How to install KDE neon

[kate_skill]

I made a bootable flash drive with KDE neon absolutely correctly. At the end of the installation of the KDE neon system (upon completion) some error occurs, a failure and a small window pops up with an error. The system is not installed, it was written. After restarting, the system loads and works smoothly. Only after installing applications the system stops starting.

What should I do to install KDE neon correctly and everything works fine?

 

[Condobloke]

What are those errors, Kate ? The system is not installed is one of them....what were the others?

What OS are you using ?

 

[kate_skill]

What are those errors, Kate ? The system is not installed is one of them....what were the others?

What OS are you using ?

Now I have Ubuntu installed.

The error during the installation of KDE neon occurred only once towards the end. I don't remember what this error was.

But I can spend some time trying to install KDE neon again and make a screenshot of the screen with this error.

 

[Condobloke]

if you have Ubuntu 24.04 installed, try firing up a live instance of Linux Min 22.1 (in otherwords, a bootable usb stick).....and then install KDE neon on that. Doing that will allow you to experiment without a full install. If it works, good. If it doen't work then at least you know

You can always install kde neon again and take screenshots etc....this would give you confirmation that it either works with ubuntu or not

 

[kate_skill]

if you have Ubuntu 24.04 installed, try firing up a live instance of Linux Min 22.1 (in otherwords, a bootable usb stick).....and then install KDE neon on that. Doing that will allow you to experiment without a full install. If it works, good. If it doen't work then at least you know

You can always install kde neon again and take screenshots etc....this would give you confirmation that it either works with ubuntu or not

The thing is that on KDE neon the KDE graphical shell does not look crooked (as intended). For example, kdenlive in full-screen mode fits into the screen of my laptop, but on other Linux OS (for example, on Debian) kdenlive does not fit into the screen. Therefore, I decided to install KDE neon to use KDE and KDE programs. But I have not checked how it works on Linux Mint, but I think it will not be very good there either.

Reason for reinstalling Ubuntu: I do not like GNOME.

 

[Condobloke]

kdenlive does not fit into the screen...ect etc

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[wizardfromoz]

Just for purposes of clarity for helpers - KDE Neon is its own discrete distribution, based on Ubuntu,

@kate_skill (and welcome) Ubuntu also has other flavours than the GNOME, such as

• Kubuntu (KDE desktop)
• Xubuntu (Xfce desktop)
• Lubuntu (LxQt desktop)
• Ubuntu MATE
• Ubuntu Cinnamon

and so on.

HTH

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz

 

[kate_skill]

This is a screenshot with an error

An error occurs at the end of the installation

 

[f33dm3bits]

This is a screenshot with an error
An error occurs at the end of the installation

It sounds like you are running into some sort of bug with de installation iso, I would normally recommend to try an older installation media but since they don't keep an archive of older isos that's not really possible unless you get it from an unofficial community source somewhere.

KDE Neon is aimed at more technical users.

KDE neon

KDE neon is the latest and greatest of KDE community software.

neon.kde.org

KDE Neon is primarily intended for technical Linux/KDE users who want immediate access to the latest KDE offerings. The "User" edition is for enthusiast KDE users who expect a bit more polish.

Please note that the focus of the "User" edition is still KDE software only. There is no thorough review of the complete software stack to guarantee a rock solid day-to-day experience.

Reason for reinstalling Ubuntu: I do not like GNOME.

As @wizardfromoz mentioned you can try using Kubuntu since it's Ubuntu with the KDE Plasma desktop environment.

• Kubuntu (KDE desktop)

Download Kubuntu | Kubuntu

kubuntu.org

 

[kate_skill]

It sounds like you are running into some sort of bug with de installation iso, I would normally recommend to try an older installation media but since they don't keep an archive of older isos that's not really possible unless you get it from an unofficial community source somewhere.

KDE Neon is aimed at more technical users.

KDE neon

KDE neon is the latest and greatest of KDE community software.

neon.kde.org

As @wizardfromoz mentioned you can try using Kubuntu since it's Ubuntu with the KDE Plasma desktop environment.

Download Kubuntu | Kubuntu

kubuntu.org

Okay, in this case, I will install Ubuntu with an official graphic shell to work correctly.

