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Wow, I recently rage-switched to lxde after yet another kde upgrade on a rolling-release os (FreeBSD) that left kde unusable. This is making me consider comin

Wow, I recently rage-switched to lxde after yet another kde upgrade on a rolling-release os (FreeBSD) that left kde unusable. This is making me consider coming back to kde.

severine 6y ago
KDE Connect works well in other environments, I use it within Xfce, LXDE should work as well.
atat7024 6y ago
KDE Connect does not require you to use KDE as your desktop environment, last I checked.
- dijksterhuis 6y ago
  Can confirm, have it running on xfce right now.
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ihalip 6y ago
You can use KDE Connect without the full KDE desktop environment. I'm on Linux Mint Cinnamon and it works just fine.
cevn 6y ago
KDE upgrades are the worst. I tried upgrading on Ubuntu 21.04, it failed. Fedora, it failed.
- jokethrowaway 6y ago
  I used to think so too - then I switched off Ubuntu and never had a KDE upgrade problem with Arch Linux for years
  - cevn 6y ago
    I have noticed Manjaro has worked with KDE upgrades every time actually, it seems to be the most stable. Maybe you are on to something.
GekkePrutser 6y ago
I also had issues with the kde5 packages when moving to FreeBSD 13. But reinstalling the packages fixed everything with all my settings intact. Was a 5 minute job. Works great now. I guess having an OS worth very few maintainers compared to Linux, Windows or Mac leads to this kind of thing. But I still love it. Also, all the kde maintainers are active in #kde-freebsd on freenode so you can get quick and super knowledgeable help there. Advantage of small teams is that there's no 'just raise a ticket and we may look at it some day' mentality. When I moved to it I had two minor issues. For one they gave me a small config change that fixed it. The other was a bug in a FreeBSD specific script and was fixed and moved to the live repo in 3 days. This was the kind of thing that would normally linger in an issue ticket for months or years. I was really impressed with how much they cared about these things. Thanks guys!

Wow, I recently rage-switched to lxde after yet another kde upgrade on a rolling-release os (FreeBSD) that left kde unusable. This is making me consider coming back to kde.

severine 6y ago

KDE Connect works well in other environments, I use it within Xfce, LXDE should work as well.

atat7024 6y ago

KDE Connect does not require you to use KDE as your desktop environment, last I checked.

dijksterhuis 6y ago
Can confirm, have it running on xfce right now.

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ihalip 6y ago

You can use KDE Connect without the full KDE desktop environment. I'm on Linux Mint Cinnamon and it works just fine.

cevn 6y ago

KDE upgrades are the worst. I tried upgrading on Ubuntu 21.04, it failed. Fedora, it failed.

jokethrowaway 6y ago
I used to think so too - then I switched off Ubuntu and never had a KDE upgrade problem with Arch Linux for years
- cevn 6y ago
  I have noticed Manjaro has worked with KDE upgrades every time actually, it seems to be the most stable. Maybe you are on to something.

GekkePrutser 6y ago

I also had issues with the kde5 packages when moving to FreeBSD 13. But reinstalling the packages fixed everything with all my settings intact. Was a 5 minute job. Works great now. I guess having an OS worth very few maintainers compared to Linux, Windows or Mac leads to this kind of thing. But I still love it. Also, all the kde maintainers are active in #kde-freebsd on freenode so you can get quick and super knowledgeable help there. Advantage of small teams is that there's no 'just raise a ticket and we may look at it some day' mentality. When I moved to it I had two minor issues. For one they gave me a small config change that fixed it. The other was a bug in a FreeBSD specific script and was fixed and moved to the live repo in 3 days. This was the kind of thing that would normally linger in an issue ticket for months or years. I was really impressed with how much they cared about these things. Thanks guys!