How to install KDE Desktop in Trisquel 8 Flidas (Linux-libre)
Hi friends !
I've found that article https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2018/01/plasma-trisquel.html and tried it but it failed
hwpplayer1@hwpplayer1-Aspire-V3-772G:~$ sudo apt-get install plasma-desktop plasma-nm dolphin sddm kde-spectacle
[sudo] password for hwpplayer1:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
dolphin : Depends: libkf5baloowidgets-bin but it is not going to be installed
plasma-desktop : Depends: baloo-kf5 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: breeze but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kactivities but it is not going to be installed
Depends: plasma-workspace but it is not going to be installed
Depends: qml-module-org-kde-kcoreaddons but it is not going to be installed
Depends: qml-module-org-kde-kwindowsystem but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libkf5emoticons5 (>= 4.96.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libkf5people5 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libkf5peoplewidgets5 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libkf5runner5 (>= 5.2.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libkf5wallet-bin but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: bluedevil but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: kde-config-screenlocker but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: khelpcenter but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: kinfocenter but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: ksshaskpass but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: kwin
plasma-nm : Depends: qml-module-org-kde-kcoreaddons but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libkf5wallet-bin but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
How can i install KDE Desktop in Trisquel 8 Flidas
Thanks
It is working with standard Linux kernel i'm not sure if it is related with kernel in the meantime
There is a KDE-specific flavor of Trisquel, called Triskel.
I know how to find the Trisquel 9.0 with KDE, but I looked and couldn't find Trisquel 8.0 with KDE.
If you are interested in Triskel 9.0 heres the link:
http://jenkins.trisquel.info/makeiso-etiona/iso/20200117/
you can find amd64/i686 version, whichever one you need.
Be aware that 9.0 is in beta and is not yet stable so packages might be broken.
I'll try it in qemu/kvm - virtmanager and give feedback about it That might be a chance to join development process of our community in my opinion Thanks a lot
Even if Trisquel 9 can be released in this month, it's already 2 years later than Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and this partially cancels the so-called "LTS advantage". I once installed Trisquel 8 for some beginners. And when they want to manually install something, either building from source code or using pre-built binary packages, they routinely meet dependency problems, as the dependencies in Trisquel's repository are seriously outdated (already 4 years older). This also defeats the purpose of being "beginner-friendly" by choosing Ubuntu as the base. Let's consider an extreme (but not impossible) scene, in which the development of a certain version of Trisquel takes too long (because it's increasingly hard to "purify" Ubuntu), so that even before its release, the LTS period of the corresponding Ubuntu LTS version already ended. Above is why I no longer recommend Trisquel to others.
If someone wants to experience KDE (and/or Gnome) in a free/libre and stable distribution, I'd like to recommend PureOS, which is also FSF-endorsed. Its current version is built on the basis of Debian 10, and it receives minor updates every 1 or 2 months.
Not trying to go too off topic but..
> I'd like to recommend PureOS, which is also FSF-endorsed.
I tried to install PureOS once just to check it out, I was unable to install it on my x200. When I looked for help I found this thread :
https://forums.puri.sm/t/installing-pureos-on-a-thinkpad-x200-with-libreboot/5284
Someone (who seems like a Purism employee, my JS is off so I can't verify on their site) replied by saying "It's only intended to work with Librem Laptops" and dismissed the question.
The OP of the thread later replied saying he solved by changing sources from Debian Buster.
I don't know if I am using this term correctly or not but this seems like Tivoization where free software is being used to lock users behind specific hardware.
Definitely not "tivoization", which is based on DRM. There is no DRM in PureOS, otherwise it wouldn't be endorsed by FSF.
The latest ISOs are on http://jenkins.trisquel.info/makeiso-etiona/iso/
Triskel 9.0 works fine thanks