Re: Broken KDE in Sid/Unstable
The KDE main menu did change in version 22, I believe, but you can download a
widget to restore the old one if you like it better. That change will happen
no matter what, because the old menu was removed entirely for some reason and
you must get the widget to revert the change manually if you want to. The icon
only task manager is the new default in KDE going forward, but if you're
desktop is already set up, it shouldn't change yours. Only on new installs
will you see the change, unless you manually change it yourself as far as I
know. If your changes aren't sticking then your configs aren't being recorded
in your home directory properly maybe, dunno. I'm not 100% sure on this though
because I use the icon only task manager already anyway and I, frankly,
welcome the new default. You can simply right click the task manager in a
blank spot and select "show alternatives" to get an option to choose the task
manager that's right for you.
Also, if you want a stable experience where stuff doesn't really change much,
run "stable", not "testing", or "unstable". The branches are named truthfully.
If you stick to stable then you'll only notice a big change when the new
release happens, sometime 2ish years from now.
Joe McEntire
Joe@EmberLife.com
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Subject: Re: Broken KDE in Sid/Unstable
Date: Monday, September 20, 2021, 3:06:44 PM EDT
From: Miguel A. Vallejo <ea4eoz@gmail.com>
To: debian-kde@lists.debian.org
> I somehow disagree. Since I started packaging KDE/plasma with 5.18 or
> so, I have been tracking every single minor and major release within a
> few days, and I never have seen any considerable change in
> layout/design.
>
> So I am really surprised about your experience.
I am really surprised your experience is not the same if we are
running the same KDE.
One or two months ago the main menu changed drastically. Now the
taskbar is a only icons version, another drastic change. What is the
secret to keep KDE the same across updates? I would love to hear from
you.
Greetings
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