The mental pretzel is finally over.
iirc Neon started by Kubuntu developers as a way to install the latest Plasma on top of current Ubuntu release. And if this is the case then it’s not really started as a distro the way Linux Mint or Bodhi Linux mesnt to be.
But as time progress, if Neon started contributing fixes to upstream in this case Ubuntu, and as well as implemeting changes such as using deb version of Firefox instead of Snap then Neon project is so much more than just an effort to package the latest KDE for Ubuntu, hence a distro terms suits them better in my opinion.
Regarding Plasma 6. I tried Neon live session and was surprised by the smoothness that made possible probably because of the Wayland transition, animation feels smooth and laptop fan did not even kicked in, but what i really like so far is the window scaling, i can set it to 125% or 150% and it does not seems like a hack. About the instability issues, its probably that i did not play with the live session long enough but my session is without a crash.
iirc Neon started by Kubuntu developers as a way to install the latest Plasma on top of current Ubuntu release.
Just for clarification: It was started by Kubuntu developers who were ousted by Canonical after Canonical in all seriousness stated that their license on top of the existing FOSS licenses somehow trumps those FOSS licenses, mot notable the GPL. Canonical’s license says that binaries compiled by Canonical can only be redistributed after getting permission by them which is nothing but a GPL violation. The Kubuntu developers said publicly that Kubuntu respects the GPL and obviously that part of the Canonical license is void.
Canonical kicked them out and replaced them with more subservient people. Canonical later changed their license to say that the original FOSS license takes precedence, that means everyone creating an Ubuntu derivative must still get permission by Canonical to redistribute binaries compiled from MIT-/BSD-licensed sources.
The former Kubuntu people then did their own thing. It is and never has been clear why upstream KDE had to be the new home for them. IMO it’s wrong that upstream KDE gives special treatment to Ubuntu, even moreso with Canonical‘s shenanigans around pushing Snap.
It seems the hesitancy was fear it might be considered the de facto way to install KDE.
It’s been clarified to be primarily for testing due to it’s bleeding-edgeness.
Wow. I haven’t used kde since 1999. Looks like it’s been the right choice.
