MX Modified - Latest MX KDE 5.22 Using MX21 beta

[MAYBL8]

Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 11
KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.84.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.10.0-1-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-10510U CPU @ 1.80GHz
Memory: 15.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics

[andyprough]

KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.4

@norbert is charging pretty far ahead now. Bullseye and Sid are stuck on 5.20.5-4. I have a bad feeling that Bullseye is going to be several major versions behind again by next spring, and will fall farther and farther behind again. Too bad Norbert's repos can't be added to a Debian stable base, without the extreme workaround I laid out in the first post in this thread.

[dolphin_oracle]

I would have thought the slowing down of open-source Qt support would have allowed later versions of KDE/plasma to be backported more easily, but maybe not.

[norbert]

@andyprough the problem with bullseye is that it got frozen months ago, before the release of 5.21, so we couldn't get 5.21 in. As soon as bullseye is released (mid August) uploads to unstable and transition to the new testing of 5.22 will begin.

Concerning the backport: current stable has a too old Qt, so no way to backport. I will provide builds for *bullseye* as long as possible (that is, as long as Plasma doesn't switch to Qt6, but that is far off).

[andyprough]

@andyprough the problem with bullseye is that it got frozen months ago, before the release of 5.21, so we couldn't get 5.21 in. As soon as bullseye is released (mid August) uploads to unstable and transition to the new testing of 5.22 will begin.

Concerning the backport: current stable has a too old Qt, so no way to backport. I will provide builds for *bullseye* as long as possible (that is, as long as Plasma doesn't switch to Qt6, but that is far off).

Oh right, I didn't think about that - your backports still work on Bullseye!!

I wonder if MX could incorporate your backports into MX 21? @dolphin_oracle ??

[norbert]

Yes, bullseye (current testing) should and will be supported as long as possible.

[andyprough]

Yes, bullseye (current testing) should and will be supported as long as possible.

Oh wow, it's installing without issue on MX 21 beta right now for me. No weird contortions required - just add the repos and the gpg key and go. Screenshots coming...

Why did I not think of this before?? I've been spending too much time customizing my DWM setup.

[norbert]

Oh wow, it's installing without issue on MX 21 beta right now for me. No weird contortions required - just add the repos and the gpg key and go. Screenshots coming...

That was like this since the very beginning ... all the time I provided repos for testing=bullseye ... ;-)

[andyprough]

Oh wow, it's installing without issue on MX 21 beta right now for me. No weird contortions required - just add the repos and the gpg key and go. Screenshots coming...

That was like this since the very beginning ... all the time I provided repos for testing=bullseye ... ;-)

Yes, of course, and I've used it on testing myself. I just was not thinking for some reason that means we are good to go on MX 21.

Anyway, it works! Just take the MX 21 beta, add norbert's repos and gpg key per post #1 in this thread, sudo apt update, and install the "KDE5 Standard" desktop from MX Package Installer - Popular Apps tab - Desktop Environments section.

Need to tell neofetch that this is MX, not Debian. And I need to update the thread title, update the instructions in post #1, and maybe put up a new MX 21 Plasma 5.22.4 beta respin.

[norbert]

Great too hear!