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.
@alienghic @privatepenguin elementary is pretty slick but in my experience it was very unstable
@jjg @alienghic
I got microphone back up with some magic, but I've not installed the widget yet (fingers crossed).