Looking for a normie KDE distro that works out of the box and is stable without issues.
Kubuntu is most normie. Its just Ubuntu but with KDE instead of Gnome. KDE Neon has the latest KDE but the update process is a mess so I can’t recommend it.
Personally I use EndeavourOS with KDE and find it very easy. Updates are literally just typing
yay. But I understand that Arch based distros aren’t for everyone.I’m using kubuntu right now. Test it out fedora for about 3 hours before I ran into a bug and went back to the KUbuntu hard drive. Normie means it just works, or at the very least googling the answer leads to good solutions. Only ubuntu has that
Does Plasma on EndeavorOS include Discover? For those that want GUI updates
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, great KDE defaults - up to date - stable. Does things a bit differently than most distros but it’s pretty easy to get used to.
Debian
stable or unstable?
I use stable but if you need more up to date software not in backports unstable would be better suited. Neither are really “unstable”.
Fedora kde
Kubuntu, KDE neon, Debian with KDE.
I highly recommend Kubuntu. I don’t use any snaps though. And I always install the LTS version. Been using it for over a dozen years.
I don’t use any snaps though.
Oh sweet summer child…
openSUSE Tumbleweed. It’s rolling and reliable.
I’m using Manjaro because SuSE Tubleweed didn’t want to install that day. People like to hate on Manjaro but I honestly don’t know why - the defaults are fine and I very rarely have issues despite using software from the AUR
This is why: https://manjarno.pages.dev
It has been 442d 15h 07m 53s since Manjaro !$%&?*# up.
So a year and a half? That’s not all that bad really. And that time it was a (admittedly bloody stupid) cock up involving the SSL certificate of their website not of the distro itself
Sure, maybe they’re better now, but this long list is why the reputation stuck.
That and EndeavourOS exists
Also I’ve just actually looked at EndeavourOS’ website and it says very clearly front and centre that it’s focused on the terminal, which is entirely not what OP was even asking for. It might be a fine distro, I don’t know, I’ve never used it or checked how many years it is since they cocked up, but it doesn’t present itself as a KDE focused distro which is what OP (and I) want!
That must be why it ships with a GUI installer, that can install any of the popular DEs and WMs…
I keep saying that’s what turns me off from endeavor as a Manjaro user.
That, and it seems like all the people suggesting it don’t really have their minds grounded in reality.
A lot of them legitimately believe Arch is a sufficient replacement for Manjaro, and that just tells me they aren’t worth taking seriously.
There’s a lot of 🧩 in the FOSS space, and I think we should acknowledge it for what it is instead of putting it on a pedestal.
Or maybe you just have a weird bee in your bonnet about something that’s not even really a problem as evidenced from your own numbers
I simply showed why Manjaro has that reputation.
You also unwittingly showed why it doesn’t deserve it
Why? Because after a series of negligent incidents spanning multiple years, a couple of which impacted the AUR for everyone they’ve gone a year and a bit without another major incident?
Again, EndeavourOS exists – all Manjaro does for you is hold back packages making things unstable.
I don’t have any issues with the complaints often mentioned about Manjaro.
Linux Mint, on the other hand, once got hacked and hosted malware on their website :(
But I’m sure you’re as quick to tell people about that as you are to tell people about Manjaro.
But I’m sure you’re as quick to tell people about that as you are to tell people about Manjaro.
Why would I tell people about something I’ve never heard of before? Go shove your snide attitude up your ass.
Also pretty disingenuous to compare a single incident of being hacked with a pattern of sloppiness and negligence.
Well, you’ve heard about it now so I fully expect you to take up the crusade like you have against manjaro, unless you’re biased/tribalist.
Also pretty disingenuous to compare a single incident of being hacked with a pattern of sloppiness and negligence.
No it’s not, lol. Being infected with malware is worse than anything the Manjaro team has done. If you disagree, then you’re just not worth taking seriously.
Let’s be honest though, you’re not worth taking seriously because you just do what you think will make you look good in front of your peers.
If you thinking getting hacked once is comparable to a multi-year pattern of being clearly negligent and sloppy, then there’s not much hope for you.
Fedora KDE spin. One of the easiest to use distros without all of the annoyances of Ubuntu (e.g. snaps).
Rolling release: openSUSE Tumbleweed Semi-annual release: Fedora KDE Spin LTS: Kubuntu (3 years), Debian (5 years), AlmaLinux (10 years)
I personally think semi-annual is where it’s at. You get packages that are mostly up-to-date (and with Flatpak user-facing software is up-to-date anyway), and you don’t have to fear that something will break/be incompatible with every small update.
ArcoLinuxB KDE.
I’ve learned from Brodie’s video that Ubuntu upload schedule is basically slightly different gnome’s schedule. So, KDE with rolling releases is what I think is best.
Though IIRC the scheduling of plasma 6 onward will follow gnome’s 6 month period to synchronize with bimonthly releases of distros that does it.
I’ll need some input on this
Debian 12 stable with KDE is smooth sailing
You’re going to get a million answers, mostly people saying to use which distro they’re currently using. In my experience, KDE works just fine on any distro that allows you to install it out of the box, so I would choose based on other attributes of the distro, such as:
- Package manager: which are you used to?
- Update cycle: KDE 6 is out soon, so you want something which updates often enough to get it fairly quickly (at least semiannual).
- Stability: unless you want to have to manually maintain your system and learn how it works, avoid arch and arch-based distros. I have run it, its fine, but it’s not “normie”, and unless you really know what you’re doing, daily driving it can be stressful. Manjaro has the same issues, but takes away some ability of the user to fix them.
For instance, I personally like Debian and apt, but I would not recommend base Debian right now, since KDE 6 is about to come out and Debian will take a loooong time to get it. I have not personally used Kubuntu, but if it gets rid of any the bloat canonical has been adding to Ubuntu lately, it sounds pretty good to me.
Yeah, Kubuntu’s fine. It has some of the Snap stuff, but the “minimal install” greatly strips down unnecessary bullshit to the point where I even find vanilla Debian Plasma to be more bloated in comparison.
I used Kubuntu for most of my time on Linux before switching to Debian. Still fully recommend it as a basically “plug and play” distro with a quick installer that works OOTB.
There’s also a KDE-specific backports PPA which gets you new Plasma and Qt stuff fairly quickly, but that works best on regular releases rather than LTS releases. (The only issue is that, because it uses Launchpad, the Plasma updates can be super fucking slow to download, regardless of your network speed).
Then again, if someone’s going to be using LTS versions only, there’s not really that much of a difference between it and Debian Stable in terms of DE updates.
Fedora kinoite
I don’t think immutable is normie.
How more normie could it be? You install all graphical apps via flatpak and since flathub uses reverse domain names it’s much easier to install via the store than on terminal
And want to switch to another DE? don’t reinstall your whole system, just replace the base layer.
Well immutable os have some limitation mainly from flatpak.
