KDE Linux Emerges! Will It Supplement or Replace Neon?

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Hello community,

While browsing Mastodon today, I came across news about KDE Linux on a source that shares Linux news. I had previously heard about the existence of a Linux distribution developed by KDE outside of Neon. As someone who closely follows KDE news and developments, I haven’t yet come across an official announcement from KDE about this new distribution.

Therefore, I’d like to pose a few questions to the KDE development team, both my own curiosity and to reflect the thoughts of users with similar questions:

1. Is KDE Linux a replacement for KDE Neon?What will be the difference between the two?

2. Does KDE Linux represent a more innovative and different vision than KDE Neon?

3. Also, is this new system ready and stable enough for mainstream use?

4. Does KDE Linux aim to offer KDE technologies in a more holistic way, or does it aim to take the current KDE experience offered by KDE Neon to a different level?

5. What platform does KDE Linux use, or will it be its own platform?

I’m eagerly awaiting the KDE community’s thoughts and goals regarding this new project, and how it will relate to KDE Neon. It seems like a significant development for the future of KDE, and I believe it’s important for many users seeking more information to find answers to these questions.

In my opinion, merging two existing projects under a name like KDE Linux or KDE OS would be a great step. Developing a distribution with KDE’s own native platform, rather than relying on the Ubuntu LTS platform, would allow the project to become more independent, robust, and sustainable.

Such a change could represent a major turning point in KDE’s vision. Switching to a constantly updated platform and keeping the system always up-to-date could make KDE a leading player in the desktop environment space. This step would make KDE a much more accessible and attractive option, not only from a technical perspective but also from a user experience perspective.

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Would’t take much to replace Neon or Kubuntu.

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I’m not sure what they plan to do with it, but it should be called xenon.

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Supposedly it’s a Immutable Arch distro. I’m voting for “Plasma Mut”.:rofl:

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It’s merely an immutable, atomic, image based snapshot of Arch where you can install software with only flatpak and systemd-sysext. It doesn’t have even half the customizability of KDE Neon. The team within KDE that maintains KDE Linux is different from the team behind KDE Neon.

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KDE Linux - KDE Community answers most of your questions

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Hello again. The explanations here cover some information, but due to translation errors, they’re not entirely clear. I’m hoping for a concise and understandable explanation from someone truly knowledgeable on the subject.

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That sounds bad, very very bad.

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What translation errors? And did you see the link from that page to KDE Linux - KDE Community Wiki ? That has some more information.

I don’t know much more than what those pages say, but if you could say what isn’t clear to you after reading that, someone more knowledgable than I will probably see and answer.

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“Apps primarily come from Flatpak and Snap”,

Good thing SSD’s are huge nowadays and we have access to a lot of RAM, because this distro I think is going to need it. I can understand the reasoning for for using Flatpak & Snap, but my god they’re not very optimised.

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As far as I understand, the issue isn’t that important, at least not as I understand or imagine it. Therefore, I think it’s best to end this discussion here.

I’d like to take this opportunity to emphasize that KDE Neon is a great system, but it could be much better. As a user, I’ll do my best and contribute to this development with feedback.

However, I must say that an innovative Plasma system, developed as a single, independent project with its own core, called KDE OS or KDE Linux, would have truly impressed me much more.

I’d like to thank everyone who participated in this thread and shared their valuable ideas.