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Is it a good idea to use KDE plasma on linux mint? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/linux@programming.dev
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looking around online it seems possible but apparently not a good experience? i think the posts were a bit old so maybe something has changed since then

Edit: i don't want to hop distro, i just want to change the desktop manager.

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[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.de 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Why should the experience be essentially different from Kubuntu 22.04, as it uses essentially the exactly same repos?

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Doesn’t Mint use native packages where Ubuntu is snap-happy?

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.de 4 points 6 months ago

AfaIk, Ubuntu uses some snap packages, e.g. Firefox, not the whole DE.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Mint uses flatpaks instead of snaps.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.de 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I mean the deb-repositories which are of concern for apt. Mint is basically Ubuntu plus an additional repository and thus binary compatible.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, the base repositories are the same (along with Debian). In addition, Ubuntu gives access to the snap store, while Mint uses a flatpak repo. It won't mean a lot to everyone--the main distinction between the distros is the default DE.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

along with Debian

Debian uses separate repos, which are incompatible to Ubuntu.

Snap and Flatpak are both available as packages. I don't know about the availability of snap or Flatpak packages in the graphical 'appstores' in Ubuntu or Mint, but in Plasma Discover both are available by plugins.