<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title></head><body><div>I'm running Fedora Kinoite. I have Linux 6.17.12, Plasma 6.5.4.</div><div>This matches Debian testing, so it's up to date.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Sat, Dec 27, 2025, at 7:16 AM, William Park via kwlug-disc wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div>(Double posted, so reply to your list)</div><div> <br></div><div> I've been looking for a distro with recent KDE and recent kerne<b>l</b>.
So, the benchmark was <b>Kubuntu</b> 25.10 (v6.4 KDE, v6.17
kernel).</div><div> <br></div><div> 1. Started with <b>Mint</b> + "<span class="font" style="font-family:monospace;">apt install
kde-full</span>". Result was comparable to Kubuntu LTS, ie. v5.27
KDE, v6.14 kernel. Makes sense, since Mint is based on Ubuntu LTS.</div><div> <br></div><div> 2. Then, tried <b>LMDE</b> + "<span class="font" style="font-family:monospace;">apt install
kde-full</span>". I was surprised to get a rather recent v6.3 KDE
with v6.12 kernel. I was expecting an old KDE, even older than Mint
version.</div><div> <br></div><div> 3. So, decided to try <b>Debian</b> <b>testing</b> + KDE. I got
v6.5.4 KDE (latest) and v6.17.12 kernel. Not bad.</div><div> <br></div><div> Right now, <b>Debian testing</b> is compiling v6.12.62 and v6.18.1
kernels for Raspberry Pi Zero 2W. We'll see how it goes.</div><div> <br></div><div> To those using Debian testing, how would you rate its stability? Is
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