How to switch from KDE neon to KDEos?

[Christian_Clark]

One question.

how to switch from KDE neon to KDEos?

When KDE may release the KDEos.

[johnandmegh]

Hi! I’ll quote from another post here:

@ngraham

this distro is pre-alpha, in heavy development and with critical components still changing on a regular basis, but also with corresponding ability to have an early impact on its direction. I’d only recommend using it if that description sounds like fun to you.

Recommended transition paths from KDE Neon to the future KDE Linux are likely to be quite a ways away at this point - but if that description above resonates with you and you have a spare device, you can follow the community wiki guide to installation (KDE Linux - KDE Community Wiki) and give things an early try

[alioth9]

Hi I am using (as a test) KDE Linux. To emphasis what it is said KDE Linux is fundamentaly different from KDE Neon so I don’t see a way to switch other than a complet reinstall.

If you adventurous or curious the system is usable right now (again as an experimental test). For example , personnaly, I use it on a spare partition alongside a classic working arch install so if KDE Linux for a reason or another break or stop being sutable for me I always can switch to the other system.

If you ended up installing KDE Linux, and if your need of apps/tools/programms go beyond flatpaks/snaps I can encourage you to look at distrobox (it is preinstall but you may need to configure it to use podman instead of docker), or brew for linux (not yet preinstalled). I have use another method but it is really hacky.

Any way this new project based on “immutable” base system is really interresting so have fun

[Christian_Clark]

Thanks guys …the way some people are saying that the new KDEos is coming out …soon.

[Okona]

Perhaps a kind of migration assistant would be a good idea.
Ideally not for migration from neon, but from other systems (including non Linux) as well.

[BlueUSA]

It’s supposedly based on Arch so peeps can learn what they want and how they want it.

[alioth9]

Who is saying that ? Not the people building it. It is here for test and because we like to try things but I have see all the disclaimer that say it is not for soon. That being said, for what I see, It is going fast. It is in prealpha, and it is not like it crash every now and then.

@Okona

Perhaps a kind of migration assistant would be a good idea.

@BlueUSA

It’s supposedly based on Arch

I think there is a misunderstanding about the system. Yes devs use arch to build the image (because it is what sute them) but from there, there is little that make it an arch based distro: it is not. It even stated it could change in the future: devs could decide to build it from something else (Debian for exemple) without user noticing.
For example pacman is not installed by default. Personaly I wanted to use it so I compile it and bootstrap it in an overlay using system-sysext, but it is hacky and not meant to work this way.
Basically your supposed to use flatpak to install apps. There is some discution for the tools/apps not present as flatpaks, brew is considered. Nothing to do with Arch.