[clue-talk] Alternative KDE distro

[Brian Gibson]

Does OpenSUSE count as SUSE?  Try the minimalist route with LFS, Arch or Gentoo, and build KDE4; then again it depends on how much administration you want to do on your own system.

KDE's website lists the following: http://www.kde.org/trykde/

	* KDE Four Live, frequently updated with recent version of KDE 4:
http://home.kde.org/~binner/kde-four-live/
	* Debian KDE team KDE livecd's
http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/kde4livecd.html
	* Kubuntu livecd's
Kubuntu offers Livecd's for download or free delivery on kubuntu.org/
	* PLD linux Livecd with KDE 4.x:
http://kde4.livecd.pld-linux.org/index.php
	* Mandriva Linux live CD with KDE 4.x:
http://www.mandriva.com/en/download/free
	* Fedora Linux live installer with KDE 4.x:
http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-kdeSince Debian, Kubuntu, and Fedora are out, that leaves Mandriva and PLD.  





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From: Michael Irons <michael.irons at gmail.com>
To: CLUE talk <clue-talk at cluedenver.org>
Sent: Sat, January 9, 2010 12:07:32 AM
Subject: [clue-talk] Alternative KDE distro

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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