Answers to: Which is the best KDE based distribution?

Answer by eu

eu — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:04:37 -0400

Answer by Gorbayov

Gorbayov — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:57:58 -0400

Kubuntu is nice openSuSe is good too

Answer by Anthony Stanton

Anthony Stanton — Mon, 24 May 2010 22:56:40 -0400

You see? Too many people answering your question with Slackware not to take them seriously, and pointing out the problems with all the ubuntus.

You should take their advice and use Slackware.

Answer by unixbhaskar

unixbhaskar — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:56:26 -0400

I think openSUSE..although I had dump it for different reason and not using it anymore.Last used version was 11.2.

Their forums are pathetic to be in.But openSUSE is glue with KDE and score above all I suppose.

Cheers mate!

Answer by NjB

NjB — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:32:53 -0400

Hye,

I'm discovering KDE trough SLACKWARE, and LINUX trought SLACKWARE.

:-) NjB )

Answer by GougeMan

GougeMan — Mon, 17 May 2010 01:25:41 -0400

I'm not a fan of Kubuntu. It is always bloated and runs slow for some reason on every distribution I have tried. Go with Slackware.

Answer by Bob

Bob — Sun, 16 May 2010 18:16:59 -0400

Slackware. Nuff Said.

Answer by tallship

tallship — Fri, 14 May 2010 21:14:46 -0400

I think what you're actually looking for is SuSe. Several people have already pointed you in this direction and you even eluded to it in your opening post as looking for something 'similar or..."

Since you've already found the out of the box distro that comes closest to meeting your needs, the only other suggestions I can offer are:

1.) roll your own distro (This will, eventually, provide you with EXACTLY what you are looking for

or...

2.) Use Slackware Linux - which deeply bases its GUI on KDE, and having abandoned direct support for GNOME some time ago.

That having been said, There are GNOME endeavors specifically for Slackware, and integrating the parts of GNOME you want are simple anyway, provided you pick and choose which applications you want to use as part of your platform.

For instance, you can re-roll Slackware with all of the specific software packages that you want (if you're into mass-deployment of desktops) and then simply making that the default install of apps (see: cooking up some slack).

You can remove any of the other window managers, applications you don't want, and include all of the GNOME apps that you do, if they're not already included.

For simple deployment of additional applications, you can create small scripts which will install (via your so-called 'control-panel' within KDE) on the fly across all of the machines you have mass deployed from a central NFS repository, for example, of SlackBuilds - such installations typically take about two to six seconds.

Slackware Linux is available at: http://Slackware.com

or...

3.) Deploy Sorcerer Linux

This is a very unique, and completely self-automating distribution that installs ALL system and application software from the respective actual software publisher's download repositories initially, and then, on a regular basis that you determine, continually updates by downloading, patching, compiling, and redeploying ALL of the software on your system regularly.

Instead of simply downloading KDE, for example, all over again on the day that a new KDE release is available, delta patches are downloaded, considerably reducing the amount of download traffic and accelerating the update process.

Imagine, you go to bed one day and the very next day you wake up with the latest and greatest KDE already downloaded, compiled for the most optimal performance for the particular hardware on your machine, installed, and available. No reboots, no intervention on your part.

installing new software is as simple as typing the following on the command line:



cast kde

In a little bit, the latest KDE is installed.

Sorcerer Linux is available at: http://Sorcerer.Silverice.org

Hope that helps :)

Kindest regards,

Bradley

Answer by smeezekitty

smeezekitty — Fri, 14 May 2010 00:22:05 -0400

Kbuntu is pretty good.

Answer by Ken 1

Ken 1 — Thu, 13 May 2010 06:15:26 -0400

Mandriva is my distro of choice !

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Answer by Freshmeadow

Freshmeadow — Thu, 13 May 2010 02:01:11 -0400

I have to be another that suggests OpenSuse 11.2 KDE. My wife uses it on her Dell Inspiron laptop circa 2003 and it is a smooth, gorgeous experience. I have also run it on my Asus EEE. Rock solid and a great user community. Cheers.

Answer by FewClues

FewClues — Thu, 13 May 2010 01:38:55 -0400

I agree with Sander Marechal. Mandriva 2010 Spring has about the best use of KDE I've seen and I am a world class Distro-hoper Mandriva allows you to make maximum use of KDE and yet can be very Vanilla if you prefer.

Answer by Sander Marechal

Sander Marechal — Wed, 12 May 2010 21:01:38 -0400

I know many KDE users who swear by Mandriva.

Answer by tim arnold

tim arnold — Wed, 12 May 2010 12:02:43 -0400

Kubuntu is the best for my money !!! The ease of ubuntu set up perfectly for kde

Answer by pmarini

pmarini — Wed, 12 May 2010 09:08:08 -0400

A little of an overkill answer, but I would suggest the following:

- If you want a full list of distributions that use KDE as the primary graphical interface, have a look at following link, and sort by the last column so that all KDE ones will be grouped together (scroll down, it's a long list): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Linux_distributions#Technical

- I've heard good things of MEPIS (SimplyMEPIS), Mandriva (despite recent financial troubles) and Sabayon in addition to the ones already suggested by others

- If you're interested in some that have a "Windows look", try Linspire and Xandros too

- As per reliability, your mileage might vary, but Sabayon seems to be the one with KDE always in mind but, as you will see from the following link, things change with time and a couple of years ago the "picture" was quite different, with Kanotix and Sidux being the top choices: http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3016/results

Answer by The Doc

The Doc — Wed, 12 May 2010 01:23:44 -0400

I have to agree with masteryod and Jonathan... Open Suse supports a very good looking KDE UI. In my opinion very easy to get a great looking KDE desktop up and running without a huge amount of effort.

Answer by madpuppy

madpuppy — Wed, 12 May 2010 00:41:08 -0400

PClinuxOS is super user-friendly, not bloated,easy to install and administer. It runs as a live distribution so you can verify that all your hardware works properly and the install routine runs from the livecd's desktop. It uses many of Mandriva's configuration tools and it is a RPM based distro that uses URPMI to install software while automatically choosing and installing all dependencies in a way, it works very similarly to APT in debian based distro's. PClinuxOS also uses Synaptic for it's software installer, it is a very nice gui based installer that also maintains the list of chosen repositories as well as making it easy for the average user to add repositories.The KDE desktop is very polished and will impress you with the sane decisions That Texstar and his team made when configuring it.

here is the download link for the KDE 4.x version:

http://pclinuxos.com/?page_id=180

Answer by Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 11 May 2010 22:41:27 -0400

opensuse, i think is one of the first distros adopting this Desktop Manager...

Answer by masteryod

masteryod — Tue, 11 May 2010 21:55:11 -0400

open suse is probably the best kind of user friendly anty-idiot distro ;) you should also look at mint linux, i don't think you can find better polish-kde-out-of-box then open suse but it comes with the price of small customization and software bloat, if you want good kde you should do it yourself i mean clean installation (arch or debian net-install or slack or something like that) and couple hours of love