KDE neon
neon.kde.org
KDE neon is the latest and greatest of KDE community software packaged on a rock-solid base.

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!

  • stravanasuOPEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

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

    • carzian@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      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

      • stravanasuOPEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        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…

        • carzian@lemmy.mlEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Give it a shot! I did try running it on a live disk last week, the performance was really terrible (couldn’t even move the mouse), don’t give up on it immediately if that happens to you

          • stravanasuOPEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Thanks for the encouragement, I will! I’ll report here in case anyone is curious.