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What distro for KDE development (lemmy.nz)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Gert_vK@lemmy.nz to c/kde@lemmy.kde.social

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For well over a decade, maybe 15yrs I've been using Ubuntu and now Pop-OS I am really interested in starting to getting involved in KDE development somehow as retired software engineer. Also keen to switch to Arch....

What do you use for distro with your KDE work ?

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[–] coolmojo@lemmy.kde.social 3 points 2 years ago

For KDE development I would recommend the KDE Neon developer edition as it has all the tools you need to get started.

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

I'm out of the loop, but I used to use Slackware -- largely because the distro didn't get mad when I just installed things from source directly onto the filesystem. No dependency tracking ;)

But I had a lot of experience before that with other distros.

Good choices are probable OpenSuse (tumbleweed), Arch, or Neon. Actually, I don't know the current state of Neon... is that still a thing?

[–] Kernel 1 points 2 years ago

Neon seems ideally positioned for KDE-specific development. Latest KDE frameworks but not necessarily the latest Ubuntu base.

While KDE neon is great for casual users, contributors will find KDE neon excels. Whether you are a coder, tester, artist, or do bug triage: KDE neon is the easiest way to work on the latest KDE software.

https://neon.kde.org/develop

Fedora may also be worth consideration, though its association with Ret Hat could end up being a limitation.

All KDE applications are well integrated, with a similar look and feel and an easy to use interface, accompanied by an outstanding graphical appearance.

https://spins.fedoraproject.org/kde

[–] louis_sch@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 2 years ago

I'm on Arch and very happy with the experience