Hey Nightfox!
On Tue, Feb 03 2026 19:33:52 -0600, you wrote:
> Yeah, I've actually installed KDE on Linux Mint, and it does work.
> I was just a little skeptical after seeing people recommend against
> doing so. Also, years ago, I had installed Cinnamon on Ubuntu..
I don't know of the type of people that would recommend against something like
that, and I don't want to know them. ;)
> Also, while it works, the version of KDE Plasma included in the repo
> for Linux Mint is a 5.x version, which is older than the one
> included in KUbuntu 25.10 (6.x). I also noticed a couple features
> in the display settings that weren't available, which are available
> in the 6.x version included with KUbuntu. I imagine it would
> probably be fine, but for now I decided to install KUbuntu as it has
> the newer version of KDE Plasma. And I think it looks & works
> fairly well.
Probably just a restriction of their repos, and the age of their packages. If
Linux Mint leans more towards something like stable Debian repos, everything is
going to be older. It all depends on which distro you choose to go with.
> I was mainly wondering about what would happen when I try to update
> to the next major version of the distro and if anything would
> break.. I haven't tried that with an alternate DE installed.
I would imagine nothing major these days. So long as all dependencies the DE
requires comes at the same time. I imagine just about every distro has some kind
of a "howto" for separate DEs, including ones that don't come by default with
said distro.
If anything, you can try it in a VM or on a PC or laptop you're just tinkering
with anyways, first, so there's no chance of losing stuff you don't want to (in
case something were to possibly happen).
Regards,
Nick
... Sarcasm, because beating people up is illegal.
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