[clue-talk] Alternative KDE distro

[Michael Irons]

Hello all,

I was wanted to get feedback/recommendations on possible KDE distributions
to replace Kubuntu on my laptop. Kubuntu works okay of the box, but if you
want to change anything from the default.... good luck. It is a perpetual
knot.

It seems more and more things are breaking as well:

I have to recompile the kernel everytime I want upgrade due to a power
management issue, which isn't in itself a problem. But Ubuntu's "correct way
of updating the kernel" is ridiculous (or just badly documented).
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile
I currently use Kernelcheck to do it for me after several failed tries at
the manual way. I can compile kernels under debian, gentoo, and redhat...
ubuntu, no.

Here is what I would like in a distro:

KDE based.
Debian based if possible.
I would like to avoid Suse and Redhat, I just have a different outlook, but
might change if there is a good enough case.
It has to be stable enough for me to run throughout school year without
constantly having to fix. (Dumb moves by me not withstanding).

I really like Debian itself for its ease of
configurability/stability/standards, but it is not up to date enough for my
tastes (for a laptop, as I like playing with new things). If they had KDE 4
I would switch over
Kubuntu is up to date, and just works (mostly), but lacks good
configurability/standards.

I realize I am fighting opposing forces (New/stable, Easy/configurable,
etc), but maybe something in between

I was considering Sidux, but it is based on Debian Sid (unstable), so I am
not sure.

Any thoughts?


Thanks

Michael Irons
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