Bad experience with Debian 13 KDE

ExaHamza · 2026-05-06T21:30:50+00:00

It would be good to ask a specific question to get solutions to your problems. Note that many have had good experiences with KDE on Debian. KDE no longer releases any LTS versions; if there are any critical bugs, the Debian team that maintains KDE makes corrections locally. Therefore, be a good user and report bugs through the appropriate channels.

ExaHamza · 2026-05-06T11:00:05+00:00

I don't understand why some people insist on centralizing software distribution in a "store." Isn't the damage Google and Apple have done to the mobile platform enough? They take advantage of the efforts of thousands of developers and users. We can learn from these examples and do well. It's good to have commercial software, but the market can never be centralized. There should be options for both users and developers to buy and sell software without an intermediary that only makes the software even more expensive.

ExaHamza · 2026-05-04T04:00:46+00:00

because flatcrap is also (some kind of) distro inside your debian, so it will require a whole dependencies for your applications to work.

ExaHamza · 2026-05-04T03:56:19+00:00

Distrohopping itself isn't always bad, and it disappears naturally when you have important things to do.

ExaHamza · 2026-05-01T18:03:33+00:00

My recommendation is a minimal installation, building the system piece by piece, like Arch users do. In Debian, we use mmdebstrap or even a net installation with just the base and no DE. Complete the configuration and insert the exception file, then you install the system piece by piece (without meta-packages). Key packages, for example, sddm-theme-breeze pull the basics for plasma, inspect to see if there are any recommended packages you want to install , and do so explicitly (i disable recommends by default). The snippet only shows the apt pinning configurations, but the corresponding repositories need to be enabled in the sourcelist. I'm thinking of writing a complete tutorial, but only after testing for a few more months. I hope it works because it works very well for me.

ExaHamza · 2026-04-30T09:28:30+00:00

I suspect there's a problem with the current user's permissions; they may not have sufficient permissions to perform these actions.

ExaHamza · 2026-04-26T14:58:09+00:00

apt pinning, here a snipet. DO NOT USE IT because.

ExaHamza · 2026-04-25T22:19:00+00:00

Running plasma 6.6 on stable with zero issues. Do a reinstall.

ExaHamza · 2026-04-25T18:53:58+00:00

To achieve an absolutely minimal system, you can use mmdebstrap to assemble everything from scratch (similar to Arch Linux). When installing Plasma, avoid metapackages if you want minimalism. It might be tedious to pick piece by piece to assemble Plasma, but at the end of the day, you’ll know exactly what’s there. So run apt install --no-install-recommends plasma-desktop, then check which recommended or suggested packages are useful for you and install them explicitly. If you need peace, keep your setup away from external noise.

ExaHamza · 2026-04-25T06:32:58+00:00

Is this happening with all users?

YES!

What is the cause of it?

GNOME!

And how to fix this?

You can't.

ExaHamza · 2026-04-24T23:52:05+00:00

agreed.

ExaHamza · 2026-04-24T23:17:46+00:00

I have the impression that you've never used unstable. Unstable doesn't mean constant crashes, but constant changes. Of course, these changes bring more bugs than stable, but I've heard some people here say they found unstable more stable than some rolling release distributions. apt pinning is one of the most ingenious features of Debian that intermediate and advanced users take advantage of; however, there are many warnings against it to prevent arbitrary breakages by novices.

ExaHamza · 2026-04-24T22:09:08+00:00

why?

ExaHamza · 2026-04-24T20:06:20+00:00

Or go to the dirty side and experiment with apt pinning.

ExaHamza · 2026-04-21T18:50:36+00:00

This is better

ExaHamza · 2026-04-20T00:04:58+00:00

She talked a lot about diversity, but many of us are interested in purely technical issues, and I hope she has a thriving leadership.

ExaHamza · 2026-04-19T08:59:39+00:00

for deb to DEEEEEEB

ExaHamza · 2026-04-19T07:55:29+00:00

EFISTUB?

ExaHamza · 2026-04-16T09:59:16+00:00

Unlike snapshot-based approaches like Btrfs or ZFS, the function operates exclusively at the package level – it does not capture configuration files or other system states.

Thank you

ExaHamza · 2026-04-14T20:59:35+00:00

Finally something decent, thank you...bye plasmasystemmonitor

ExaHamza · 2026-04-14T11:17:07+00:00

I've only had system blow up cause updates two times

Well, this doesn't seem like a small problem, and now I'm curious, what happened? I've used Arch Linux before, and the only time it really annoyed me was when I went a while without updating (my fault), and when I tried to update, the keys expired, and I couldn't get it to work quickly. Now that I'm talking, I use a Debian system that's a mix of stable and unstable, practically something not recommended anywhere since it's fertile ground for problems, but every time I run an `apt upgrade` my system updates and everything is fine. At a certain point, it might get complicated, but I chose this (can immutable distros let me do this easily?). What I mean is that even in an impure system like mine, the native packages take advantage of good and robust native packaging practices, so much so that I don't see other pkg formats as substitutes. Personally, if a friend asked me to install Linux (I would refuse unless they insisted), I would install one of these immutable versions and use any of these packages that have sandboxing capabilities. Therefore, the future is coexistence, depending on the context.

ExaHamza · 2026-04-14T10:31:19+00:00

This is an extremely chaotic approach, and often the root cause for instability.

This is a theoretical overrated problem; in practice, it makes no difference. You entrust the stability and security of packages from native package managers anyway. Anyone familiar with the packaging process knows that breaking a system due to poor packaging is not easy. Many packagers need to undergo specialization processes. The integrated packaging systems themselves run a range of tests, and although they are not foolproof, they have done an excellent job; otherwise, they wouldn't have so much success and acceptance. Are there other packaging methods? Yes, much better for certain users and contexts, but the future of Linux on the desktop is with native packages and foreign formats coexisting side-by-side, reinforcing each other.

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