Friday, January 13, 2023

From Gnome to KDE

 I've been using Ubuntu for some time along with Gnome. It had been working pretty well until I started to experiment a bit more with GPU related technologies and a few other items.  At some point, my system ended up with an issue where the systems settings app (as example) would sort of "strobe" for lack of a better description.  I didn't find a good way to fix it and after quite a few months I decided to try KDE instead.  

I like KDE. The process of manually converting to KDE wasn't super easy though. I've slowly fixed various issues. One issue was simply that wallpaper settings were lost when the screen saver or other power saving features kicked in.  I did a cleanup of installed software packages and found a few new packages to add - and suddenly it seems to work now (for now).  I do have 2 graphics cards and 3 monitors so I  think that complicated things a bit. I also try to keep up with more recent Linux kernels - stuck on a 6.1 rc version right now.

I also have FreeBSD installed and am trying to get that working adequately.  If I get that working smoother then I may switch over to it.  The software available via package management may not be quite as recent as on Linux but it may be more stable.

As another alternative, I'm working with the "nix" package management on Linux now as well.  It could be a good alternative to other options.  I'm not overly fond of snap packages and similar - has been a bit limiting in customization and a few other areas. Maybe there are workarounds but if nix fixes my complaints without added complexity then it seems like a good idea. 

Wishing everyone a blessed day!

Scott 

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