I still have an option: install Debian. But I noticed that Debian has some glitches: Google Chrome is not installed in the application of the application center in the form of an DEB package, the covers are not displayed in the application center, the calculator does not work, the video player simply puts the video for a pause, regardless of which buttons I press. It was Debian Gnome.

I also like Debian LXQT, but there is too strong tiring, there is no WiFi buttons on the panel, there are no buttons for regulating the brightness of the screen.

 

[kc1di]

I would first redownload kde-neon and make sure it's a good down load by checking the checksums.
Then reburn the stick and try again. Neon changes quite often and it looks from the error you got that in your download there is a corrupted script. So Try again. If that does not work. Go with Kubuntu Latest version if you want KDE 6. It's will be a short term release so you will have to upgrade when it's end of life. If you want kde 5.27 Kubuntu 20.04 lts is a good one Or MX-KDE is also good that keeps you in the .deb family. Good luck.
KDE-neon is not meant to be a full desktop offering as it's purpose is to show off the latest KDE offerings quite quickly after they are released. But It can be made to work for a DE and some use it as their daily driver.

 

[f33dm3bits]

Okay, in this case, I will install Ubuntu with an official graphic shell to work correctly.

Not sure what you mean with this?

 

[kate_skill]

Not sure what you mean with this?

I mean, following my thoughts, it is better to install any Linux OS only with the official default graphical shell.

In this case, the OS system will be as it is intended, and you will be able to determine even whether you like this OS. And also with the official graphical shell the system always works better because everything is configured better there.

As far as I have noticed, KDE looks most beautiful on KDE neon (without glitches).

I no longer have the desire to install Linux OS with a graphical shell other than the default, because it seems to me that it is ugly, as if I were installing some kind of left-hand OS.

 

[f33dm3bits]

I mean, following my thoughts, it is better to install any Linux OS only with the official default graphical shell.

No because a desktop environment is only a desktop environment, the only thing about the different distributions that makes them different when it comes to a desktop environment is themes, icons, fonts, default applications, etc.

I no longer have the desire to install Linux OS with a graphical shell other than the default, because it seems to me that it is ugly, as if I were installing some kind of left-hand OS.

This is a strange way of thinking because there are Linux distribution where you have to pick everything yourself including what desktop environment you want, like Arch Linux and Gentoo. And some Linux distributions have a server or minimal installation iso where only the minimum needed is installed and you have to install the desktop environment and other things you want yourself as well.

 

[theLegionWithin]

I mean, following my thoughts, it is better to install any Linux OS only with the official default graphical shell.

it shouldnt matter - I run Arch and it has no default DE - i prefer KDE myself as well so that's what I went with but there's a bunch that have official support --> https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Desktop_environment

 

[wizardfromoz]

Just a further note here, that KDE Neon experienced more bugs with their upgrade from KDE Plasma 5 to 6 than any other distro, if they have got that right now, well and good.

Reference is here

https://discuss.kde.org/t/bugs-with-plasma-6/11131/2

Cheers

Wiz

 

[f33dm3bits]

Other installation isos seem to have had this problem before.

Installation error of kde neon 20241105

I had the same problem and I’m sure just like me you have more than one disk drive. The problem is about INSTALLING BOOT LOADER ON A NON GPT PARTITION DRIVE. You have to change the installing boot loader drive OR change non GPT partition to GPT drive which will cause LOSING YOUR DATA. I...

discuss.kde.org

If you read the comments it has to do with installing the bootloader on a none formatted gpt drive and that earlier installation isos didn't have that problem. So would be curious to know if your partition table is formatted as dos or gpt. It could be something different though but then it would still be a bug in the installation iso.

If you got your mind set on using KDE Neon then I would suggest checking if your bootloader is installed on a gpt formatted partition table and if not reinstall and make sure it is and if the problem still exists then create a topic on the KDE Neon forums where you share the bug details.

You can run the following.

sudo fdisk -l

The output will something like this and you will see multiple disks if you have more than one disks installed which the bootloader could be installed on.

Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 1,82 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
Disk model: Samsung SSD 980 PRO with Heatsink 2TB
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: B47F5617-003C-4D6B-8C08-DFD93F9EB2D9

Then under "Disklabel type" you will see what the partition table is formatted as.