KuickSwitchOS

KuickSwitchOS is a simple KDE Plasma 6 Plasmoid that allows to quickly boot into another OS in an UEFI multiboot system using a simple GUI panel.

Usage

1. The plasmoid is supposed to go onto your Plasma Panel
2. Click the icon to display the available OSes detected using efibootmgr
3. Check a radio button next to the chosen OS
4. Press Apply & Reboot to:
   1. set the nextboot UEFI variable
   2. display the Plasma reboot prompt
   3. after rebooting let UEFI do its job and boot the selected OS

Installation

Installation can be performed manually by cloning the project into your plasmoids directory.

Example:

git clone https://github.com/philipanda/kuickswitchos $HOME/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/com.github.philipanda.kuickswitchos

Uninstallation

Remove the widget from your Plasma Panel and delete the files at your plasmoids directory:

rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/com.github.philipanda.kuickswitchos