KDE Neon
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Pros
- Kubuntu and KDE Neon is also a perfectly good choice.
- It's one of the best KDE experiences you can have, close to OpenSUSE TW's KDE.
- you can try kde neon as your OS. It does not get more KDE than this
- For everyday use and work, use Fedora, Ultramarine Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Linux Mint, Pop OS, Zorin OS, KDE Neon, Tuxedo OS, KDE Linux, or GNOME OS.
- Between the two, I'd say Neon, although you may want to give Kubuntu a look since it's already released the 26.04 version while Neon is still on 24.04.
Cons
- KDE Neon historically have been based on Ubuntu LTS with packages (Qt, KF etc) from later releases so as to get a newer KDE Plasma, which is good if you want to run KDE/Qt software only; but that also introduces some instability when usi...
- From what I understand, KDE Neon is basically the same as Kubuntu and strips out all the tools from Ubuntu that depend on GNOME.
- KDE Neon is advertised as a showcase distro for KDE, by the KDE maintainers. I would not trust it for server usage if you need stability. Kubuntu follows Ubuntu releases while KDE Neon is more "random"
- Neon is theoretically okay, but on paper, it's actually a demo system, not a work tool. For home, without the corporate overhead—Citrix Workspace, yes—but for work—it's not so good.
- I recommend avoiding raw Ubuntu and any derivatives that use Snap such as Kubuntu and KDE Neon.
Sentiment
10 positive (59%) · 2 mixed (12%) · 5 negative (29%)
Trust + time weighted score: +30% · raw score 29%
What redditors said (10 of 17)
Kubuntu and KDE Neon is also a perfectly good choice.
KDE Neon historically have been based on Ubuntu LTS with packages (Qt, KF etc) from later releases so as to get a newer KDE Plasma, which is good if you want to run KDE/Qt software only; but that also introduces some instability when using non-KDE/Qt apps
From what I understand, KDE Neon is basically the same as Kubuntu and strips out all the tools from Ubuntu that depend on GNOME.
It's one of the best KDE experiences you can have, close to OpenSUSE TW's KDE.
you can try kde neon as your OS. It does not get more KDE than this
For everyday use and work, use Fedora, Ultramarine Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Linux Mint, Pop OS, Zorin OS, KDE Neon, Tuxedo OS, KDE Linux, or GNOME OS.
For everyday use and work, use Fedora, Ultramarine Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Linux Mint, Pop OS, Zorin OS, KDE Neon, Tuxedo OS, KDE Linux, or GNOME OS.
KDE Neon is advertised as a showcase distro for KDE, by the KDE maintainers. I would not trust it for server usage if you need stability. Kubuntu follows Ubuntu releases while KDE Neon is more "random"
Neon is theoretically okay, but on paper, it's actually a demo system, not a work tool. For home, without the corporate overhead—Citrix Workspace, yes—but for work—it's not so good.
Between the two, I'd say Neon, although you may want to give Kubuntu a look since it's already released the 26.04 version while Neon is still on 24.04.
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