This opinion is what’s holding Linux back. Having a clean and pleasant user experience on top of a stable Debian based distributed is the goal.

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GaryBluto 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Having a clean and pleasant user experience on top of a stable Debian based distributed is the goal.

That may be the goal for you personally but it certainly isn't the greater goal of Linux as a whole.

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constantcrying 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Exactly, you do that by installing Debian with KDE. Not by creating a new distro, which you do not have the resources to properly maintain, which is then perpetually broken in weird ways, which no user can figure out since the base distribution does not have the problems the completely understaffed maintainers introduced.

What all of these distros want to be is a basic configuration script. What they are is a nightmare for every user, since the user is now in the hands of a few people, who as a hobby are maintaining his OS and occasionally will break it.

It is so bizarre that so many people want to make distros, when they are completely unequipped up do so.

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WD-42 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Username checks out. Not everyone wants to use Debian stable, with 3 year old packages. And most certainly not everyone wants to use KDE. Choice is what makes the Linux ecosystem great even if it leads to fragmentation. Most distros are created by volunteers, what do you contribute?

	▲	lousken 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's not like Ubuntu LTS does not provide 3 year old packages as well. Other than that I agree

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prmoustache 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Not by creating a new distro, which you do not have the resources to properly maintain

Given the fact said distro is based on Ubuntu LTS there is very little to maintain except a set of themes and desktop customisation and default choices. The long support cycle makes it that the Zorin team is not facing major changes so often as they keep the same Gnome version for a long time. This is a perfectly decent sokution for people who do not feel the need to stay current with the latest version of any given desktop at all time.

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lousken 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You could also ask why XFCE does not use KDE in the background and just work on apps and provide their own KDE theme instead. They can't even make a wayland session in 2025 working so why bother? Or unity, mate, Pantheon from elemenetary os - why don't they just stick to being a theme on top of gnome or KDE and instead focus on the apps?

The answer is the same.

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tvb12 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It would be a really huge advantage if there were a really clean way to browse, apply, and (extremely importantly) reverse and remove such a configuration script. I've tried using KDE's customization options to tweak my desktop, and what I found is that I'm very capable of creating the worst desktop I've ever used.