Board:   [DoveNet] Unix/Linux
Subject: KDE Plasma desktop vs. Ci
From:    The Wanderer
Date:    Sun Feb 01, 2026 12:41

Subject: KDE Plasma desktop vs. Cinnamon (KUbuntu vs. Linux Mint)
@VIA: YAKKING
  Re: KDE Plasma desktop vs. Cinnamon (KUbuntu vs. Linux Mint)
  By: Nightfox to The Wanderer on Sat Jan 31 2026 11:12 am

 TW>> Yes, I suppose if the distro doesn't treat certain packages as
 TW>> first-class citizens, the experience could be shoddy. That's unfortunate,
 Ni> I thought that was fairly common for distributions that include a specific
 Ni> desktop environment.  Are there distributions that would behave better if
Ni> you decide to install a different desktop environment?

I think Debian is, as far as I know, pretty solid with several environments. I use Gentoo on many systems, and it has several environments as first-class citizens.

There certainly should be others as well that aren't so focused on one environment.

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