It's actually fascinating to me, the number and maturity of immutable distros being released recently, that is ones that have most of the root system read-only with minimal changes allowed to the system. I also don't know if I'd call it ironic that Arch, the most DIY of all the "core" distros, is the foundation of many such locked-down distributions. In addition to KDE Linux, Arch also powers the base SteamOS, while Bazzite is Fedora-based. I find it notable that all have chosen KDE over other graphic environments; even the current distro-du-jour, Catchy, is reported to have dropped GNOME support. The sea change in the Linux desktop is the now-muscular support for games thanks to the enormous support given by Valve to the Steamdeck and all things Linux. A new KDE reference system (still in alpha) is not that sea change, power users are already well cared for in this world. What's genuinely new is that Linux now has a legitimate shot at attracting newcomers thanks to un-borkable OSs and game support that sometimes surpassed performance under Windows. Further, in a world where Nvidia seems to be running away with the GPU market, the Linux approach seems to heavily favour AMD. An interesting video on the reason KDE devs found Neon to be less of a platform than they needed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk1_nOPMuX0 and recently updated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6wyZkZ2IME And ... a popular tech channel tries Linux for the first time in 14 years and likes the result: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa8nMiEoti0 - Evan On Sat, Aug 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM Ron via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org> wrote:
Evan Leibovitch via Talk wrote on 2025-08-08 18:59:
Fedora and KDE based. Immutable. Most installable apps are Flatpaks. Best tuned for AMD graphics. Apparently the best and easiest way to turn any PC into a SteamDeck, ie, gaming system.
Has anyone here tried it?
Haven't tried it.
However, KDE fans might be interested in KDE Linux (klinux shirley?), a new KDE-as-intended-by-the-devs project:
It's has some of the features you're looking for:
Arch and KDE based.
Immutable.
Most installable apps are Flatpaks.
Best tuned for AMD graphics but nVidea 16xx+ via nouveau
It seems they're somewhat constrained by the Ubuntu LTS that KDEneon is based upon as it doesn't update frequently enough.
I find the LTS rather important, so not sure if I'll be giving KDE Linux a try, but wish them luck with it. ------------------------------------ Description: GTALUG Talk Unsubscribe via Talk-unsubscribe@lists.gtalug.org Start a new thread: talk@lists.gtalug.org This message archived at https://lists.gtalug.org/archives/list/talk@lists.gtalug.org/message/E24NPOR...