Install of new KDE Plasma 5.21?

[Liam Proven]

On Tue, 9 Mar 2021 at 08:17, Hund <lists_ubuntu at linuxkompis.se> wrote:
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> Canonical release model is point based (or whatever the correct term is). They dont push new major versions in a current release of Ubuntu, only security and stability updates.

This *was* completely true in the early releases. However, after
Mozilla switched to a rapid release cycle for Firefox, Ubuntu was
pretty much forced to change to adapt to its default browser getting a
new major release 3-4 times per interim Ubuntu release.


So now, *some* components, notably Firefox, do get major-version
updates, in both short-term and long-term Ubuntu releases. However,
most of the OS does not, and components which would have major roll-on
effects on other parts of the system, such as the desktop environment,
do not get major-version updates.

So KDE will not get updated until the next Ubuntu release.

But that is only a month or so away, so I would strongly advise the OP
to just wait.

> If you want the latest and greatest and can't wait for the next version of Ubuntu, you probably want an operating system with a rolling release model.

I agree. I have tried Gentoo, Arch, and openSUSE Tumbleweed, and of
the three, I'd recommend Tumbleweed. Breaking changes are extremely
rare and mostly it is just a daily update followed by a reboot to
always have the latest versions of everything.

Disclaimer: I work for SUSE, but I have nothing to do with the
openSUSE Project, and there is no rolling-release version of SUSE
Enterprise Linux.

Saying that, I do run Tumbleweed on my work desktop in the office.

Which due to the pandemic, I have visited about 3 times in the last
year, meaning a 3-4 hour Tumbleweed update each time, and I am getting
very worried that something is going to break soon.

But in normal times, with daily updates, it works very well. KDE is
also the default desktop in openSUSE, although personally I use Xfce.
(openSUSE also offers first-class support for GNOME 3 and Xfce.) KDE's
integration in openSUSE is very good and if you want a rolling-release
distro with KDE I personally would recommend it as the best candidate,
quite aside from any work affiliation.

I just don't personally like KDE much. :-)

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