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What's the best easy KDE-based Linux distro these days? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm not a beginner anymore, but I'm much less interested in technical tinkering for its own sake than I used to be. These days I just want my computer to work properly without too much intervention from me.

I've been using Kubuntu for a number of years, but I'm also hearing increasing complaints about how Canonical is running things. I don't think I'm ready to switch to a new distro yet, but it wouldn't hurt to know what's out there.

Is Kubuntu still a good choice for an "it just works" KDE-based distro, or has it been surpassed?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Manjaro! I can't run the KDE version myself, but I have both heard and seen good things about it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I've been using Manjaro with KDE for a few years now. It works smoothly, I never ran into any issues with it.

The pacman package manager is pretty nice, too, I found it faster and easier to use than apt-get, and the provided packages are always kept up-to-date. Updating the system (even installing a newer Linux kernel) is very simple and works reliably. So you always have the latest version of your apps, the kernel, and the DE.

In the rare occasion that a program is not available in the official repositories or the community-maintained AUR, you can also install snap or flatpak packages.

And since Manjaro is derived from Arch, you can use the Arch Wiki, which is very useful when you want to set up a database, use the android debug bridge, install another package manager, or do anything else less than trivial.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I used that, an update twice prevented the DE starting up. Went to Kubuntu and OpenSuse TW. Both are far superior and just work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yea this has been my main for almost a decade. It's all of the benefits of running Arch without the painful install. And KDE Plasma 5 is pretty solid now that many bugs have been fixed.

EndeavourOS is probably good too, I haven't tried it, but it seems similar. People who don't like Manjaro seem to prefer it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've been running The KDE version of Manjaro for a couple months now I love it. I'm still pretty new to Linux, but setup was easy and pretty much everything has worked right out of the box.