"This Month in #KDELinux" brings the news that...

You should never deploy alpha software in production machines 😬! A systemd bug broke booting an updated system, a systemd update broke Discover, but the good news is everything has been sorted and hardened now.

On the plus side, KDE Linux users get friendlier feedback, better connectivity with Apple devices, and improved multi-language support.

https://pointieststick.com/2026/03/31/this-month-in-kde-linux-march-2026/

#distro #Linux #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

For those questioning the use of systemd in KDE Linux, it's fine. It is a fine framework on which we can build a distro, and the systemd folks are quick to correct errors.

Those pesky bugs? Well, these things happen. It's just unfortunate that two colliding bugs happened at the same time. That is why we have alpha, beta, and release candidates before we are confident enough to release a production version.

As for those who don't like systemd for any reason, that's fine too: KDE Linux is not be-all and end-all of the KDE experience by any means. We actively support other distros and platforms, some of which don't have systemd, even a Linux kernel at all!

@kde "KDE Linux" is a pretty confusing name for a new distro imo. At first I thought this post was about KDE (the desktop environment) not supporting anything but systemd (anymore).

Having a distro with basically the same name as one of the popular desktop env's (one of the only things a new user may actually be interested in knowing) doesn't make things much clearer..

@odd @kde
At least in theory, the DE is called Plasma and KDE is just the organization that makes it. Doesn't really work in practice though. It would be funny if it were named KDistro, but they want to be taken seriously, so that unfortunately won't happen.
@anonax @odd @kde KNU/Linux