• cravl@slrpnk.net
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        19 hours ago

        Note that KDE Linux is completely different from Neon:

        • Arch-based
        • Immutable
          • /usr is a read-only, atomically updated erofs volume backed by a single file, allowing rollback to any of the last 5 OS images
          • No system package management allowed, only Flatpak, AppImage, distrobox, etc

        I love the direction they’re going with it, but I personally won’t be running it because I like to tinker.

        • NightFantom@slrpnk.net
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          18 hours ago

          https://linux.kde.org/#what-kind-of-base-technology-does-kde-linux-use

          They disagree with calling it arch based:

          What kind of base technology does KDE Linux use?

          KDE Linux is an “immutable base OS” Linux distro created using Arch Linux packages, but it should not be considered an “Arch-based distro”; Arch is simply a means to an end, and KDE Linux doesn’t even ship with the pacman package manager.

          KDE Linux leans on Systemd for a great deal of functionality. Updates are atomic and image-based, with the last 5 OS images cached on disk. Only the Wayland session is supported. Apps primarily come from Flatpak.

          Learn more about KDE Linux’s architecture.

        • Planchette @lemmy.zipOP
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          19 hours ago

          I probably won’t use it for the simple fact that it will likely use the rolling release style of updates. I am more of a stable release fella myself, so I think I’ll stick to LMDE.