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Re: Anybody had any luck with MX + KDE?

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Russell Gadd wrote:

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> 
> I've followed your comments on grc's newsgroup and appreciated your
> insights, so I'm a bit sorry to see this post. I am currently using Mint
> 17.0 Mate and have been mulling a change. Most of the googling I do to
> look for solutions to issues seem to refer to Cinnamon rather than Mate.
> Also my friend has recommended KDE to me and you have championed MX-15.
> So my current thoughts are possibly moving to MX-15 with KDE. If this is
> not a smooth experience I'll have to rethink Mint with Mate / Cinnamon /
> KDE. I have only recently installed a default MX-15 (agreed the forum is
> brilliant) and haven't yet used KDE. So now I think I'll install the
> latest Mint with KDE and see if I like KDE, rather than jumping straight
> in to a trial of MX-15 + KDE.
> 
> Please let us know in due course where you settle.

IME adding a different DE to an existing distro can be frustrating and time-
consuming. Unless there is a compelling reason, it's usually better to stick 
with the native one.

If you are unfamiliar with KDE, Mint's version would be a reasonable 
starting point as it is not heavily altered from standard. KDE has *lots* of 
configuration options; you could easily spend a week playing with them.

If you are thinking of using KDE long-term, remember that Plasma 5 is main-
stream now, and is quite different from KDE 4 that Mint is using. If you 
want to try Plasma 5, Kubuntu's latest release uses it.

If you eventually decide on KDE with MX-15, there will be help available at 
the MX forum. Some members have been happily using that configuration for a 
while.

Chris

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Anybody had any luck with MX + KDE? Mark Warner <mhwarner.inhibitions@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 21:08 -0500
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    Re: Anybody had any luck with MX + KDE? Chris Whelan <cawhelan@prejudicentlworld.com> - 2016-01-12 16:54 +0000
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  Re: Anybody had any luck with MX + KDE? Dale Beckett <dale@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-15 02:31 +0000
    Re: Anybody had any luck with MX + KDE? Mark Warner <mhwarner.inhibitions@gmail.com> - 2016-01-20 12:08 -0500
      Re: Anybody had any luck with MX + KDE? Dale Beckett <dale@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-20 21:37 +0000

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