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I'm looking for a distribution that allows you to use KDE to control any aspect of your system. It should also have taken care of things like theming GTK applications so they do not look out of place when run under KDE. It goes without saying that crashes while using KDE should be zero. In other words, I'm looking for a distribution that feels like it was made with KDE in mind from the ground up. I've tried Kubuntu and honestly, KDE feels like a second class citizen there. I'm talking an experience similar or better than OpenSuse 11.2. I'm talking a KDE distribution with not just the kinks ironed out, but one with polish. Does this bring any distribution to mind? |
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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: Download http://Slax.org and you'll be up and running in 15 minutes - everything plug and play.
(24 May '10, 22:59)
tallship
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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 |
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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 |
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Kubuntu is the best for my money !!! The ease of ubuntu set up perfectly for kde |
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I know many KDE users who swear by Mandriva. Interesting. Thanks! Funnily, the first distro I tried back in the day was good 'ol Mandrake Linux :)
(18 May '10, 06:41)
carleeto
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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. |
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UPDATE: I am now on OpenSuse 11.3. That's KDE 4.4.4 with complete control over your system from within KDE. The bar is now MUCH higher and unless there is something that at least a few people are in agreement that is WAY better than OpenSuse, I'm going to stick with it for now, while keeping an eye on Slackware, Mandriva and PCLinuxOS. Thank you all for your replies.