What are the best KDE distro's and why
I have used Linux Mint 8 KDE for a while and fell in love with it. But I recently began to explore other distro's to find one that adopts KDE a little bit better. (Kmint has a lot of GTK+ apps in it...)
After trying Kubuntu 10.04 (crashes all the time) and Fedora 13 KDE spin(slower than windows 7!!!), I can honestly say that they EPICALLY failed. I am looking to give the soon to be released Sidux release a go along with openSUSE when it comes out in July. Are there any other KDE distro's that you guys would recommend? (I need one that is fine for intermediate users as I am no guru, and I need easy access to codecs, the nvidia driver, and skype). |
You asked for it: Mandriva & PClinuxOS :)
Sorry I forgot to put my reason why: Because they just work. |
My favorite KDE distro is Slackware 13.1.
Why? Because you get KDE the way it was supposed to be, without any custom themes/branding and patches only applied when necessary. |
Mandriva doesn't have free 64 bit
and I am unsure how many packages PClinuxOS has available for it. Also, when I ran PClinuxOS 2010, it felt kinda slow... I heard it is hard getting packages for Slackware, and I need easy installs and to have quick access to codecs and drivers. |
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PClinuxOS ran slow compared to linux mint.
I remember when I gave it a go on my laptop, there was something that didn't feel right about it, I forgot what though, I am thinking I will give it a go and see how I like it. I think it's because it felt stiff with the default install, I might just have to customize it a bit then =). and I just went to the mandriva download page, you need to pay a subscription fee to get the 64 bit. |
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thank you, that was kind of hidden...what's the downside of not paying.
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Is there 64 bit for PClinuxOS???
What are the main differences between mandriva and PClinuxOS? I totally forgot to mention...I would like 64 bit, so if PClinuxOS doesn't have that, sadly it will not work for me most likely. (and the machines I have that are 32 bit, well are not fast enough to handle how "heavy" it is, unless the E17 version is a lot faster than its KDE counterpart. |
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The 32 Bits PCLinuxOS works OK on 64 Bits computers. I.e. you don't need a 64 Bits OS to run Linux on a 64 Bits processor. .. |
True, but 64 bit OS's run faster (and so do their applications) or so I am told. I also have 4+ gigs of ram. Without a 64bit OS it's pointless to have that much.
I am going to give Mandriva a go to see what it's like. |
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Does that mean I should install the 2010 edition?
Also, When I checked out the mirrors for north america for the "preview" edition (I assume this is their beta/rolling release), I saw only XFCE Lite and KDE Lite. What is the difference between KDE-Lite and KDE-Full? |
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