There is a LOT of information (and opinions) about many things in that other long thread (80 posts)...
But unfortunately no straight answers to my questions...
I´m confused...Monthly News – October 2017:
"In continuation with what’s been done in the past, Linux Mint 18.3 will feature a KDE edition, but it will be the last release to do so."
"Users of the KDE edition represent a portion of our user base.
They will be able to install KDE on top of Linux Mint 19 of course and I’m sure the Kubuntu PPA will continue to be available. "
Could someone please explain, in "plain english", what this means ?
Will it be possible to continue to use KDE also for -future versions of LinuxMint (20, 21...) etc. ?
What is the difference between the "KDE-edition" and "installing KDE on top of Linux Mint" ?
I got three replies, the last contradicting the first two...
The way to do it is to install the Xfce version of Mint, then install KDE via the Software Manager (or Package Manager). The reason why to install Xfce versus Mate or Cinnamon is because deleting Xfce is "cleaner," for lack of a better word, than deleting Mate or Cinnamon. And you want to delete it after installing KDE because having two DEs on one installation causes problems (or usually does).
There will be no KDE edition of 19.0 onwards, however there will be an easy way to install KDE on top of Mint (either a tutorial or script provided by the community) to give you Mint with a KDE desktop.
Could someone please explain, in "plain english", what this means ?Installing multiple DEs is a bad idea, almost guaranteed to break something. No truly knowledgeable users do this.
Will it be possible to continue to use KDE also for -future versions of LinuxMint (20, 21...) etc. ?
First install another edition (Xfce/Cinnamon/Mate), install KDE, then remove the other desktop manager.
Can this be done easily, or will this require a lot of extra work ?
What are the risk of doing this ?
Getting an "unstable" O/S...?
If i can´t get KDE on LinuxMint without a lot of work, and also might get "problems",
then i will install another O/S, Kubunbtu or Debian, instead...