Solved KDE Plasma 6 in Trixie

[CaffeineAddict]

KDE Plasma 6 in Debian Trixie is one huge pile of garbage.

The amount of UI freezings, audio stopping to work, hibernate not working, auto sleep not working, whole system freeze and a ton of other issues I've experienced so far is too much for my patience.
When I was using Bookworm I've heard from other people how buggy Plasma 6 is, now I see my self, it's beyond all repair, time to purge it and install something else, I'm thinking about giving a try to GNOME even though I don't like lack of settings.

 

[Terminal Velocity]

I already proposed you Cinnamon but I haven't yet use it in Debian 13, it is similar philosophy with KDE only lighter, a win 7 situation

 

[CaffeineAddict]

How is LXDE maintained, or is it at all?
When I try to go to their website, I get security warning: https://www.lxde.org/

 

[kc1di]

KDE Plasma 6 in Debian Trixie is one huge pile of garbage.

The amount of UI freezings, audio stopping to work, hibernate not working, auto sleep not working, whole system freeze and a ton of other issues I've experienced so far is too much for my patience.
When I was using Bookworm I've heard from other people how buggy Plasma 6 is, now I see my self, it's beyond all repair, time to purge it and install something else, I'm thinking about giving a try to GNOME even though I don't like lack of settings.

Sorry you are have so many problems with kde6 I've run it off and on since it was released and have had none of the problem you are experiencing. Been stable on my hardware. trixie has worked fine also. I personally do not like gnome so haven't tried that one though XFCE works fine here also.

 

[CaffeineAddict]

XFCE works fine here also

Looking at their site https://xfce.org/ it seems their development is slow, they release new version every 2 years.

 

[blizzardfromoz]

Sorry you are have so many problems with kde6 I've run it off and on since it was released and have had none of the problem you are experiencing. Been stable on my hardware. trixie has worked fine also. I personally do not like gnome so haven't tried that one though XFCE works fine here also.

I was going to recommend XFCE also instead of LXDE. LXDE was last updated about two years ago so it is still being maintained. I've used XFCE on Debian 13. Works fine with no issues.

 

[kc1di]

Looking at their site https://xfce.org/ it seems their development is slow, they release new version every 2 years.

Some think that slow update progress is plus for Stability.

 

[Terminal Velocity]

Some think that slow update progress is plus for Stability.

Said in a thread about a crashed KDE... Just Kidding guys, everyone likes what they like

 

[kc1di]

XFCE slow updates do not effect security updates as Debian cares for those.

 

[CaffeineAddict]

Tried both XFCE and GNOME.

I really don't like GNOME, and XFCE is unable to remember my wifi password, I've typed it twice, selected to remember for this user only and then by pressing "save" button it immediately drops it instead of saving it, and so not able to connect to wifi.

 

[kc1di]

Tried both XFCE and GNOME.

I really don't like GNOME, and XFCE is unable to remember my wifi password, I've typed it twice, selected to remember for this user only and then by pressing "save" button it immediately drops it instead of saving it, and so not able to connect to wifi.

I don't know what's going on with that. maybe someone else has experience. Maybe you should just go with Mint XFCE?

 

[CaffeineAddict]

Said in a thread about a crashed KDE... Just Kidding guys, everyone likes what they like

I like KDE the most but it's freezing and slugish, xfce can't connect to net, don't want to go cinamon route, and don't like gnome due to lacking a ton of features I'm used to.

However GNOME has the least issues, only 1 in fact, which is audio crackling, there seems to be solution here so I think I'm going to reinstall system with gnome only and try again, then get used to it, it's not that bad, it feels polished.

I don't know what's going on with that. maybe someone else has experience. Maybe you should just go with Mint XFCE?

You mean replace Debian? thanks but no, Trixie works just fine, I won't dump it because of DE problems.
I'll go now play with gnome and then wipe the drive to rule out any misconfiguration problems.

Thank you all for suggestions.

 

[blizzardfromoz]

I've used XFCE on several distros including Debian. It remembers all the wifi information I put in. I use public wifi often and it remembers passwords for those that require a password as well. Something else is going on there.

 

[blizzardfromoz]

Did you do a fresh install or a full upgrade from a previous version of Debian?

 

[CaffeineAddict]

Did you do a fresh install or a full upgrade from a previous version of Debian?

Fresh install, no upgrade.

I've used XFCE on several distros including Debian. It remembers all the wifi information I put in. I use public wifi often and it remembers passwords for those that require a password as well. Something else is going on there.

When expected things don't work on first shot then it becomes questionable how many other issues there may be to discover later on.
Text field accepting input is the most basic UI functionality, if that doesn't work I see no motivation to continue.

Another thing I don't like about xfce is that UI scale is too small.
With modern monitor sizes and screen resolutions that should be 75% larger at least.

 

[Trynna3]

Oh, this thread starts looking like a Windows complaint department

 

[kc1di]

Fresh install, no upgrade.


When expected things don't work on first shot then it becomes questionable how many other issues there may be to discover later on.
Text field accepting input is the most basic UI functionality, if that doesn't work I see no motivation to continue.

Another thing I don't like about xfce is that UI scale is too small.
With modern monitor sizes and screen resolutions that should be 75% larger at least.

Was it a netinstall or other? Some have reported trouble with the net install version, though it worked fine here.

 

[CaffeineAddict]

Oh, this thread starts looking like a Windows complaint department

You're wrong, I will eat grass but won't return back to Windows.
But devs releasing software with bugs and not testing it is frustrating.

Was it a netinstall or other? Some have reported trouble with the net install version, though it worked fine here.

netinstall, although I installed minimal desktop afterwards. DVD is too huge and too much bloatware included

 

[Trynna3]

You're wrong, I will eat grass but won't return back to Windows.
But devs releasing software with bugs and not testing it is frustrating.

Which is exactly what M$ devs have been doing, at least with the 24H2 version... endless bugs and issues, even causing BSOD and that not in relation to the clownstrike fiasco.
Probably a result of outsourcing coding to the AI and sacking thousands experienced workforce...

 

[blizzardfromoz]

I used the net install last time as well and had only installed XFCE. There were no issues although I can't comment on the UI being too small. I always use a lower resolution anyway 1368x768. You can also change the scale (Alt + F3 then type in display and hit enter).