Steps to Remove KDE Plasma Desktop Environment. Auto remove the plasma-desktop and kubuntu desktop. Remove all the remaining files. Reset the Splash Interface. Update initramfs and grub. Disable the Simple Desktop Display Manager (SDDM) Enable the GNOME Display Manager (gdm3) Reboot your system. Wrap up.
(Works with Arch ISO Image build as of: 2024.01.01) Arch Linux with KDE Plasma Installation Guide (UEFI & MBR) Hello everyone, This is my guide for installing minimal Arch Linux with KDE Plasma Desktop Environment. In this guide we will go step by step on how I install my Arch System and set everything up from scratch for a stable & healthy OS.Put a name of your choice in the 'Shortcut Label' field, for example KDE-Plasma. The 'Shortcut Command' is dbus-launch startplasma-x11. For the 'Run In' field, select Arch. Click on 'Add this to Start menu' to finish. Now launch this shortcut from the Start menu, and focus on the VcXsrv window. Viola, we're in Plasma!
sudo pacman -S xorg xorg-xinit. Install xorg and xorg-xinit packages. Then you need to create the X initiation file. It has the name .xinitrc and placed in your home directory. The content of the file is “ exec startkde ”. echo "exec startkde" > ~/.xinitrc. Creating xinitrc file. Finally, you install plasma-desktop.dalto January 26, 2022, 1:15pm 7. The purpose of the meta package is to guarantee that all parts of it installed even as the list changes. So next time plasma-meta gets updated, it will reinstall the dependency. If you don’t want all those packages forcibly installed, you should remove plasma-meta and convert the plasma packages to explicitly
sudo apt remove ^kde This will remove everything related to kde-plasma. But as always, do a backup before trying. Restoring gnome is a pain sometimes. But try. sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-gnome-desktop Can't guarantee that it will work. Cross your fingers.. If the app offers an in-built uninstall option, you may try and go for that. Some paths to look into for manual cleansing otherwise are: ~/.config ~/.local/share ~/.cache /etc /etc/xdg /usr/share; Just try to steer away from KDE PIM apps because that's a hell of a ride.View source. View history. According to Wikipedia : Compiz is a compositing window manager for the X Window System, using 3D graphics hardware to create fast compositing desktop effects for window management. Effects, such as a minimization animation or a cube workspace, are implemented as loadable plugins.
On the KDE side: Plasma 6 issues. Frameworks 6 issues + Plasma 6 issues. All Qt6-related issues across all KDE software. In a built-from-source dev session on top of a distro-provided Plasma 5 session, KWin effect IDs have changed, so they appear duplicated in the Effects KCM and you need to disable one of each, or else both play at the sameOn Latte Dock Settings, select: File > Quit Latte [Screenshot] Quit Latte Dock. Disable/remove it from autostart. Open System Settings, go to: Workspace > Startup and Shutdown > Autostart, or just type "Autostart" from search menu bar. Click on Latte, Then remove it by click button "-" (Remove) [Screenshot] Remove Latte Dock from Autostart. Share.Removing discover was also something I did, soon after installing EndeavourOS KDE. Running pacman -Rns discover removed both discover and archlinux-appstream-data . Nothing broke, the system works well without these two packages. .