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stravanasu Jul 22, 2023

What is KDE Neon, in simpler or more practical terms?

What is KDE Neon, in simpler or more practical terms? - Lemmy.ca

I have read the FAQ [https://neon.kde.org/faq] of KDE Neon: it is well made and answers ground questions like “Is it a distro?” or “Can I turn Kubuntu into KDE Neon?” …And yet I’m confused, because I’m just a newbie in the Linux world. For instance, when they say “on top of a stable base” I don’t know what’s meant as a “base”. I think I understand that it isn’t a distro, but it fascinates me that it’s meant to be installed from an ISO or similar, just like a distro. I wonder if any of you can explain: - What is it, in different words? - Why is it “implemented” as it is? - Are there any other “non-distros” like KDE Neon out there? - Do you use it? how as your experience with it been? Cheers!

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MyNameIsRichard Jul 22, 2023

They take Ubuntu LTS and add their software on top of it. Ubuntu is the base. It’s stable because it’s unchanging because you only get security and bug fixes, no new versions except the Neon stuff. It’s implemented like it is because starting with a complete and freely available distro like Ubuntu is a lot less work than building from scratch.

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stravanasu Jul 22, 2023

Thank you for explaninig what they mean by “base”! But then what’s the difference with Kubuntu? In the FAQ they say “as there is vast overlap in the base offerings of both Kubuntu and KDE neon”, but what do they mean with “base offerings”?

KDE neon

KDE neon is the latest and greatest of KDE community software packaged on a rock-solid base.

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MyNameIsRichard Jul 22, 2023

They are both based on Ubuntu so they mostly offer the same software. Neon has a more up to date KDE stack but you can get something similar by adding the backports ppa to Kubuntu although it may not always have the latest version.

Kubuntu Backports : “Kubuntu Package Archives” team

Backports of new versions of KDE Platform, Plasma and Applications as well as major KDE apps for Kubuntu. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports This PPA will receive major version updates backported from later Kubuntu releases (and our development release); so if instead you want early access to just point (bugfix) releases of the versions of applications shipped with a Kubuntu release, then our updates PPA provides those: https://pad.lv/ppa/kubuntu-ppa This PPA will NOT curren...

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Eezyville Jul 22, 2023

Don’t forget that Kubuntu is an official Ubuntu flavor while KDE Neon is not. Being an official flavor means that they have to follow certain rules for their design.

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Grangle1

Yep. I’m running Neon instead of Kubuntu for this reason. I didn’t want the hassle of dealing with snap, and I wanted the latest KDE stuff, so it’s perfect for me and I’m enjoying the experience. May not be for everyone, though.