Small KDE-Distro?

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Hi Folks,

I want to learn a bit to customize KDE.
And this i don’t want to do with my working environment :smiley:
So I’m looking for a small distribution to install in a VM.
Of course, there i can use Netrunner as well, but i think it is a bit to big for this.

So i am looking for a small one which i can use.
Any suggestions which one would be fine? Only needs are:

  • not an live-only-system
  • KDE

As my bandwidth is quiet small, so I’m looking for a small one, where all needed SW can get installed afterwards.
AFAIK Porteus would be an appropriate one, but i have never used, so i would like to know if there are other (better ones) for my need)

thanks

2

Slax might be the right for you. It features a very lightweight kde plasma desktop and is based on slackware.

3

okay, thanks
is there anything different in modifying KDE for slackware and netrunner, or can i expect that modifications which will work there will work for netrunner as well?
sorry, but i never tried till now to compare different distros.

4

As long as you stick to plasmoids & themes it should work perfectly.

5

yes at first i want to have a look to the themes.
i like the Netrunner looking, but for my needs (or better wishes) still unused potential.
any documentation suggestions for starters? otherwise i will just check the documentation on the KDE web page.

6

If you only want to install and try out new themes then use the get themes or get hot new stuff in the kde apps itself.

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no, not trying existing ones. i want to create own ones :slight_smile:
i found already lots of documentation, but if someone has good information sources i will gladly take them :slight_smile:

8

Slax have the same problems with dependencies that have Slackware, and IMHO strong difficult of relatively ubuntu\kubuntu\netrunner for tuning system.