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Last time I used KDE, it couldn't find `ksplashqml`, and had to reinstall the OS (didn't know what TTY was at the time). It also frequently crashed three times,

Last time I used KDE, it couldn't find `ksplashqml`, and had to reinstall the OS (didn't know what TTY was at the time). It also frequently crashed three times, and counting. GNOME is minimal and out of my way. The only space GNOME Shell takes up is the top bar. Nothing more, nothing less. Not to mention the off-brand Hot Corner.

mappu 3y ago
I believe you had a bad experience, but i would suggest the blame lays on your package maintainer - in debian (and ubuntu), ksplashqml should be part of the plasma-workspace package, which you can't avoid. What distro were you using?
- mdwalters 3y ago
  Ubuntu 23.04. It worked on it's first boot, but suddenly broke that day.
  - FirmwareBurner 3y ago
    Was it an Ubuntu that shipped with KDE pre-installed or did you manually add KDE to the default Gnome based Ubuntu later?
    - mdwalters 3y ago
      Yes, I manually installed KDE (via `kubuntu-desktop`)
      - midoridensha 3y ago
        No wonder you had a poor experience. Distros that don't treat KDE as a first-class DE are well-known to have a generally poor KDE experience. Kubuntu is probably the worst KDE-focused distro, and you didn't even start with Kubuntu as a base.
        mappu 3y ago
        A slightly poorer experience for a distro's non-flagship DE is one thing, a major binary being outright missing is another. This should have still worked - Ubuntu does support adding KDE by installing that package, kubuntu-desktop depends on plasma-workspace which contains /usr/bin/ksplashqml.
        mdwalters 3y ago
        > and you didn't even start with Kubuntu as a base. Sorry, just wanted to test-drive KDE without wiping my entire system. My friend even had this problem on KDE Neon.
  - mappu 3y ago
    Feel free to stop replying at any point since I can't really help, but I can't see a reason why /usr/bin/ksplashqml itself would have gone missing. Is it possible that ksplashqml was really present, and actually the "not found" error was because ksplashqml could not find a custom splash theme file? Had you installed and removed any custom themes?
    - theycallhermax 3y ago
      No, I never touched the splash screen files.

mappu 3y ago

I believe you had a bad experience, but i would suggest the blame lays on your package maintainer - in debian (and ubuntu), ksplashqml should be part of the plasma-workspace package, which you can't avoid. What distro were you using?

mdwalters 3y ago
Ubuntu 23.04. It worked on it's first boot, but suddenly broke that day.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago
  Was it an Ubuntu that shipped with KDE pre-installed or did you manually add KDE to the default Gnome based Ubuntu later?
  - mdwalters 3y ago
    Yes, I manually installed KDE (via `kubuntu-desktop`)
    - midoridensha 3y ago
      No wonder you had a poor experience. Distros that don't treat KDE as a first-class DE are well-known to have a generally poor KDE experience. Kubuntu is probably the worst KDE-focused distro, and you didn't even start with Kubuntu as a base.
      - mappu 3y ago
        A slightly poorer experience for a distro's non-flagship DE is one thing, a major binary being outright missing is another. This should have still worked - Ubuntu does support adding KDE by installing that package, kubuntu-desktop depends on plasma-workspace which contains /usr/bin/ksplashqml.
      - mdwalters 3y ago
        > and you didn't even start with Kubuntu as a base. Sorry, just wanted to test-drive KDE without wiping my entire system. My friend even had this problem on KDE Neon.
- mappu 3y ago
  Feel free to stop replying at any point since I can't really help, but I can't see a reason why /usr/bin/ksplashqml itself would have gone missing. Is it possible that ksplashqml was really present, and actually the "not found" error was because ksplashqml could not find a custom splash theme file? Had you installed and removed any custom themes?
  - theycallhermax 3y ago
    No, I never touched the splash screen files.