Updating KDE Neon has now killed two of my Thinkpads.

Guess this is a good time to try Solus 🤣

@jjg
Yesterday I embarked on a project to make more useability in a linux desktop to prove to family I could have better useability than windows and mac for them. I embarked to add kde connect and mycroft. I have done this before but I wanted both the kde connect and mycroft plasmoid widgets with full functionality so I chose to use kde neon for the first time. After installing the mycroft widget my microphone broke. After a new install the microphone was still broke. -continued

@jjg
Can you recommend a kde distro that is stable, debian (or ubuntu) based distro with great plasmoid updates?

@privatepenguin not sure I’m familiar with “plasmoid “.

I had good luck with Neon for the last 6 mos or so but the last update ate my machines 😂

@jjg
Plasmoid refers to their widgets. I always prefer debian but I want to be able to refer people to a complete distro with modern functionality.

@privatepenguin gotcha, I can’t keep track of all the cute names for things :)

Yeah Debian + Windowmaker were my standard for a long time but I had to switch to something Ubuntu-based for work (long boring story) so I tried Neon and it was alright.

Personally I like to have more control but for work/fam/etc. I get the need for convenience over quality 😉

@jjg
Yeah I'm a debian w/ fluxbox guy but, convenient modern functionality is this project's purpose. After this try I probably will attempt it with kubuntu.

@privatepenguin @jjg GNOME3 is currently quite good. At least once I understood hit "Meta/Windows key" and type name of app i want (or click dock) It is streamlined for common use cases. Otherwise I heard interesting things about ElementaryOS.

@alienghic @jjg
I like Gnome 2 and prefer super lightweight. The only reason I'm working on this project is to prove to family a linux distro does windows/mac better than windows/mac. The ai assistant plus seamless phone integration works best with kde widgets and, is crucial to this.