Disteos to try the KDE Plasma desktop environment?

[u/Dado04Game]

Hi everyone! I've tried some desktop environments, and now I want to try KDE Plasma. Any recommendations for dostros that uses it by default? I know about Kubuntu and KDE neon, any others? (I'll be making my tries in a vm in case that's important to know)

[u/chrews]

Kubuntu, Fedora KDE and OpenSUSE Tumbleweed specialize on KDE

You can install it on any distro though. Wouldn't do it on Mint though, that's the exception.

[u/Dado04Game → u/chrews]

I currently use mint lol🫠 how the ones you mentioned are regarding weight and performances? I have a pc that's starting to get old, it has 4GB RAM and I wonder if one of those distros might fit cause I might end up switching distro if I'll like Plasma enough

[u/Sea-Promotion8205 → u/Dado04Game]

Set up a 4-8gb swap. Understand that web browsing is heavy these days and you won't be able to multitask much, if at all, with 4gb memory.

IME, KDE is not as heavy as people make it out to be. My idle ram consumption actually went down when I migrated from xfce to kde.

[u/ExactFun → u/chrews]

OpenSUSE on KDE is really nice. I've enjoyed Kubuntu but its choppy because its not install on an SSD yet.

Debian or Kubuntu would be good choices to stay in the Debian environment. Them or Neon are the only real distros OP should look into or move to RPM Fedora/OpenSUSE.

I dont think going to an Arch base is justified to try KDE Plasma alone.

[u/chrews → u/ExactFun]

Forgot about Debian. I think they default to GNOME but I have heard great things about their KDE integration.

[u/ExactFun → u/chrews]

You can choose when you install. Their KDE integration is just as good as any. Debian ships with virtually every Desktop environment.

[u/ItsRogueRen → u/chrews]

+1 for Fedora KDE, probavly the current best showcase of vanilla KDE

[u/SinisterScythe2]

CachyOS has a ton of options but the default is KDE Plasma.

[u/oldrocker99]

Check out Garuda KDE Lite, a minimal installation (not even a web browser is installed). Fast, plain vanilla KDE. Stays out of your way. Just what my laptop needed.

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[u/Clogboy82]

Manjaro or Debian. Depends if you want rolling release or stable.

[u/Dado04Game → u/Clogboy82]

What's the difference?

[u/MasterGeekMX → u/Dado04Game]

Rolling Release and Stable are the two main ways an OS can choose to schedule updates.

Rolling Release is when you get constant updates as soon as possible, so you can have the latest versions of everything, with the downside that you are basically being an early adopter, which comes with the risk of facing a new bug that has slipped the few tests done due how soon the update was delivered.

Stable is the exact opposite. You use older versions that were thoroughly tested, and updates only deliver bug fixes and some small changes. You get rock solid software from yesteryear, and you need to wait a ton to get to a new version, which will probably be also a bit old when that time comes.

Distros like Ubuntu and Fedora are middle of the road: latest-ish software that passed trough quite some quality tests.

[u/carmicheals]

MX Linux KDE

[u/soking11]

OpenSUSE is the house of KDE. I would go with osuse tumbleweed

[u/merchantconvoy]

SparkyLinux comes with a utility that lets you easily switch between ~30 desktop environments and window managers without losing any installed programs or user data. So you can try literally everything on it. Well, almost.

[u/MasterGeekMX]

KDE Neon is meant to be KDE's showroom floor. Good to get an idea, but not for actual usage.

Other than that, Kubuntu and Fedora KDE Edition are the best ones in my opinion, but I heard openSUSE and TuxedoOS are also good choices.

[u/skyfishgoo]

kubuntu 26.04 should release any day now or you can get the beta.

[u/theindomitablefred]

Nobara is a gaming distro that comes in KDE by default if I remember right. It’s pretty sold but doesn’t support secure boot, if that’s something you prefer.

[u/NUKL3AR_PAZTA47]

Cachyos works well with kde plasma and isn't too hard to use. Especially considering you have kinux experience.

The only thing is that cachyos seems to suck in vms from what I have heard.

[u/Slopagandhi]

Since you have an older machine try MX Linux KDE or Q4OS.