KDE Linux deep dive: package management is amazing, which is why we don’t include it
https://pointieststick.com/2025/10/25/kde-linux-deep-dive-package-management-is-amazing-which-is-why-we-dont-include-it/
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thingsiplay@beehaw.org · 27 pts · 302d
On smartphones people are used to package managers already. Imagine everyone had to download the executables for every update for each app on their phone, going to their website downloading and such. That's basically how Windows works. Such a Stone Age.
Joelk111@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 302d
Yeah, Linux has blown my mind in that regard. Like, how has windows fucked up the Microsoft Store so goddamn hard?
cosmo@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 302d
I just use winget most of the time now. Never touched the store directly.
nfreak@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 302d
It's the kind of thing that took me years to get comfortable with but these days it should be standard, provided we also have the ability to manually install our own shit (sideeyeing Google's upcoming garbage policy)
WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 303d
flatpak based arch distro with no traditional package manager, just a "store" gui app
Emanuel@lemmy.eco.br · 12 pts · 303d
Tbh this sounds great to install for a Linux noob
WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 302d
I think that is what they were going for. The article has some rationalizations for their decisions. I'm not their target audience but like you say I do see the appeal. I do like the system img roll back features though. I think a lot of new to medium users don't back up properly and then get frustrated at breaking changes.
smeg@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 302d
Amaterasu@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 302d
"In KDE Linux, we build the base system out of Arch packages, but freeze the contents and take responsibility for the result being functional; we don’t offload responsibility onto the user."
Is this the same that Manjaro does?
exu@feditown.com · 3 pts · 301d
No, on Manjaro you can still mess with the system packages. Maybe they do partial updates or uninstall something that "breaks" their system
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 301d
Pretty interesting, kudos to them for building a different system and not yet another distro. The end result of having a ton of pre-installed software in the hope that it covers your hardware and workflows makes it a pass for me as I'm all about being lightweight and modular, but it does seem like an almost perfect grandma distro.
kayohtie@pawb.social · 1 pts · 300d
Honestly this is basically a non-gaming Bazzite using Arch as the base instead of Fedora Atomic, which is technically mutable. I've been trying it out and maybe I should give distrobox a whirl for some things. Overall I've been happy with it.
db2@lemmy.world · -15 pts · 303d
TIL KDE is a distro and not a DE. 🙄
frongt@lemmy.zip · 56 pts · 303d
KDE is a project. KDE Linux is a distro.
jaypatelani@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 301d
Actually it's KDE GNU/Linux distro
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 301d
Or GNU slash Linux, as I’ve taken to calling it
olafurp@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 303d
Ackshually, KDE is an organisation that makes KDE Plasma (a DE) and KDE Linux (a distro)
Nednarb44@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 303d
It's a pretty recent development in fairness. Came out the last couple of months I think?
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 303d
TBF they've had KDE Neon for a lot longer.