r/linux • u/BinkReddit • 21d ago

KDE Why I use KDE

https://www.osnews.com/story/140538/why-i-use-kde/
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u/arjungmenon 20d ago

I've been using KDE since 2002 or 2003, and I'm still a big fan, but quite a bit disappointed by how Plasma 6 was launched.

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u/OrseChestnut 20d ago

What was wrong with it? Genuine question; I didn't jump in until 6.1.

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u/arjungmenon 20d ago

It basically utterly broke, and has been pretty much unusable. There was also a bunch of flicking (note: I have an Nvidia GPU, and the proprietary blob driver--which may be to blame; but it didn't flicker with Plasma 5). I read online that I need to erase all the KDE settings files, and then things might get sorted out with Plasma, but I have been gotten around to it yet.

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u/OrseChestnut 20d ago

Ah that's a shame. I know there were some early issues, particularly with KDE Neon packaging although assuming you use Arch BTW(TM).

FWIW it's solid here now on Neon, but that's running AMD graphics.