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KDE Edition Beta Released For Linux Mint 18 'Sarah' (fossbytes.com)
An anonymous Slashdot reader quotes a report from fossBytes:
Linux Mint 18 'Sarah' KDE Edition Beta is now available for download and testing. This release is based on the long-term supported Linux 4.4 kernel and KDE Plasma 5.6 desktop environment. The final release of this widely popular distro is expected to arrive in September... Just like MATE, Cinnamon, and Xfce releases, the KDE release is a long term release that will remain supported until 2021.
Linux Mint 18 'Sarah' KDE Edition ships with Mozilla Firefox as default web browser and LibreOffice as the default office suite. The Linux distro also features a wide range of popular KDE apps like Kontact, Dolphin, Gwenview, KMail, digiKam, KTorrent, Skanlite, Konversation, K3b, Konsole, Amarok, Ark, Kate, Okular, and Dragon Player.
"Unlike other Linux Mint editions, the KDE edition will ship with the SDDM display manager," reports the Linux Mint blog. Distrowatch notes that it's based on Ubuntu 16.04, and suggests "Mint's 'KDE' flavour might turn out to be the most interesting of the bunch, especially if the project's usually excellent quality assurance is applied to this edition in the same manner as in its 'MATE' and 'Cinnamon' variants."
Linux Mint 18 'Sarah' KDE Edition ships with Mozilla Firefox as default web browser and LibreOffice as the default office suite. The Linux distro also features a wide range of popular KDE apps like Kontact, Dolphin, Gwenview, KMail, digiKam, KTorrent, Skanlite, Konversation, K3b, Konsole, Amarok, Ark, Kate, Okular, and Dragon Player.
"Unlike other Linux Mint editions, the KDE edition will ship with the SDDM display manager," reports the Linux Mint blog. Distrowatch notes that it's based on Ubuntu 16.04, and suggests "Mint's 'KDE' flavour might turn out to be the most interesting of the bunch, especially if the project's usually excellent quality assurance is applied to this edition in the same manner as in its 'MATE' and 'Cinnamon' variants."
First time we hear about KDE in ages.. then we get a second story on the same day.
Konspiracy?
What's new: https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_sarah_kde_whatsnew.php
Release notes: https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_sarah_kde.php
Why post a set of irrelevant links when you can post links to the summary documents?
You can talk about KDE all you want, but seriously, there's nothing better in the Linux world. KDE apps are second to none (dolphin, konsole, Kate, k3b, rekonq the list goes on) and as far as a highly customizable graphical environment, there is no competition. Sure it's buggy from time to time and KDE 4 was a mess at the start, but plasma 5 is much improved and continues to be the only graphical option for anyone with a brain. And qt is the best toolkit, hands down.
KDE gets a bad rap because many people try Kubuntu and blame KDE, when the problem is Kubuntu. Try open suse or especially arch and experience the wonder that is a fully integrated, powerful, customizable desktop environment.
I'm running Plasma 5.7, live... You can't go wrong with Slackware..
“He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
Everyone else cares about applications to do their work.
I shouldn't reply to a trolling AC, but I want to state that I run Linux precisely because I care about having the applications and tools I need to do my work, and on Linux I have everything I need, while retaining full control over my environment. I'm less vulnerable to exploits, I don't have telemetry sending back my every move, I install updates when I wish and not when they are forced on me, and I don't have to deal with or get rid of crappy "apps" and crappier live tiles.
I don't get excited over the kernel or the toolkits any further than their being open-source, free, of good quality, and all in all enablers of doing my work freely and on my own terms.
When you say that "everyone" cares about applications to do their work, you push aside one of the biggest objections I hear about Linux, which comes from the gaming community who can't run their favorite new games on Linux. To me that says Windows is as much about games as it is about doing work. Not that that's a bad thing, but it's contrary to your statement.
and don't regret it, but .. it's not superior, it just does things [Arch-based rather than Debian or Debian/Ubuntu] differently. I kinda like KDE5.
Don't waste your keystrokes on these douche lords. They don't deserve Linux.
Personally I couldn't care less if the year of the Linux desktop never comes...Linux isn't going to disappear because average Joe doesn't start using it.
Linux is by the enthusiast, for the enthusiast. End of story.