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Is it a good idea to use KDE plasma on linux mint? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/linux@programming.dev
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looking around online it seems possible but apparently not a good experience? i think the posts were a bit old so maybe something has changed since then

Edit: i don't want to hop distro, i just want to change the desktop manager.

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[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

No, they base on Ubuntu LTS and that has an outdated and broken version of Plasma, just like Kubuntu has.

I only recommend to use Plasma on Fedora Kinoite as I dont know other OSses. But I assume Arch and Opensuse Tumbleweed are also okay.

KDE doesnt do stable releases, they release when it is ready. And distro maintainers would need to backport all the fixes in Plasma 6 to Plasma 5 and to my knowledge nobody does that.

Qt5 is also not supported anymore, so you are running a desktop that had backported fixes to Qt from the KDE team even before Plasma 6 came out.

Plasma 6 is way more robust than Plasma 5. It just works way better. I use it daily, and can really really recommend Fedora Kinoite.

[–] peanutbutter_gas@thelemmy.club 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Can confirm Arch (at least EndeavourOS), KDE Plasma has been working here since Jan 2023 ( when I installed the OS). It worked for me on Manjaro from 2021-2023 (another Arch based distro).

[–] kurumin@linux.community 1 points 5 months ago

Garuda user here. Works like a charm.

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