I've replaced my Linux Mint with KDE Neon.
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I've replaced my Linux Mint with KDE Neon. Worst installation experience since Windows Vista.
It is a lifesaver that I can jump back to the comand line as no KDE apps work including Konsole. A missing libpulse shared library causes the problem, but reinstalling pulseaudio didn't fix it.
I have no idea why a missing audio lib blocks a terminal emulator, a file manager, or a notepad (Kate) from launching. 🫤
I'm certain that Neon work fine at the end, but now, it's annoying.
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I've replaced my Linux Mint with KDE Neon. Worst installation experience since Windows Vista.
It is a lifesaver that I can jump back to the comand line as no KDE apps work including Konsole. A missing libpulse shared library causes the problem, but reinstalling pulseaudio didn't fix it.
I have no idea why a missing audio lib blocks a terminal emulator, a file manager, or a notepad (Kate) from launching. 🫤
I'm certain that Neon work fine at the end, but now, it's annoying.
Yesterday I took a wrong approach solving this. My idea was that the KDE installation was perfect, but some inherited config from my home folder caused the issue.
Today morning I approached it differently. I tried to install libpulse0. But it was installed already. Then I forced the reinstallation, and suddenly everything started working.
So, it was badly installed all along.
My issues so far:
1.) In order to preserve my home folder, I had to use trial and error to determine which partition types, formats, and sizes KDE Neon requires. Reading #StackOverflow only made things worse, as the articles were too old. The only thing that was clearly said by the installer, that it needs 300 MB boot/efi. Now, that I learned the layout, it will be easy next time.
2.) This libpulse0 mess that rendered many basic app unusable.
3.) I haven't figured out how to uninstall #Firefox yet. I use #Vivaldi and I don't need an AI infused browser. I like Firefox too. But if it is not removable as any other app, then I consider it bloatware.
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I've replaced my Linux Mint with KDE Neon. Worst installation experience since Windows Vista.
It is a lifesaver that I can jump back to the comand line as no KDE apps work including Konsole. A missing libpulse shared library causes the problem, but reinstalling pulseaudio didn't fix it.
I have no idea why a missing audio lib blocks a terminal emulator, a file manager, or a notepad (Kate) from launching. 🫤
I'm certain that Neon work fine at the end, but now, it's annoying.
This was one of the best system installation experiences I've had. In less than two hours, I had everything working as it did under Mint the day before, including my Python and Angular development projects, cloud sync, and Steam. Impressive! 🤩
️ I haven't gotten rid of Firefox yet. Steam's .deb installation vanished after using it once, so I replaced it with a Flatpak. The lock screen crashes, and 'apt update' lists two unreachable sources, so there are things for me to fix. I wouldn't say that Neon works out of the box, but it's still really cool.The whole system feels great, including the smart clipboard, the emoji keyboard and so on.
On the other hand, it launches apps slower than Mint. Perhaps it is because of #Wayland , but on my config, there should be 0 performance issues. Wating 4 seconds to open a file manager, and 7 seconds for a package manager feels odd. They should be there instantly. On Mint, GIMP launched under ~1.5 seconds, now it took 5-7. It's not optimal.But for now, I'm enjoying KDE Neon. Let's see if I can solve all the issues.
