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[-] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

I switched from Pop_OS! to KDE Neon because I wanted to try out the latest Plasma features. I was tired of GNOME's bloat and needing an extension/Tweaks for basic functionality.

Then KDE broke screen sharing, bricked my install once by breaking LUKS disk encryption, and then it booted to a black screen on updating to the latest LTS.......

So now I'm on Mint and all of my servers are on Debian because I want something that just works. Lol. No more distro hopping.

[-] Ibaudia@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

KDE bricked my install on my main desktop after updating to the latest LTS too. No idea how that happens. I'm on opensuse leap now.

[-] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Yeah I tried Tumbleweed, but I really don't like RPM-based distros. Mostly because I've been a Debian-based boi most of my life.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

How did KDE break your LUKS..? I find that hard to imagine

Also KDE Neon is a test distro (they don't call it that from what I remember) for those who want to try out newest KDE lol

[-] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

No idea. It could no longer unlock the LUKS encryption after rebooting from an upgrade. I had to work and just nuked it and started fresh. It happened on both my laptop and desktop after updating, so seems like a bad update.

[-] kusivittula@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 days ago

im a mint user too and every few months i start distrohopping but always land back in mint. all other distros always have something that doesn't work or is just irritating. but mint feels like home.

[-] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If Mint ever supported KDE plasma 6.2 I'd consider switching back to Mint. I just can't stand how Cinnamon doesn't give a crap about multi display users and gives them a "There. Good enough. Fuck you." solution.

[-] kusivittula@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

i read that mint used to have a kde option too but they discontinued that to reduce workload. didn't know multi monitor setups were a problem for cinnamon though. does it work at all or lacks controls or something? are xfce and mate equally bad?

[-] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

It's good enough to work, but that's pretty much all you'll get. In many aspects each monitor isn't treated separately by the DE. For example you only have one task bar and each screen gets an exact copy of it. Any minimized window will appear on all the task bars on all your screens no matter what screen that window was from. Right there it's a big turnoff for me. I don't remember the details but just getting a different desktop background for each screen needed a workaround solution as well. They clearly didn't allocate any resources for the multiple display user experience. And now that I've gotten a taste of the insane customizability of KDE Plasma I don't think I'll be able to go back. 6.2 added a layer of polish to the experience that made it perfect for my uses. Which is a shame because Mint was pretty solid otherwise.

[-] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I use Debian as the daily and Mint on my server haha

[-] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

I question your life choices.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 5 points 20 hours ago

That’s… something.

[-] ccdfa@lemm.ee 2 points 19 hours ago

Why do you need a DE for your server?

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