-version-1-_html_99cdc5c8.webp\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Chat gateway for the built-in AI agent\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" \/><\/figure>\n<h2>UKUI version 4.24<\/h2>\n<p>The UKUI (Ultimate Kylin User Interface) desktop environment is upgraded to version 4.24. The new version brings the following updates:<\/p>\n<p>Standardized API encapsulation across UKUI modules and integration with KACP (Kylin Agent Control Protocol), enabling KylinBot to invoke underlying desktop capabilities via unified APIs. <\/p>\n<p>The new version also brings accessibility support in the form of a screen reader. It also has air gesture controls, which means you can control some desktop functionality with the movement of the hands instead of touching the screen or using a mouse or keyboard. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/2026\/08\/openkylin-ukui.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"openKylin\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1250\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>This works on Android devices thanks to the proximity sensor in the smartphone. Here, Kylin uses the webcam to capture the hand gestures.<\/p>\n<p>The feature to enable dynamic wallpaper is also added for enhanced eye candy. In other visual changes, &#8220;Three-Island&#8221; taskbar layout mode is added as an option.<\/p>\n<p>Touchpad gets enhanced multi-finger gesture interactions, supporting multitask view, volume control, and other actions using 3-finger and 4-finger gestures.<\/p>\n<h2>Rustification<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/2026\/08\/openkylin-rust-focus.webp\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Rustification in openKylin\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Since both AI and Rust are in trend these days, openKylin 3 has new Rust-based utilities that replace the older, classic utilities. <\/p>\n<p>kylin-time replaces the legacy time utility, kylin-wget replaces the classic wget and kylin-ki18n replaces the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/KDE\/ki18n\">ki18n<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting openKylin<\/h2>\n<p>If you want to give it a try, you can download openKylin from the official website. The ISO is a little over 7 GB. The size is primarily because the OS comes with pre-installed AI models.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-button-card kg-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openkylin.top\/downloads\/os-en.html\" class=\"kg-btn kg-btn-accent\">Download openKylin 3.0<\/a><\/div>\n<p>I plan to test openKylin 3.0 on my spare system. It is okay in VM, but since there is a lot of AI integration and I would like to use them to see how effectively they work on a baremetal system. I will share my findings in a review video. Stay tuned for that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/feed.itsfoss.com\/link\/24361\/17471831.gif\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>openKylin is China&#8217;s homegrown, open source operating system which is developed by a consortium of companies, research institutes, and individual contributors. 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