Board: [DoveNet] Unix/Linux Subject: Re: Kde Plasma Desktop Vs From: Accession Date: Wed Feb 04, 2026 19:20 Subject: Re: Kde Plasma Desktop Vs. Ci @VIA: PHARCYDE Hey Nightfox! On Tue, Feb 03 2026 19:33:52 -0600, you wrote: > Yeah, I've actually installed KDE on Linux Mint, and it does work. > I was just a little skeptical after seeing people recommend against > doing so. Also, years ago, I had installed Cinnamon on Ubuntu.. I don't know of the type of people that would recommend against something like that, and I don't want to know them. ;) > Also, while it works, the version of KDE Plasma included in therepo > for Linux Mint is a 5.x version, which is older than the one > included in KUbuntu 25.10 (6.x). I also noticed a couplefeatures > in the display settings that weren't available, which are available > in the 6.x version included with KUbuntu. I imagine it would > probably be fine, but for now I decided to install KUbuntu as it has > the newer version of KDE Plasma. And Ithink it looks & works > fairly well. Probably just a restriction of their repos, and the age of their packages. If Linux Mintleans more towards something like stable Debian repos, everything is going to be older. It all depends on which distro you choose to go with. > I was mainly wondering about what would happen when I try to update > to the next major version of the distro and if anything would > break.. I haven't tried that with an alternate DE installed. I would imagine nothing major these days. So long as all dependencies the DE requires comes at the same time. I imagine just about every distro has some kind of a "howto" for separate DEs, including ones that don't come by default with said distro. If anything, you can try it in a VM or on a PC or laptop you're just tinkering with anyways, first, so there's no chance of losing stuff you don't want to (in case somethingwere to possibly happen). Regards, Nick .... Sarcasm, because beating people up is illegal. --- ■ Synchronet ■ _thePharcyde telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin) .