MX-21 KDE/plasma beta 2 feedback thread

[danielson]

@richb - tried, but only reboot fixed it.

Odd thing, switching from Breeze to MX-Dark made the no.1 workspace icon split up again.
It was just fine (single box) at reboot.

[junoluna]

Not sure if this feedback thread is only for pointing out issues but I wanted to say that I am having none at all..

I installed the KDE Beta 2 on a small partition on a laptop that i swapped with my daughter ... apparently it is not good enough for her and gets too hot to play all her windows games...

it is a dell inspiron 7000 that i hadn't previously used with MX linux and i am delighted with it .... the touch screen works (not that i especially need it) , i have installed all of my usual apps and themed it as usual with latte dock and other tweaks .... it is lightning quick on this machine and boots in no time at all



https://postimg.cc/JtXBh4Ys

here is the QSI inc case it is of any use

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System:
  Host: <filter> Kernel: 5.10.0-8-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-8-amd64 
  root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM 
  Distro: MX-21_KDE_beta2_x64 Wildflower September 4  2021 
  base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 7348 v: A08 
  serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 v: A08 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Dell model: 067RT2 v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: A08 
  date: 11/13/2015 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 32.0 Wh condition: 32.0/43.8 Wh (73%) 
  volts: 12.5/11.1 model: LGC-LGC3.95 DELL 0WF284CR type: Li-ion 
  serial: <filter> status: Full 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-5500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Broadwell family: 6 model-id: 3D (61) stepping: 4 microcode: 2F 
  L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 19153 
  Speed: 1964 MHz min/max: 500/3000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1964 
  2: 2044 3: 2001 4: 2007 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, 
  SMT vulnerable 
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: 
  conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:1616 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: modesetting 
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa compositor: kwin_x11 resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW GT2) 
  v: 4.6 Mesa 21.1.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:03.0 chip ID: 8086:160c 
  Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Dell 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:9ca0 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-8-amd64 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 3040 
  bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 8086:095a 
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 8.15 GiB (3.4%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: SanDisk model: SD9TB8W256G1001 size: 238.47 GiB 
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  serial: <filter> rev: 6101 scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: 59.57 GiB size: 58.33 GiB (97.92%) 
  used: 8.15 GiB (14.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 61.0 C mobo: 48.0 C sodimm: 37.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 
Repos:
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
  1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
  1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
  2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
  1: deb https://mirror.kku.ac.th/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
  2: deb https://mirror.kku.ac.th/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list 
  1: deb http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Info:
  Processes: 212 Uptime: 17m Memory: 7.69 GiB used: 1.47 GiB (19.1%) 
  Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
  alt: 10 Shell: quick-system-in running in: quick-system-in 
  inxi: 3.0.36 

[richb]

@junoluna
Positive feedback is as welcome as problem feedback. Except for odd theming issues, my experience is the same as yours with a desktop computer that I built using an AMD A8-7600 Radeon R7 processor. My impression is that it is more responsive than MX 19.4 which is quite fast as well.

I am considering replacing MX 19.4 installed on old my Acer Inspiron laptop, i5 processor, when MX 21 goes final. Although MX 19.4 runs very well on it.

[asqwerth]

Took at least 2 minutes to install a new global theme here.

Firefox minimize, maximize and close icons were just fine this a.m. until after playing around with a new global theme.
Maybe a reboot will fix the looks?

Workspace icon no.1 gives me the impression of being of 2:
https://imgur.com/YREfx6U

- - - - -

Issue 1: which global theme did you install and was it from KDE Store?

Also, if you install a global theme, you need also to install all the items it requires and specifies in its config file, eg the relevant plasma style/desktop theme, colour scheme, kvantum theme (if the global theme uses kvantum theme instead of a "true" qt widget style like Breeze or Breeze Dark), icon set, aurorae theme (window decoration). The relevant web page in KDE store for the global theme will usually list all the individual items specified in the global theme.

Issue 2: your screenshot is not showing a split workspace 1. The smaller rectangle within workspace 1 icon is the indicator of the opened window on your workspace 1 desktop. It will show no rectangle at bootup because no window is opened on your desktop at that point. Once you open your settings manager to change themes and appearance, you will have a window on the desktop.

[davemx]

No issues with KDEß1 and even fewer with KDEß2! Mind you, I did strip out plasma-discover and install synaptic and apt-notifier, which I am far happier with! It might be the KDE version of MX, but it's still MX, and I want MX to be MX!!

One thing regarding the MX Package Installer. I wonder whether more packages suitable to KDE (example, KMyMoney, DigiKam and Knights) could be added to its list, or even if there could be two versions, one for KDE.

A couple of years back, I didn't think I'd ever go back to KDE, and I was never going to try the KDE version of MX, but now the KDE team have improved it a lot, while XFCE doesn't seem to know whether it's Arthur or Martha with its mixture of GTK3/CSD and old-style apps, though I appreciate the MX team's brave attempt to try to make the two look broadly similar.

[markol]

If I install beta2 on my computer and start using it - will I have to completely reinstall it later when the official release is out?

[chrispop99]

If I install beta2 on my computer and start using it - will I have to completely reinstall it later when the official release is out?

Yes.

The only test version that you would normally be able to update to Final is the Release Candidate.

Chris

[markol]

If I install beta2 on my computer and start using it - will I have to completely reinstall it later when the official release is out?

Yes.

The only test version that you would normally be able to update to Final is the Release Candidate.

Chris

Thank you

[uncle mark]

No issues with KDEß1 and even fewer with KDEß2! Mind you, I did strip out plasma-discover and install synaptic and apt-notifier, which I am far happer with! It might be the KDE version of MX, but it's still MX, and I want MX to be MX!!

So if I do this will I get the good old green box in the tray, tied to synaptic? With all the same functionality?

[davemx]

No issues with KDEß1 and even fewer with KDEß2! Mind you, I did strip out plasma-discover and install synaptic and apt-notifier, which I am far happier with! It might be the KDE version of MX, but it's still MX, and I want MX to be MX!!

So if I do this will I get the good old green box in the tray, tied to synaptic? With all the same functionality?

Yes. It runs the text-based updater if there are updates, else it runs synaptic.