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Subj : Re: Kde Plasma Desktop Vs. Ci
To : Nightfox
From : Accession
Date : Tue Feb 03 2026 06:12 pm
Hey Nightfox!
On Tue, Feb 03 2026 16:35:09 -0600, you wrote:
> That was my thought as well. But I've seen people online recommend
> against installing a desktop environment that doesn't officially
> come with the distro.
Why not? You can install any desktop environment on any Linux distro. You should stop believing everything you read online. ;)
So what if support might change from the actual distro devs directly to the desktop environment maintainers. You'd probably get better answers directly from the KDE/Gnome devs anyways.
> I wonder if there may be issues for distros that are based on other
> distros. For instance, Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu, so it can use
> the same sources for software that's available for Ubuntu, but I
> suppose it's possible that the maintainers of Linux Mint might not
> necessarily account for all the issues that might arise from
> installing packages that they didn't include by default in the
> distro.
https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-kde-plasma-on-linux-mint
Just an example.. and this isn't Microsoft. Nothing you do voids any warranty or TOS, lol. There is usually always support, just a different channel on IRC, or a different website with forums. ;)
Regards,
Nick
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