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mikejade wrote: Sun Dec 01, 2019 10:03 am so decided to challenge myself and tinker around with my machine as i believe learning the hardway is the easyway for me...

I haven't tried your Respin yet, but I want to say you're doing some great work on here engaging and helping users.

I really hope you continue your Respin or at least continue to be part of the community no matter what.

I'll give it a try first chance I get.

paul1149 wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2020 2:09 pm BTW, I found out my Synaptic problem. It requires the user password, not root. This is different from XFCE, as I recall. Using the user pw it sails open.

Hi paul1149,been also checking on why the synaptic package manager was showing double entry in menu and found that on top of the already application desktop entry [usr/share/application] carried over from xfce {synaptic.desktop} adding plasma desktop added another {synaptic-kde.desktop} entry and each would executes with different command. have updated the iso and should fix the issue and be run as root.

SwampRabbit wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2020 2:32 pm

mikejade wrote: Sun Dec 01, 2019 10:03 am so decided to challenge myself and tinker around with my machine as i believe learning the hardway is the easyway for me...

I haven't tried your Respin yet, but I want to say you're doing some great work on here engaging and helping users.

I really hope you continue your Respin or at least continue to be part of the community no matter what.

I'll give it a try first chance I get.

SwampRabbit, Thank you pal, will continue to work on it and hopefully along the way it might attract other community members who will contribute; to better the respin even further...Great work you guys continue to do developing the Distro.

I am using your spin about one day on my USB stick and shocked about low system usage(~550MB RAM usage). As far as i see, you didn't change default KDE settings so i didn't need to make a general remaster and there isn't too much extra software so thanks about it, please keep it on next snapshots. I can only suggest adding "plasma-discover" for now.

I experienced some error messages while installing anything via MX Package Installer : https://dpaste.org/uWhA

Checking all KDE spins one by one now and going to stay on one of them definitely.

omeringen wrote: Sat May 09, 2020 5:59 pm I am using your spin about one day on my USB stick and shocked about low system usage(~550MB RAM usage). As far as i see, you didn't change default KDE settings so i didn't need to make a general remaster and there isn't too much extra software so thanks about it, please keep it on next snapshots. I can only suggest adding "plasma-discover" for now.

I experienced some error messages while installing anything via MX Package Installer : https://dpaste.org/uWhA

Checking all KDE spins one by one now and going to stay on one of them definitely.

@mikejade,
Tested all KDE spins and recently switched to your spin again for re-test. All respins have a common issue about theming. Some is about SDDM theme, some is about workspace theme but all of them have it.
system settings -> workspace theme -> get a new theme at KDE -> for example Nordic
System settings -> startup and shutdown -> SDDM ->

To be honest, i really like your spin. Please aim for the theming issues on your next spin and keep it vanilla please (no extra software installed).

What is the password?

pio9a wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 11:28 am What is the password?

Root:root

Demo:demo

passwords are the same as the official version

omeringen wrote: Sat May 16, 2020 2:10 pm

omeringen wrote: Sat May 09, 2020 5:59 pm I am using your spin about one day on my USB stick and shocked about low system usage(~550MB RAM usage). As far as i see, you didn't change default KDE settings so i didn't need to make a general remaster and there isn't too much extra software so thanks about it, please keep it on next snapshots. I can only suggest adding "plasma-discover" for now.

I experienced some error messages while installing anything via MX Package Installer : https://dpaste.org/uWhA

Checking all KDE spins one by one now and going to stay on one of them definitely.

@mikejade,
Tested all KDE spins and recently switched to your spin again for re-test. All respins have a common issue about theming. Some is about SDDM theme, some is about workspace theme but all of them have it.
system settings -> workspace theme -> get a new theme at KDE -> for example Nordic
System settings -> startup and shutdown -> SDDM ->

To be honest, i really like your spin. Please aim for the theming issues on your next spin and keep it vanilla please (no extra software installed).

First of all let me point out that all my respins are using lightdm display manager as the default, so trying to install sddm theme from startup and shutdown settings, you still need to switch to SDDM display manager for you to achieve desired results. from a terminal enter the command 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure sddm' and select sddm from the dialog box drop down menu it will first show lightdm since its the default.

for the themeing issues could you be referring to the 'GTK-warnings theme parsing errors' ??which i found the cause was 'gtkr configs files' probably remained when removing the xfce files .but that can be resolved easily if at all that the main problem you referring to. the warnings for the moment are harmless and you can ignore them but will adress them in next respin. try setting the breeze gtk theme as default in systemsettings gtk section

mikejade wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 12:01 pm 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure sddm'

Yeah i know. SDDM thing is common for all spins.
From your spin: https://ibb.co/yFghymH
From another KDE spin: https://ibb.co/wwdb6W9

mikejade wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 12:01 pm for the themeing issues could you be referring to the 'GTK-warnings theme parsing errors' ??which i found the cause was 'gtkr configs files' probably remained when removing the xfce files .but that can be resolved easily if at all that the main problem you referring to. the warnings for the moment are harmless and you can ignore them but will adress them in next respin. try setting the breeze gtk theme as default in systemsettings gtk section

GTK parsing errors are not that important to me. I am talking about system themes. I also installed most downloaded 3 theme via "system settings -> workspace theme -> get a new theme at KDE" for test. Look at these ugly buttons :
https://ibb.co/G0kw6fm

Thanks for your answer.

omeringen wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 1:20 pm

mikejade wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 12:01 pm 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure sddm'

Yeah i know. SDDM thing is common for all spins.
From your spin: https://ibb.co/yFghymH
From another KDE spin: https://ibb.co/wwdb6W9

mikejade wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 12:01 pm for the themeing issues could you be referring to the 'GTK-warnings theme parsing errors' ??which i found the cause was 'gtkr configs files' probably remained when removing the xfce files .but that can be resolved easily if at all that the main problem you referring to. the warnings for the moment are harmless and you can ignore them but will adress them in next respin. try setting the breeze gtk theme as default in systemsettings gtk section

GTK parsing errors are not that important to me. I am talking about system themes. I also installed most downloaded 3 theme via "system settings -> workspace theme -> get a new theme at KDE" for test. Look at these ugly buttons :
https://ibb.co/G0kw6fm

Thanks for your answer.

those buttons do sure loook ugly as hell, but for you to achieve a unified look you need to install kvantum engine then download the Nordic KDE kvantum [https://store.kde.org/p/1326272/] install it in kvantum then in system settings under application style change widget style to kvantum click apply and log out

for the Sddm nordic theme unless i try it out cant help you on that yet, but most likely the cause of the error is from the theme itself and not the system have you tried the default breeze sddm or any other sddm themes?