Hello there,
I have been wondering if there was a way to safely get KDE 5.22 on Bullseye, either backporting or installing from testing, once Bullseye is out. I love wayland, but on KDE 5.20 I keep encountering issues that are slowly tiring me.
So what could be best option? I plan on upgrading on testing in few months anyway, but for now as rush of new packages goes in will avoid it. But would like to get KDE and some of its applications earlier.
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KDE 5.22 on Bullseye
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Re: KDE 5.22 on Bullseye
I have never seen a single version of KDE being backported to Debian stable, so probably not.
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Re: KDE 5.22 on Bullseye
I know that part, but would it be smarter to try and backport is my self, at least to try. Or to install it from testing. As I am worried that if I install from testing I might break something unknowingly.
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Re: KDE 5.22 on Bullseye
OK, so let's break it down:
1. Try to backport KDE: Will be (at best) a lot of work - if it is possible. (If you manage it, I assume it will be a popular backport).
2. Install testing now: Your fear of breakage is not unfounded, because testing is about to become a very chaotic place. However, if you are skilled, you should be able to cope with it.
3. Run Debian without Wayland: Will give you a very stable system, minus your X11 drawbacks.
4. Run KDE with Wayland without Debian: Since Wayland is immature technology in KDE (list of bugs: https://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?bug_st ... t=advanced), I would use a rolling release to get the newest version of KDE. Again, depending on your skill level, there are other options out there if testing is too rough around the edges, like Manjaro, Opensuse Tumbleweed and KDE Neon.
1. Try to backport KDE: Will be (at best) a lot of work - if it is possible. (If you manage it, I assume it will be a popular backport).
2. Install testing now: Your fear of breakage is not unfounded, because testing is about to become a very chaotic place. However, if you are skilled, you should be able to cope with it.
3. Run Debian without Wayland: Will give you a very stable system, minus your X11 drawbacks.
4. Run KDE with Wayland without Debian: Since Wayland is immature technology in KDE (list of bugs: https://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?bug_st ... t=advanced), I would use a rolling release to get the newest version of KDE. Again, depending on your skill level, there are other options out there if testing is too rough around the edges, like Manjaro, Opensuse Tumbleweed and KDE Neon.
[HowTo] Install and configure Debian bookworm
Debian 12 | KDE Plasma | ThinkPad T440s | 4 × Intel® Core™ i7-4600U CPU @ 2.10GHz | 12 GiB RAM | Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 4400 | 1 TB SSD
Debian 12 | KDE Plasma | ThinkPad T440s | 4 × Intel® Core™ i7-4600U CPU @ 2.10GHz | 12 GiB RAM | Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 4400 | 1 TB SSD