Which KDE distro?

[Montala]

Hi,

I know that Linux distros are a very personal thing, but having decided on the KDE desktop environment I have been looking at various offerings, and have come down to a short list of three.

In no particular order they are:-

1) SolydK (In the lead at the moment!)

2) Kubuntu (my initial favourite!)

3) SuperX (still can't really make up my mind about that one!)

It will be running on an Intel i5 based laptop, but has to look attractive and 'professional', be solid and reliable (as any Linux distro can be!) and be fairly 'noob' friendly as well as being easy to use.

Has anyone tried any, or all of these, and if so what are their thoughts on them?

Thanks!

 

[Montala]

Thanks for the feedback guys!

Yes, I have been looking at quite a few live CD's which helped me to arrive at my 'short list'.

One thing which put me off Kubuntu a bit was the fact that the track-pad configuration program (sorry, can't remember the name!) wouldn't open at all, but it does tick most of the other boxes.

A couple of votes for Opensuse I see, which is one I haven't checked out recently, but I will probably wait until after the 19th November when the final release of the latest version (13.1) should be available.

There will also be a monthly update, together with a new iso file, released at about the same time for SolydK which, for those who don't know is a Debian based Linux distribution which uses a rolling update system and is a solid and very impressive distro, with a polished and smooth performance.

For those who haven't checked it out already, or perhaps haven't even heard of it, it is well worth a look, although it might be better to wait for the update which is due later this month. It is also available with a Xfce desktop (SolydX) for those who prefer that particular option.