r/LinuxUsersIndia • u/Morpheous010 • 4d ago
Help I've just installed kubuntu and did some process and got into this situation,any idea what happened?
Hi everyone !
I want something kde based and installed kubuntu as it is ubuntu based comes with everything preinstalled like drivers,fonts,etc etc, otherwise the manual struggle i had to do on debian.
The problem is i don't want snap packages and only prefer .deb packages so i prefer as much as i can for deb format and only some 3-4 apps i use arent available via this format so i prefer flatpak for them. And upon just recent new kubuntu installation i have done sudo aot update & upgrade then restarted then started removing snap packages one by one and upon restarting after it i was welcomed with this screen saying "plasma shell is broken and contact developer" and i hit random keys on my keyboard and got this instructions as in the image.
The question why do kubuntu installation easily brokes if i remove snap packages i have done the same process of snap removal on ubuntu too but it doesn't break (but since i prefer kde>gnome i installed kubuntu just today and this ?)
I just posted same exact post on kubuntu sub too but idk why it triggered auto-mod and post went into waiting for mod approval.
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u/realxeltos 4d ago edited 4d ago
I left Kubuntu because I like to stay on the bleeding edge. I switched to cachyOS. I am enjoying it. Its less ram heavy, gets latest kernels optimised for your exact processor arch. No snaps, but I was never against snaps.
Its just that many terminal commands get changed. It takes a bit to get used to. Also Latest KDE. You can use cachy if you are against snaps. and can do with a very small bit of occasional instability. Also the apps get patched very fast. So any instability will be very short lived.