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KDE Neon brought me back to linux (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've had lots of issues in the past with Ubuntu LTS's having random system crashes, etc., that kept me away from using linux as my daily driver for work and personal use.

I saw a recommendation for KDE Neon, and it just works. I don't pretend to know what kind of black magic these devs have used in their basements, but I've used it for a week and haven't experienced a single crash or other oddity (something that would happen almost daily on Ubuntu). Works out of the box, looks okay, and performs wonderfully. That's all I really have to say. Anyone else have recent experience with KDE Neon and want to share?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Super strange that you had issues with Ubuntu but not KDE Neon, which AFAIK is based on Ubuntu.

But if you like KDE, then Manjaro KDE is also a good choice IMHO.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

It really is strange. Since Ubuntu was always parsing me strange fatal errors, I was expecting more of the same since Neon is an ubuntu fork. But nope!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago

Is not an Ubuntu fork but their repositories are the same with the exception of these dedicated to KDE software AFAIK.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

I mean, Ubuntu has had some really shitty KDE setups in the past (assuming OP used Kubuntu back then). Mostly caused by their fixed release schedule not aligning very well with KDE releases, and them keeping old Qt releases alive, back when they were still working on Unity 8.