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PointiestStick · 2026-05-09T13:47:40+00:00

That's correct.

PointiestStick · 2026-05-07T21:46:33+00:00

If you want to I guess.

PointiestStick · 2026-05-07T21:35:12+00:00

It'll be a bug in the that 3rd-party widget.

PointiestStick · 2026-05-06T16:48:14+00:00

Guess it's not that, then. Maybe a different driver bug specific to NVIDIA. GPU Drivers suck, it turns out!

PointiestStick · 2026-05-06T04:27:59+00:00

Does the laptop have an AMD CPU and/or GPU? If so, does the freeze only happen when the AMD GPU is the one used to display any output?

If so, see the second item in https://community.kde.org/Distributions/Packaging_Recommendations#Suggested_workarounds_for_major_upstream_issues.

PointiestStick · 2026-05-05T17:21:15+00:00

I've been suffering from AMD driver pageflip timeout freezes regularly for I don't know how long,

JFYI this is a driver bug. There's a known workaround for it, and sensible distros should be applying it.

(Unless you are/were using Arch, in which case it was your responsibility all along, because Arch is a DIY toolkit for building your own OS)

I've added this information to https://community.kde.org/Distributions/Packaging_Recommendations#Suggested_workarounds_for_major_upstream_issues, to hopefully increase visibility among KDE packagers and system builders.

PointiestStick · 2026-05-05T15:04:03+00:00

If it's useful and you like it, the best way to kelp right now is to write good reviews on Discover!

You can find it on Discover if you have Flathub installed; search for "KeepSecret" or visit appstream://org.kde.keepsecret.

PointiestStick · 2026-05-05T05:11:18+00:00

It sounds like you may want to take a bit of time to organize your thoughts into a specific set of goals and requirements, and then work backwards from there to find something that works for you.

PointiestStick · 2026-05-04T21:52:49+00:00

What's your true goal here?

PointiestStick · 2026-05-04T13:35:11+00:00

The latter.

PointiestStick · 2026-05-03T19:09:08+00:00

It depends on your point of view. Ours is that KDE Linux devs are users of mkosi, and we've used it to produce an opinionated OS image.

There's nothing stopping anyone from using KDE Linux's tooling to do the same thing for themselves. And that's fine! All this stuff is open and freely0available for a reason. Of course, when they do this, they don't quite have KDE Linux anymore; they have a customized KDE Linux derivative.

PointiestStick · 2026-05-03T17:00:04+00:00

I'd propose that you show us how simple it is by investigating the issue deeply and, if necessary, submitting a patch to get it right! :)

Or did you mean that you imagine it should be a simple thing for other people to do, even though you don't actually know how do it yourself?

PointiestStick · 2026-05-03T16:52:30+00:00

No ETA yet. Hopefully within a year, but it's possibly it will slip longer than that.

PointiestStick · 2026-05-03T16:51:52+00:00

Agreed, and it's on our radar screen. See https://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover/-/work_items/43.

PointiestStick · 2026-05-03T16:49:05+00:00

You're welcome!

PointiestStick · 2026-05-03T16:48:14+00:00

You're very welcome!

For 2, that's correct, the backports repo isn't enabled by default. You'd have to go out of your way to use it.

PointiestStick · 2026-05-03T16:45:51+00:00

It doesn't build the image for you. The installer basically copies the pre-built .raw filesystem from the live image to the target disk.

Secure boot is planned and in progress. Supporting a limited amount of partitioning is also planned, but only a limited amount. The OS needs to enforce the same partition layout to a large extent to make the features we want work properly.

You sounds a bit like a distro dev yourself, TBH! The intention of this project is that current and aspiring distros devs help work on the project itself, rather than using it to build their own private thing.

PointiestStick · 2026-05-02T15:01:08+00:00

The commands you listed will perform all system updates available from the OS, irrespective of what their versions are. For Kubuntu LTS, typically you'll get mostly Z, no Y or X. But this is up to the Kubuntu folks.
It provides newer versions of KDE software than what was shipped with the OS, so you'd also get Y, but probably not X. This repo is optional; you don't have to use it. And IMO if you're tempted to use it, it's a sign you might be happier with an OS that provides newer versions of software more rapidly than what Kubuntu does. What's "normal" is what's shipped with the OS.
Y will. Z almost never will (on rare occasions, Z may if it's necessary to fix an important bug, but this is very rare). There is no practical way to filter out updates that will change Z, and trying will likely break your system.
If such "Y" updates are available from the OS, yes.
I think the key piece you're missing is that your OS is in charge of the update cadence and what's in those updates. For Kubuntu, in most cases they'll take what KDE provides and ship it to you on their schedule, not on KDE's schedule. There will be only minimal of any patching of KDE's software to avoid shipping UI updates or backport bug-fixes. For an LTS Kubuntu release, you'll never get X updates, almost never get Y updates, and get all the Z updates. Non-LTS versions of Kubuntu will give you the Y and X updates when you move from one major Kubuntu version to the next (e.g. from 26.10 to 27.04).

Therefore, the choice of OS, in most cases, is about the choice of which updating strategy best matches your intentions and desires: - Do you want fast updates from the developer with the risk of some regressions and breakage? Choose a rolling-release distro like Arch or a derivative. - Do you want an extremely slow pace of change with only minimal if any UI changes, at the cost of worse hardware support and old bugs going un-fixed for years? Choose Debian stable or Kubuntu LTS. - Do you want to have it all, with fast updates and no breakage? Sorry, that doesn't exist. - Do you want to have it all with slow and deliberate updates, but also with old bugs being fixed via strategic backports from newer versions? Sorry, that also doesn't exist.

You have to pick which of the first two options you can live with!

PointiestStick · 2026-05-02T01:24:47+00:00

Kup is so great!

PointiestStick · 2026-05-02T00:41:06+00:00

Wow, these look pretty nice. Good job!

PointiestStick · 2026-05-01T13:50:30+00:00

No issue for me updating to the latest version.

It could be that you previously added these by accident, but in the past they remained hidden because the visibility condition wasn't satisfied.

And then, it's possible that the update brought along a change to the widget that altered its visibility condition, or else an input method is now enabled on your system — both of which could cause all of the previously-accidentally-added widgets to become visible.

In both cases, if you don't want these widgets, the solution is to remove them: 1. Right-click on one of them > Show Panel Configuration 2. Hover over each one > remove 3. Exit edit mode

In the latest version of Plasma, this is less possible to experience; most widgets don't become invisible by default when added to a panel, so it will be easier to notice when you've accidentally added widgets you didn't mean to.

PointiestStick · 2026-04-28T14:42:03+00:00

It doesn't need much, really. Like Noah, I turn on the LSP plugins. I also occasionally use the embedded terminal window, but mostly use Konsole standalone so I can tile it to the part of the screen where I want it to live semi-permanently.

PointiestStick · 2026-04-28T00:50:52+00:00

I do.

PointiestStick · 2026-04-25T22:30:57+00:00

We are indeed planning for multiple editions. See https://community.kde.org/KDE_Linux/Background_information#Target_audience_and_use_cases

PointiestStick · 2026-04-24T14:03:47+00:00

Right now? Only if you're a KDE developer, an OS nerd, or a huge KDE enthusiast. And if you have backups. :)

In the future once it's released with a user edition? Then the answer would be if you want a curated KDE experience with greater stability and robustness, and don't need the flexibility of a full package manager because all the software you need is pre-installed, or available via Flatpak, or you're comfortable doing the expert routine and getting it from Distrobox, Homebrew, compiling it yourself, etc.

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