<s>
Calamares	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	O
and	O
open-source	O
independent	O
and	O
distro-agnostic	O
system	O
installer	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Calamares	B-Language
is	O
used	O
by	O
CachyOS	O
,	O
Garuda	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Manjaro	B-Application
,	O
Netrunner	B-Application
,	O
KaOS	B-General_Concept
,	O
KDE	B-Language
neon	I-Language
,	O
Lubuntu	B-Application
,	O
Sabayon	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Chakra	O
,	O
EndeavourOS	O
,	O
Peppermint	O
OS	O
,	O
Artix	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
OpenMandriva	O
Lx	O
,	O
Q4OS	O
,	O
the	O
Live	O
medium	O
of	O
Debian	O
,	O
and	O
several	O
less	O
known	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
2014	O
by	O
Manjaro	B-Application
community	O
member	O
Teo	O
Mrnjavac	O
“	O
with	O
support	O
from	O
Blue	B-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
”	O
and	O
then	O
picked	O
up	O
by	O
KaOS	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Calamares	B-Language
installer	O
is	O
in	O
place	O
of	O
Ubiquit	O
which	O
works	O
along	O
with	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
using	O
Calamares	B-Language
,	O
the	O
company	O
will	O
not	O
be	O
issuing	O
any	O
new	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
images	I-General_Concept
with	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Calamares	B-Language
is	O
currently	O
maintained	O
by	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
KDE	O
Developers	O
and	O
has	O
no	O
exclusive	O
association	O
with	O
any	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Calamares	B-Language
is	O
not	O
a	O
KDE	O
,	O
KaOS	B-General_Concept
or	O
Manjaro	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Calamares	B-Language
is	O
very	O
configurable	O
using	O
a	O
mix	O
of	O
code	O
modules	O
and	O
built	O
in	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Distro	O
developers	O
can	O
add	O
their	O
own	O
branding	O
and	O
configuration	O
to	O
Calamares	B-Language
.	O
</s>
