How to install KDE Plasma 5 in linux mint kde 17.3
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Re: KDE Plasma
Doing that will b0rk your system, and it's highly likely that nobody will help you fix it if you do. Plus, AFAIK there is no Plasma 5 PPA for Ubuntu Trusty, so you would have to compile the source code yourself, and to top it all off, you'll have to reinstall all of your applications and redo all of your settings.
Consider doing a backup of your treasured stuff and installing Mint 18.2.
Consider doing a backup of your treasured stuff and installing Mint 18.2.
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Re: KDE Plasma
Yeah the "Ubuntu way" is to upgrade from 14.04 LTS to 16.04 LTS. It works fairly well.
Either clean install Mint KDE, or leave it as is.
Either clean install Mint KDE, or leave it as is.
Re: KDE Plasma
I am currently running Mint 8.2. I am considering running Fedora 26 alongside. In looking at KDE Plasma 5 on Fedora 26...I am thrilled at what I see. You might want to do a look-see at Fedora 26 rather than be limited by an old version of Mint as an alternative.
Re: KDE Plasma
Fedora is NOT suitable for beginners.
I tried it once. The package manager wasn't working. I was told on the forum that it was broken, and that i should have checked the bugzillas first so I would have known.
My reply went something like "if I had checked the bugzillas and found that you put out a point release with a broken package manager what in rte flying frak would make you dorks think I would have installed it in the first place"?
That is a fafrily typical atttitude on their support site, and with Fedora really all you are is a Red Hat beta tester. Never again.
I tried it once. The package manager wasn't working. I was told on the forum that it was broken, and that i should have checked the bugzillas first so I would have known.
My reply went something like "if I had checked the bugzillas and found that you put out a point release with a broken package manager what in rte flying frak would make you dorks think I would have installed it in the first place"?
That is a fafrily typical atttitude on their support site, and with Fedora really all you are is a Red Hat beta tester. Never again.
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong - H. L. Mencken
Re: KDE Plasma
Why? If you want cutting edge plasma try Kubuntu or KDE Neon. The basic architecture is the same as Mint.jimmyinoregon1 wrote:I am currently running Mint 8.2. I am considering running Fedora 26 alongside. In looking at KDE Plasma 5 on Fedora 26...I am thrilled at what I see. You might want to do a look-see at Fedora 26 rather than be limited by an old version of Mint as an alternative.
Re: KDE Plasma
Or Maui, if you want to stay on the *buntu-based side of the creek.mr_raider wrote:Why? If you want cutting edge plasma try Kubuntu or KDE Neon. The basic architecture is the same as Mint.jimmyinoregon1 wrote:I am currently running Mint 8.2. I am considering running Fedora 26 alongside. In looking at KDE Plasma 5 on Fedora 26...I am thrilled at what I see. You might want to do a look-see at Fedora 26 rather than be limited by an old version of Mint as an alternative.
Or openSUSE Tumbleweed, for those not afraid to climb over the mountain into a sunny new valley; needs a bit of an initial learning curve, but is a great Plasma5 experience thereafter,