End of KDE

[JosephM]

For those of you talking about installing a Mint version and then adding Plasma desktop to it: I would avoid starting with the Cinnamon edition. I know most here usually say not to install multiple DE's but I do it all the time for testing purposes and it works fine. The two that do not seem to play well together and I've heard from a few sources can be problematic are Plasma and Cinnamon.

[Retic1959]

This is sad news for me , LM18.2 KDE has performed flawlessly on my system , after running XFCE and Cinnamon neither are my choice as a DE , I know my way around Manjaro well enough to where I'll probably go back to having an on metal installation of Manjaro KDE , In the meantime I'm gonna hang on to my LM KDE as long as possible hoping for a change of mind on this decision and I'll give Kubuntu the once over as well.

[xenopeek]

I think you're wrong. Mint 17.x get updates until April 2019, Mint 18.x will get them until April 2021

Let's split it out to make it more clear:

• The operating system is supported till April 2021.
• But, specifically, the KDE packages are only supported till April 2019 (source https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/Rel ... t_lifespan).

This is because Canonical doesn't provide support for KDE packages. All KDE packages, whether from the official repositories or the Kubuntu backports PPA, are supported by Kubuntu and they only provide 3 years of support for the 16.04 LTS package base.

[Hoser Rob]

I'll just switch to Kubuntu. No problem.

[Citizen229]

They can all come join the XFCE side of the force

"May the mouse be with you."

[irishwoody]

I 'm sad to see end of Mint KDE.
I've hopped to Arch with KDE about a year ago from Mint KDE - as I always felt mint KDE edition was the unloved flavour.
The other edition I used to use was the Mint Mate edition but Ubuntu mate have now got the mojo here and the user base.
Mint was a safe haven since the madness of unity and stuff since ubuntu 12.04.

[mr_raider]

I'll just switch to Kubuntu. No problem.

Tough decision. I ran Kubuntu on my desktop for a years, and Mint KDE everywhere else. Finally switched to KDE everywhere.

Hard choices coming up. Switch to XFCE/MAte Mint, or go back to Kubuntu. Even Ubuntu MAte is a solid distro these days.

I don't like the idea of pulling in KDE on top of Mint. If I'm going to do that, might as well start with Ubuntu minimal or serevr as the base OS.

[Bolle1961]

If you don't run a server the minimal iso is the best. Install Kubuntu desktop and after installation install the Mint repos for typical Mint programs

[MintBean]

I've heard it mentioned somewhere that the SolydXK distro provides Mint tools integrated on top of a KDE desktop. Haven't confirmed this myself, but may be worth checking out for the KDE refugees.
https://solydxk.com/

[Fandangio]

Heh, not been on the forums for a long time but was sad to see the Mint KDE iso being scrapped.

I moved to Manjaro KDE a long time ago due to lack of KDE love from the Mint team (no criticism implied, it just wasn't their prime focus) and it is a very good distro for those wishing to have a good KDE environment.
Though as some have already said it's no issue to install the KDE packages on Mint.

It's a shame but that said I don't know why Mint would support anything other than Cinnamon, it is a great DE. I think the same of Solus supporting other DE's than Budgie, another great DE.

Best wishes to the Mint team

[MadmanRB]

Cinnamon is Clems baby, KDE never really was all that good on Mint to be honest.
The thing is Cinnamon in my opinion has shaped up to be a better desktop than KDE, its rock solid (unlike plasma sometimes), has a lot of great extensions, and is very feature rich.
Sure Cinnamon still has its fare share of bugs but I think Plasma 5 at least in Ubuntu based distros is extremely buggy.

[catweazel]

I think it's a wise decision but it is a shame that we'll potentially lose a portion of the community.[/quot]
I won't be going elsewhere. The Mint community is what will keep me here. It's a great place to be.

I would be interested to hear what KDE users plan on doing moving forward.

I moved to manjaro last night...

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[catweazel@Fartblast ~]$ plasmashell --version
plasmashell 5.11.2

[catweazel]

Cinnamon is Clems baby, KDE

That's pretty much all you got right. There's absolutely nothing wrong with Mint KDE.

[MintBean]

I moved to manjaro last night...

Sorry to see you go. Will you still stick around these forums?

[catweazel]

Will you still stick around these forums?

Yes, the community here is great.

[Fred Barclay]

I moved to manjaro last night...

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[catweazel@Fartblast ~]$ plasmashell --version
plasmashell 5.11.2

As I recall Manjaro has a gorgeous KDE right out of the box!
(Personally I've been using Arch this past month or two, but I've stuck with my old favourite MATE).

[MintBean]

Will you still stick around these forums?

Yes, the community here is great.

Good to hear it. Antergos is also worth a look if you haven't finalised on Manjaro. It has KDE out of the box also and I found it just as stable (in fact moreso) than Manjaro - based on admittedly limited experience.

[catweazel]

As I recall Manjaro has a gorgeous KDE right out of the box!

Yes, it does.

(Personally I've been using Arch this past month or two, but I've stuck with my old favourite MATE).

Arch will be my next distro once I've got enough experience in majaro.

[jglen490]

I've heard that Mint will no longer use KDE in the near future. Is that true?

It doesn't really bother me since I use Cinnamon on my laptop and I like it. Just curious, and wondering what may be the cause for that decision.

[all41]

Read here:
https://blog.linuxmint.com/