Installing KDE on LMDE

[rjrich]

I have installed the most recent RC of LMDE Xfce. I would like to install KDE on this installation as well. Is this advisable or not? If so, what is the best way to install KDE to get something that it well integrated and functional, as it is in LM 12 KDE?

[tdockery97]

I just did it myself. I installed kde-standard. That gives you most of what you would get in a Mint 12 KDE install. kde-full is kind of overkill in my opinion. You will still have all of the Xfce stuff installed. If you're careful you can uninstall most of that and have a little bit cleaner KDE system. Either way, it doesn't interfere with your KDE desktop, just makes the menu a little cluttered. Enjoy.

[KBD47]

I did the same thing, installed KDE standard desktop from synaptic package manager and it worked well.
KBD47

[tdockery97]

I did the same thing, installed KDE standard desktop from synaptic package manager and it worked well.
KBD47

Just curious. Did you leave the sources.list in the default state, or point it to Debian Testing. I have mine set to Testing.

[KBD47]

I did the same thing, installed KDE standard desktop from synaptic package manager and it worked well.
KBD47

Just curious. Did you leave the sources.list in the default state, or point it to Debian Testing. I have mine set to Testing.

Actually I had that install set to Stable sources with backports. After some tweaking I got it running reasonably light on my netbook. I found some suggestions here for lightening KDE:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php? ... tu+support
KBD47

[rjrich]

I just did it myself. I installed kde-standard. That gives you most of what you would get in a Mint 12 KDE install. kde-full is kind of overkill in my opinion. You will still have all of the Xfce stuff installed. If you're careful you can uninstall most of that and have a little bit cleaner KDE system. Either way, it doesn't interfere with your KDE desktop, just makes the menu a little cluttered. Enjoy.

Thanks. I did a test install of LMDE-Xfce running on VirtualBox/Mac mini core2duo/8GB RAM. I installed KDE-standard. Everthing seems okay except for two relatively minor issues. First, I miss some of the Mint customizations of KDE found in the LM12-KDE version. Second, although audio is working (I get the KDE start up sounds), when I test the speakers with the Phonon/Kmix system ("front right; front left"), there is no sound. The speaker test works in my LM12-KDE installation and with Kubuntu (all on VirtualBox/Mac). I can of course live without the speaker test working, but this is concerning, because it indicates that something is not quite right with the system. Has anyone else noticed an issue with the speaker test not working in KDE, even though other aspects of sound are working?

[craigevil]

If you do not use/need nepomuk or akonadi you can disable both which makes kde a bit lighter and faster.

how to disable nepomuk and akonadi | ubuntuku : http://ubuntuku.org/16/how-to-disable-nepomuk-akonadi/
Akonadi - KDE UserBase Wiki : http://userbase.kde.org/Akonadi#Disabli ... _subsystem

Also helps to use System Settings and disable unneeded kde services.
System Settings>Startup and Shutdown>Autostart and Service Manager uncheck anything in both you do not need.

Use sysv-rc-conf to disable any system services/processes you do not need. The fewer processes running the faster your system runs and the faster it boots.

You can install KDE using different commands depending on how much you want installed.
KDE - Debian Wiki : http://wiki.debian.org/KDE

[rjrich]

If you are installing KDE on LMDE, is it better to start with the Xfce version or the Cinnamon/Mate version? Does it matter?

[äxl]

If you are installing KDE on LMDE, is it better to start with the Xfce version or the Cinnamon/Mate version? Does it matter?

Not really, the XFCE disc is smaller and you have less packages to remove.

[KBD47]

I installed KDE-Standard onto Mint Debian Xfce, it works great
KBD47

[rhodry]

I installed KDE-Standard onto Mint Debian Xfce, it works great
KBD47

Just done the same this morning. Mind you, it was so easy I thought to myself that I must have missed something important?!

Just to make life a bit more interesting, upgraded it all to Sid/Unstable and added some (really nice) icons called "Caledonia". This is now one sweet system!!

The old workhorse it is on is not real flush in resources though, so, this evenings job will be a "KDE Performance Prune" and by tomorrow I'm sure this will be a real keeper.

Does this still qualify as "running LMDE" ?

cheers,
rhodry.

[rpeake]

Hi. I installed KDE-Full successfully on the LMDE 201204 RC without changing repositories using the KDE-Full package.
On my PC which uses an AMD E-350 processor/ 6470M graphics chip 8 Gb RAM, KDE gives the best graphics performance with AMD's Catalyst 11.10 driver. Both MATE and CINNAMON do not seem to benefit as much from the Catalyst driver. Hopefully in the final release both MATE and CINNAMON will run much faster on my system because I would like to use them both.
Ron

[KBD47]

Just done the same this morning. Mind you, it was so easy I thought to myself that I must have missed something important?!

Just to make life a bit more interesting, upgraded it all to Sid/Unstable and added some (really nice) icons called "Caledonia". This is now one sweet system!!

The old workhorse it is on is not real flush in resources though, so, this evenings job will be a "KDE Performance Prune" and by tomorrow I'm sure this will be a real keeper.

Does this still qualify as "running LMDE" ?

cheers,
rhodry.

Sid? you like to live on the edge man! Haha! Yes, Sid is Debian too, as is Stable, which I'm running.
KBD47

[KBD47]

Hi. I installed KDE-Full successfully on the LMDE 201204 RC without changing repositories using the KDE-Full package.
On my PC which uses an AMD E-350 processor/ 6470M graphics chip 8 Gb RAM, KDE gives the best graphics performance with AMD's Catalyst 11.10 driver. Both MATE and CINNAMON do not seem to benefit as much from the Catalyst driver. Hopefully in the final release both MATE and CINNAMON will run much faster on my system because I would like to use them both.
Ron

I always thought KDE would be great on good hardware.
KBD47