I had a brief (really brief, like an hour) stint with KDE5

[Stevo]

yes ... the choice is wonderful

now if only i could get roadblox to work on MX, i could fully convert my daughters .... they pretty envious of all the tinkering we can do with linux but that dam game has them bound to windows

Google keeps giving me "Roblox" when I search for "roadblox"--do you have a link for it?

[junoluna]

Google keeps giving me "Roblox" when I search for "roadblox"--do you have a link for it?

sorry stevo...my fault

i mean roblox ... i really should know that ... they have cost me enough money

[andyprough]

Google keeps giving me "Roblox" when I search for "roadblox"--do you have a link for it?

sorry stevo...my fault

i mean roblox ... i really should know that ... they have cost me enough money

Brinker7 is a Roblox dev that is a GNU/Linux advocate. He has put together a package called "Grapejuice" that allows you to install and run Roblox using wine: https://gitlab.com/brinkervii/grapejuice

Could be worth checking into. The current instructions are for Ubuntu and require using some PPA's, so I haven't tried it myself.

[junoluna]

thank you

i came across that package when i was trying to find a way of getting it to play on linux - was a work in progress at the time
will check again

[figueroa]

I totally don't understand the attraction of wanting to run a different desktop on a distribution (MX) that is quite XFCE-centric, and XFCE being so excellent and well integrated in MX. (Even plain vanilla self-installed from scratch XFCE is relatively easy to configure and maintain.) But, your experience should be a lesson to others. Once upon a time (10 years ago, maybe), Linus Torvalds wrote that he didn't understand why anybody would run anything other than KDE. Then KDE developers shot themselves in the foot and Linus became a Gnome user and advocate. Along the way, both KDE, then Gnome, became what I would call "too big for their britches." It's their way or the highway, and I've found them both ultimately hard to maintain -- more of a hobby than a way to get work done. This is the reason why Cinnamon and Mate were developed (more sanity) and why XFCE has become such a popular standard desktop in so many distributions. As always YMMV.

[andyprough]

I totally don't understand the attraction of wanting to run a different desktop on a distribution (MX) that is quite XFCE-centric, and XFCE being so excellent and well integrated in MX. (Even plain vanilla self-installed from scratch XFCE is relatively easy to configure and maintain.) But, your experience should be a lesson to others. Once upon a time (10 years ago, maybe), Linus Torvalds wrote that he didn't understand why anybody would run anything other than KDE. Then KDE developers shot themselves in the foot and Linus became a Gnome user and advocate. Along the way, both KDE, then Gnome, became what I would call "too big for their britches." It's their way or the highway, and I've found them both ultimately hard to maintain -- more of a hobby than a way to get work done. This is the reason why Cinnamon and Mate were developed (more sanity) and why XFCE has become such a popular standard desktop in so many distributions. As always YMMV.

You should stick with XFCE. Finding a DE that makes you happy and that you aren't having to fight against is an experience you should enjoy for as long as possible. It doesn't matter which DE you use - what matters is that the one you choose fits you well like a favorite glove fits your hand.

[richb]

KDE, actually Plasma now, is a desktop environment that has developed over the years to be very good. Why use a different DE with MX? Users have different tastes and preferences. If they prefer the Plasma model why not use it. They still get the the MX Tools and the app packages chosen by MX.

[keyfitter]

I haven't liked KDE since the 3.xx versions. I had too many bad experiences with the later versions, so I have stuck with xfce for quite a few years now because it does what I need it to do.