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What is KDE Neon, in simpler or more practical terms? How's your experience with it? (neon.kde.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by pglpm@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I have read the FAQ of KDE Neon: it is well made and answers ground questions like "Is it a distro?" or "Can I turn Kubuntu into KDE Neon?"

...And yet I'm confused, because I'm just a newbie in the Linux world. For instance, when they say "on top of a stable base" I don't know what's meant as a "base".

I think I understand that it isn't a distro, but it fascinates me that it's meant to be installed from an ISO or similar, just like a distro.

I wonder if any of you can explain:

  • What is it, in different words?
  • Why is it "implemented" as it is?
  • Are there any other "quasi-distros" like KDE Neon out there?
  • Do you use it? how has your experience with it been?

Cheers!

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[-] maeries@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

KDE Neon is new KDE with old Ubuntu. Kubuntu is old KDE with new Ubuntu

[-] CIWS-30@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Everyone else has answered your other questions, but let me just say that I've used KDE Neon (while distro hopping) it's both beautiful and functional. The latest KDE developments are really solid and intuitive, and based on their development updates I've seen on Mastodon and elsewhere, it seems like they're really starting to understand their userbase.

I.E. they understand that most people want to double click icons to launch them even though almost the entire development team prefers single click. They're not doing the tunnel-vision dev thing where they force what they love on users even though the vast majority of the userbase prefers the opposite.

Edit: It looks and feels gorgeous, and even similar alternatives like Kubuntu kind of feel a little worse to me. Then again, I'm a serious Cinnamon / KDE fan, so other peoples' mileage may vary.

[-] neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space 0 points 1 year ago

KDE is a Desktop Environment.

"KDE Neon" is the latest Ubuntu LTS, but with fresher KDE packages and support straight from the KDE team.

Usually the KDE version would be a few releases older than what the KDE Neon distro offers.

[-] pglpm@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

Thank you. By "KDE version" you mean Kubuntu? or am I misreading you?

[-] neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space -1 points 1 year ago

No, I mean the version of the KDE software. Like how Windows 7, 8, and 10 are different versions, Desktop Environments also have different version numbers.

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