MX-19.2 KDE Beta 2 Feedback Thread

[JayM]

That's probably due to sharing the same home directory with other KDE-based distros then. Doing that is never a good idea and leads to strange problems because of configuration files being shared. I've seen it before in regular Xfce MX, when people use a common /home among distros. I just tested it by removing LO from my favorites then logging out and in, and it was still gone.

[leslie1017]

how to fix this? I have to use same home folder, any configuration folder to look at for kde settings?

[asqwerth]

With you using a pre-used /home with settings and configs from other distros, it's very hard to know if your issues are due to the Beta2 or your pre-existing settings.

I would suggest you make a separate clean install of the Beta2 and see if the issue still arises. Any other feedback should also be based on this new install. This is a Testing thread, for a release that is still in Beta phase.

[leslie1017]

My understanding that all these KDE distro (similar plasma version) uses same kde/plasma settings, unless MX KDE has some customization on kde/plasma. A fresh clean installation of MX will have no issue, as some one already tried. I'd like to do more investigation on why MX can read the favourite but cannot delete one, or a method to reset all KDE settings to default, just like a fresh install.

[kangburra]

With you using a pre-used /home with settings and configs from other distros, it's very hard to know if your issues are due to the Beta2 or your pre-existing settings.

I would suggest you make a separate clean install of the Beta2 and see if the issue still arises. Any other feedback should also be based on this new install. This is a Testing thread, for a release that is still in Beta phase.

Did you see the problem with using the installer to backup existing home?

[JayM]

The installer installs MX Linux. It's not a backup utility.

[asqwerth]

My understanding that all these KDE distro (similar plasma version) uses same kde/plasma settings, unless MX KDE has some customization on kde/plasma. A fresh clean installation of MX will have no issue, as some one already tried. I'd like to do more investigation on why MX can read the favourite but cannot delete one, or a method to reset all KDE settings to default, just like a fresh install.

what version of plasma is used by your kubuntu and opensuse? KDE/Plasma has pretty active development. It may have changed certain file paths etc for their various settings and configs. I note that the layout of Plasma SYstem Settings is different when you compare Plasma 5.18 to Buster's 5.14.

[tony37]

@ asqwerth: When trying to lower the font size used in 'Application Dashboard' (like it is in newer versions), I remarked they slightly changed the syntax of these things. (I didn't succeed in making the changes I wanted) So imo a totally thankless task of trying to find out what exactly is causing leslie's problem (I'm pretty sure it's a version conflict).
@ leslie1017: Consider using your home from previous distros as a separate data partition (but maybe only useful when you have a multiboot system). So your /home in your new install is on the root partition, but you link to the folders you want to use on the data partition (very easy to do this in Dolphin with split view). Best to add an entry in /etc/fstab to mount the data partition on startup.
Using the same config files for different versions is very likely to lead to problems. I only share the config files for VirtualBox across different distros, but having version 6.0 on one partition vs version 6.1 on another already causes issues.

[kangburra]

The installer installs MX Linux. It's not a backup utility.

So the idea of renaming your home directory is just a suggestion and should not be used? Then why not remove it, it is going to stop people from using MX if features in the installer do not work.

[asqwerth]

This is just semantics, JayM and kangburra.

When you rename the home directory, it is just to tell the installer not to wipe it but to set it aside under a different name. Meanwhile, the installer will then create a fresh /home for the current installation being done.

Is renaming the old /home "backup"? Yes and no. Yes because you are setting it aside/preserving it for future use. No because often when people think of backup, they are thinking of a new copy being created. Here no new copy of the old partition is made.