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What is KDE Neon, in simpler or more practical terms? How's your experience with it? (neon.kde.org)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I have read the FAQ of KDE Neon: it is well made and answers ground questions like "Is it a distro?" or "Can I turn Kubuntu into KDE Neon?"

...And yet I'm confused, because I'm just a newbie in the Linux world. For instance, when they say "on top of a stable base" I don't know what's meant as a "base".

I think I understand that it isn't a distro, but it fascinates me that it's meant to be installed from an ISO or similar, just like a distro.

I wonder if any of you can explain:

  • What is it, in different words?
  • Why is it "implemented" as it is?
  • Are there any other "quasi-distros" like KDE Neon out there?
  • Do you use it? how has your experience with it been?

Cheers!

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[–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I've used kubuntu and neon in the past. The issue I ran into was kubuntu not having the latest KDE software, and it wasn't available in back ports. I tried switching to neon but it's based on the LTS version of Ubuntu so the kernel was pretty old, it didn't have great support for my hardware.

I switched to tumbleweed and have been loving it since.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Thank you for sharing your experience. May I ask which machine you're using? (I'm on a Thinkpad.)

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    I was using it on my older Asus and ran into wifi issues. I actually replaced the laptop before switching to tumbleweed. I'm running it on 3 computers so far, a Dell G15, custom built desktop, and a framework laptop.

    I'm really liking it, it's a rolling release so it always has the news versions of everything, it's been really stable but also has a built in rollback feature in case there's a bad update

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Thank you for sharing this! Yesterday I was searching online for Tumbleweed user experiences on Thinkpad, but I only found info about older Thinkpad models. I'll try it from a live disk. I might also switch to Framework later on...

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    How long ago was it? Latest LTS is 22.04, don't think just one year would make cause any major compatibility issue (but well, if it did, just one year for 24.04LTS).

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    This was a few years back, maybe on 20.04 but could have been 18.04. The wifi card was a niche realtek that wasn't well supported.

    The issue is more that neon and kubuntu both have trade-offs, using either means you will be using older software releases. Doesn't mean it will affect everyone, but for some people a rolling distro will be better.

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