<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title></head><body><div>> Can you install new packages in Kinoite? And, if you "revert" to
old version of OS, then what happens to the new packages?</div><div><br></div><div>If you install packages as flatpaks, or inside a container (using toolbox or distrobox), then those installations are persistent across upgrades and rollbacks. (Ditto for installing into /usr/local, which is not part of the base system.)<br></div><div><br></div><div>If you install a package into the base system, and you break the system, then you roll back the base system, and that package is no longer installed.</div><div><br></div><div>Doug.<br></div><div><br></div><div>On Sun, Dec 28, 2025, at 2:28 AM, William Park wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div>Questions...</div><div> <br></div><div> 1. Regular Fedora KDE 43 has the same KDE/kernel versions, but after
few updates. So, what's the point of "atomic" when it's updated
like the regular?</div><div> <br></div><div> 2. Can you install new packages in Kinoite? And, if you "revert" to
old version of OS, then what happens to the new packages?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="qt-moz-cite-prefix">On 2025-12-27 18:16, Doug Moen wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:9637a0ef-bc1c-4280-b667-13e885c12612@app.fastmail.com"><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-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 it suitable for daily PC?</div><div>_______________________________________________</div><div>kwlug-disc mailing list</div><div>To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:kwlug-disc-leave@kwlug.org" class="qt-moz-txt-link-freetext">kwlug-disc-leave@kwlug.org</a></div><div>with the subject "unsubscribe", or email</div><div><a href="mailto:kwlug-disc-owner@kwlug.org" class="qt-moz-txt-link-freetext">kwlug-disc-owner@kwlug.org</a> to contact a human being.</div><div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><br></div></body></html>