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kacir · 07-29-2012, 04:47 AM

Update.

A few days ago Mint Linux KDE came out. It is based on Ubuntu 12.04. But they took Gnome version of Mint linux as system to base it on, not Kubuntu.

I have abandoned KDE during the famous 4.0 dabacle. Before that KDE was my environment of choice. I have decided to try going back to KDE to see how Mint developers have configured it. To me it is much better than Kubuntu or other pure-KDE distros. I dislike Plasma and the typical modern look of KDE 4.xy

So I have installed Mint Linux Maya KDE edition, (googled how to disable that *bloody* Plasma cashew icon on my desktop

,) tweaked system a little bit and started to use it. It even has wobly windows and desktop cube! This is Mint I have come to expect. Everything works very well, even on this 8 years old Pentimum 4 [Hyperthreading] based PC with 2 gigs of Ram and old disks.

I haven't had single crash since converting to KDE. I have spent quite a few hours using Calibre very intensively and everything Just Works (TM).

UPDATE more than a month later:
I still haven't experienced single crash of Calibre or any other program since turning to KDE.

07-29-2012, 04:47 AM	#18
kacir Wizard Posts: 3,463 Karma: 10684861 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PocketBook 360, before it was Sony Reader, cassiopeia A-20	Update Update. A few days ago Mint Linux KDE came out. It is based on Ubuntu 12.04. But they took Gnome version of Mint linux as system to base it on, not Kubuntu. I have abandoned KDE during the famous 4.0 dabacle. Before that KDE was my environment of choice. I have decided to try going back to KDE to see how Mint developers have configured it. To me it is much better than Kubuntu or other pure-KDE distros. I dislike Plasma and the typical modern look of KDE 4.xy So I have installed Mint Linux Maya KDE edition, (googled how to disable that bloody Plasma cashew icon on my desktop ,) tweaked system a little bit and started to use it. It even has wobly windows and desktop cube! This is Mint I have come to expect. Everything works very well, even on this 8 years old Pentimum 4 [Hyperthreading] based PC with 2 gigs of Ram and old disks. I haven't had single crash since converting to KDE. I have spent quite a few hours using Calibre very intensively and everything Just Works (TM). UPDATE more than a month later: I still haven't experienced single crash of Calibre or any other program since turning to KDE. Last edited by kacir; 09-04-2012 at 08:28 AM.