WARP and trouble shooting

I’ve been accumulating issues. A good many from an attempt to run Plasma 6 on Rocky 9.5 and reverting back to Plasma 5.

I was 40% of the way to thinking I’d change distros.

“Blar blar intelligent AI terminal… I could try that on some issues.”

A week later with a cyclone and power out in the middle of it, I have zero issues yet to resolve. And everything that was done is written up in Obsidian.

I think youall need a look at the AI write up of the Plasma 6 install.

Only negative was that I’m now on the highest paid plan to complete stuff I’d started $50 a month. That’s for unlimited AI requests.

I’m using Claude FTR. I’m playing with a few AI tools so AI isn’t costing be $50 but something more.

There is an open source alternative that I haven’t tried Wave.

Yes I know, AI worry worry.

That said, I’m paying $50 a month! $600 a year. WILLINGLY! Is that X2 the cost of a Windows license? For a terminal?

I’m guessing that these projects are getting a kick back commission for selling AI tokens.

There would be a few options ATM

  1. Users make their own AI discoveries about what is useful.
  2. KDE bundle an existing product like Wave and perhaps get a commission.
  3. KDE developers go nuts on improving terminal and catching up with the bleeding edge, like Warp using an existing AI platform.

Or something else.

I’d like to know whose tried these tool, their thoughts on them and what buzz discussion are going on in KDE about this? If “we are ignoring it”, I’d say “stop it”.

It’s too good for the users for developers to ignore. That’s the bottom line.

I’d go so far as to say that within the forum we should have “get an AI answer” and be able to comment on those answers.

Also I note that Warp + Claude has access to the Red Hat knowledge base. I don’t have such a subscription. :wink:

My conclusion from using Warp, whatever else this should be up with the #1 discussions. KDE puts a face on a text prompt. This is the new face of the text prompt. There’s no space to hide from this reality.

Installation Notes

KDE Plasma 6 Installation

Detailed notes on installing KDE Plasma 6 on Rocky Linux 9.5, including repository configuration, package verification, installation process, encountered issues, solutions, and rollback instructions.

KDE Plasma 6 Installation Notes - Rocky Linux 9.5

Date: [Current Date]
Author: Yani

System Information

  • Distribution: Rocky Linux 9.5
  • Previous Desktop Environment: KDE Plasma 5.27.11

Repository Configuration

  1. Verified EPEL repository was already configured on the system
  2. Enabled the loise/kde-plasma-6 COPR repository:
    sudo dnf copr enable loise/kde-plasma-6
    
  3. This automatically configured the dependency repository loise/plasma6-6.3.0 which contains the actual Plasma 6.3.0 packages

Package Verification

  • Verified availability of key packages:
    • plasma-desktop 6.3.0
    • plasma-workspace 6.3.0
    • kwin 6.3.0
    • Wayland support packages:
      • kwayland 6.3.0
      • kwayland-integration 6.3.0
      • kwin-wayland 6.3.0
      • plasma-workspace-wayland 6.3.0

Installation Process

Step 1: Remove Conflicting Packages

We encountered dependency conflicts with the following packages:

sudo dnf remove ffmpeg-libs libadwaita gnome-software gstreamer1-plugin-libav -y

Step 2: Install Phonon Framework First

We encountered conflicts with phonon packages, so we installed them separately with the --nobest flag:

sudo dnf install phonon-qt6 phonon-common phonon-qt5 -y --allowerasing --nobest

Step 3: Install KDE Plasma 6 Desktop Environment

Installed the full Plasma 6 desktop with the following command:

sudo dnf install plasma-desktop plasma-workspace plasma-workspace-wayland plasma-breeze plasma-breeze-qt6 breeze-gtk plasma-systemsettings plasma-nm plasma-pa plasma-discover kwin kscreen kinfocenter kdeplasma-addons plasma-integration plasma-thunderbolt plasma-vault powerdevil sddm-breeze sddm-kcm qqc2-breeze-style xdg-desktop-portal-kde -y --allowerasing --nobest

Issues Encountered and Solutions

  1. Issue: Conflicts with existing media packages (ffmpeg-libs, gstreamer plugins)
    Solution: Removed the conflicting packages

  2. Issue: Conflicts with GNOME software and libadwaita packages
    Solution: Removed these packages as they weren’t necessary for KDE

  3. Issue: Phonon framework package conflicts
    Solution: Installed phonon packages separately with --nobest flag

  4. Issue: General dependency conflicts
    Solution: Used --allowerasing and --nobest flags to resolve conflicts

Post-Installation Steps

  1. Reboot the system:

    sudo systemctl reboot
    
  2. At the SDDM login screen, select “Plasma (Wayland)” session

  3. Configure desktop settings as desired

Reverting to Plasma 5 (if needed)

If you encounter issues with Plasma 6, you can revert to Plasma 5 with:

sudo dnf remove plasma-desktop-6* plasma-workspace-6* && sudo dnf install plasma-desktop

Additional Notes

  • This installation used community-maintained packages from a COPR repository, not official Rocky Linux packages
  • Some applications may need to be reinstalled if they were removed during the dependency resolution
  • Wayland is the preferred display server for Plasma 6, but X11 is still available as a fallback

References