This week in KDE: more Plasma 6 dev (pointieststick.com)
from MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml to linux@lemmy.ml on 16 Sep 2023 06:41
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Pantherina@feddit.de on 16 Sep 2023 07:33 collapse

Hoow do people use Plasma 6? I tried using KDE Neon unstable twice now. First install everything glitches, kickoff broken and updates dont work. Second install the installer is not even working.

Do they compile that stuff themselves?

azurefirefly@lemmy.basedcount.com on 16 Sep 2023 08:35 next collapse

It’s basically in alpha

Sh1nyM3t4l4ss@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 2023 09:30 next collapse

That was my experience a month or two ago but last week I had no problem installing Neon unstable on a test system and it was amazingly stable though far from perfect.

That said, the developers using Plasma 6 obviously compile it themselves, yes.

woelkchen@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 2023 10:07 next collapse

software.opensuse.org/package/plasma6-desktop

Pantherina@feddit.de on 16 Sep 2023 19:36 collapse

Thanks I will test that!

Zamundaaa@discuss.tchncs.de on 16 Sep 2023 11:08 collapse

I assume you tested it in a virtual machine? Because of a bug in Mesa KWin’s rendering in VMs without hardware acceleration is very broken right now

Pantherina@feddit.de on 16 Sep 2023 19:35 collapse

On my stupid Amd Thinkpad I have no virtualized GPU at all, so all VMs are a total pain. But on the new try it was literally the Neon Installer not finding user@user and cancelling