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in case anyone else was curious about the overlap with KDE neon: > Differences from KDE neon/Prior art > KDE neon was KDE's first version of a self-made OS.

in case anyone else was curious about the overlap with KDE neon: > Differences from KDE neon/Prior art > KDE neon was KDE's first version of a self-made OS. > It fulfills the "distributed by KDE" requirement, but fails on the reliability angle due to the Ubuntu LTS base that ironically becomes unstable because it needs to be tinkered with to get Plasma to build on it, breaking the LTS promise. > It is built on fairly old technology and requires a lot of packaging busywork — both of which are non-goals of KDE Linux. [0] [0]: https://community.kde.org/KDE_Linux#Differences_from_KDE_neon/Prior_art https://community.kde.org/KDE_Linux#Differences_from_KDE_neo...

petepete 1y ago
I’m more confused about the difference between KDE and Plasma.
- rstat1 1y ago
  KDE is a combination of multiple different parts of which Plasma is one (and also the name of the overall organization that produces the whole thing). Plasma is the main component, its main contribution to KDE is the various user facing components like the desktop, the launcher bar, etc.
- 1bpp 1y ago
  KDE is an organization developing Linux desktop software and Plasma is their window manager
  - petepete 1y ago
    But I thought kwin was the window manager. And that the DE in KDE stands for Desktop Environment, so it's weird that it's actually an organisation.
    - ryanhecht 1y ago
      Apparently they "retired the expansion" of the initialism in 2009: https://dot.kde.org/2009/11/24/repositioning-kde-brand/ https://dot.kde.org/2009/11/24/repositioning-kde-brand/
      - petepete 1y ago
        Totally missed that - makes sense, thanks! I assumed Plasma was a rebranding so was surprised to see KDE making a comeback.
giancarlostoro 1y ago
This is what drove me from Ubuntu to Arch (specifically I'm on EndeavourOS) I had a piece of software that needed me to install a version of the C standard library that was not available on Ubuntu in any way without messing with the core OS. So I said, screw it, let me finally try Arch, but let me find the least intrusive installer based Distro. I have not looked back since.

petepete 1y ago

I’m more confused about the difference between KDE and Plasma.

rstat1 1y ago
KDE is a combination of multiple different parts of which Plasma is one (and also the name of the overall organization that produces the whole thing). Plasma is the main component, its main contribution to KDE is the various user facing components like the desktop, the launcher bar, etc.
1bpp 1y ago
KDE is an organization developing Linux desktop software and Plasma is their window manager
- petepete 1y ago
  But I thought kwin was the window manager. And that the DE in KDE stands for Desktop Environment, so it's weird that it's actually an organisation.
  - ryanhecht 1y ago
    Apparently they "retired the expansion" of the initialism in 2009: https://dot.kde.org/2009/11/24/repositioning-kde-brand/ https://dot.kde.org/2009/11/24/repositioning-kde-brand/
    - petepete 1y ago
      Totally missed that - makes sense, thanks! I assumed Plasma was a rebranding so was surprised to see KDE making a comeback.

giancarlostoro 1y ago

This is what drove me from Ubuntu to Arch (specifically I'm on EndeavourOS) I had a piece of software that needed me to install a version of the C standard library that was not available on Ubuntu in any way without messing with the core OS. So I said, screw it, let me finally try Arch, but let me find the least intrusive installer based Distro. I have not looked back since.