Ran Fedora 40 with KDE 6 for a few weeks and KDE 6 is lovely. It’s truly the best thing to have happened in Linux desktop space in decades honestly. More distros should default to it. Sadly I couldn’t keep using Fedora because it doesn’t meet my needs packaging wise, I need something debian based, so I am waiting for Kubuntu 24.10.
@@LowTechLinux Zotero is the main and constant problem, it’s scarcely packaged and central to my work. I have packaged it for myself before but with the new v7 it’s too difficult. Or more like, too big a hassle for me to figure out. There is a well maintained Debian/Ubuntu community package repo for it tho (retorquere’s).
I understand completely. I'll give you another option, possibly. Leap 15.6 user repos have zotero 7.0.7. I know leap 15.6 is a bit older in the tooth packaging just thought you'd like to know. On Leap 15.6 it can be installed with opi... sudo zypper in opi opi zotero
I think it’s entirely likely there will be a Warty brown theme both in the installer and optionally on the desktop seeing as its release coincides with the 20th anniversary of Ubuntu and Warty 4.10.
The 'Ubuntu' colour issue is a bug in mesa 24.2.2 when running on X11 with no acceleration (llvmpipe). Which is why you saw it in qemu on the live X11 session.
I tried 24.10 a few days ago. I had problems with random freezing every few mins, which is also an issue with Fedora and Manjaro KDE versions. From what found when looking at hiw to resolve it, its related to Wayland. When they fix these issues perhaps I'll give it another try.
I like Kubuntu but the packages are delayed every 6 months considering it’s dated and delayed fixes for bug, system enhancements, optimizations etc. Ideal choices of distros would be Tumbleweed, latest Fedora or Manjaro considering the don’t delay as much as Ubuntu does
In this one I said tumblweed is the one to go with, or if you want it for grandma/wife that won't be happy if it fails kubuntu would be a good choice. I'm still sticking with tumblweed even though it has disappointed me several times lately. I am currently hunting a better choice, just haven't found one yet.
@@plutorocks1 That video will be hitting either this evening or tomorrow. Lets just say i have installed fedora on my laptop cause tumbleweed won't work on it. And, well, for the record, kubuntu 24.10 didn't either LOL
thanks for the time and effort
Ran Fedora 40 with KDE 6 for a few weeks and KDE 6 is lovely. It’s truly the best thing to have happened in Linux desktop space in decades honestly. More distros should default to it. Sadly I couldn’t keep using Fedora because it doesn’t meet my needs packaging wise, I need something debian based, so I am waiting for Kubuntu 24.10.
just out of curiosity what package is it that you need debian for?
@@LowTechLinux Zotero is the main and constant problem, it’s scarcely packaged and central to my work. I have packaged it for myself before but with the new v7 it’s too difficult. Or more like, too big a hassle for me to figure out. There is a well maintained Debian/Ubuntu community package repo for it tho (retorquere’s).
I understand completely. I'll give you another option, possibly. Leap 15.6 user repos have zotero 7.0.7. I know leap 15.6 is a bit older in the tooth packaging just thought you'd like to know.
On Leap 15.6 it can be installed with opi...
sudo zypper in opi
opi zotero
@@LowTechLinux Try Tuxedo OS, its Debian based. Its has Plasma 6
Just two dreams .....
1. Transparent Taskbar on TOP and Time-Calendar in the middle.
2. Dock on the BOTTOM
Thanks a lot for this helpful review. Because of Snaps many have been put off. Kubuntu does look really promising though.
Kubuntu supports flatpaks better than Ubuntu if you don't like snaps.
I always wondered who the wobbly windows enjoyers were.
👍 Guilty 👍
Lol
I think it’s entirely likely there will be a Warty brown theme both in the installer and optionally on the desktop seeing as its release coincides with the 20th anniversary of Ubuntu and Warty 4.10.
That's a good point but it would be weird if the derivatives did the same.
@@LowTechLinux Fair point. Even though it’s the grand daddy of official flavors it has nonetheless been blue since its first release.
The 'Ubuntu' colour issue is a bug in mesa 24.2.2 when running on X11 with no acceleration (llvmpipe). Which is why you saw it in qemu on the live X11 session.
Excellent. Thank you for the info.
I tried 24.10 a few days ago. I had problems with random freezing every few mins, which is also an issue with Fedora and Manjaro KDE versions. From what found when looking at hiw to resolve it, its related to Wayland. When they fix these issues perhaps I'll give it another try.
Just it of curiosity, Nvidia graphics?
@@LowTechLinux Yes, RTX 4070 Super.
@@LowTechLinux Use x11 instead of wayland. Change it at the log in screen.
👍!
Starting from driver 555 NVIDIA works well on Wayland.
excellent news
Unfortunately, looks like Kubuntu latest is 550.
@@az9az9az9 The graphics drivers PPA has 555 (even for 24.10) and a (broken) 560 that segfaults on many apps.
Were btrfs snapshots configured?
I'm not sure yet. Installed it on my laptop last night and will be working with it today
I like Kubuntu but the packages are delayed every 6 months considering it’s dated and delayed fixes for bug, system enhancements, optimizations etc. Ideal choices of distros would be Tumbleweed, latest Fedora or Manjaro considering the don’t delay as much as Ubuntu does
In this one I said tumblweed is the one to go with, or if you want it for grandma/wife that won't be happy if it fails kubuntu would be a good choice. I'm still sticking with tumblweed even though it has disappointed me several times lately. I am currently hunting a better choice, just haven't found one yet.
@@LowTechLinux Exactly why I still use Windows.
I can't believe Linux still can't figure it out after all these years.
You're not wrong. And I have a history of saying use whatever works for you, even if that's windows or mac.
@@LowTechLinux What are your disappoints with Tumbleweed if I may?
@@plutorocks1 That video will be hitting either this evening or tomorrow. Lets just say i have installed fedora on my laptop cause tumbleweed won't work on it. And, well, for the record, kubuntu 24.10 didn't either LOL