KDE Plasma 6 with Debian. How to install on Raspberry Pi 5.

[@Breeffeehey]

A big thanks to the always usefull Leepsp! I sort of fell in love with Manjaro's KDE Plasma desktop while trying configuring and playing with different distributions for my Raspberry Pi 5 / DeX-dock laptop I am building for myself... After spending half of my week-end trying to install Manjaro on my Pi5 (and playing with some Ubuntu desktops, even trying Pimiga4 - which I unfortunately wasn't able to make work as intended...), I just noticed, this morning, that I had this video in my Watch Later list! I now have Plasma on my DeXtop-Pi! A big thanks to LeePSP for it!! Now, to complete the config!!

[@bmanske1]

Great job. I don't see anything in the show notes. Please post a link for your nvme adapter.

[@leepspvideo]

@@bmanske1 review soon ziketech.com/products/zikedrive-usb4-40gbps-nvme-m-2-ssd-enclosure-z666 Pi5 doesn’t like booting from it. It’s really meant for usb 4 devices

[@erk5243]

@leepspvideo I managed to get rid of the graphics glitch at log in when i started with raspberry pi os lite, then installing KDE plasma desktop.

[@mikephillips5551]

With neon you get ubuntu witch is based on debian.. but its owen repo..

[@gostixxxx]

better to use Raspberry OS light and install KDE separately. Works perfectly!

[@leepspvideo]

@@gostixxxx you do end up with KDE Plasma 5 not 6 with that method.

[@gostixxxx]

@@leepspvideo 5. Upgrade to 6 was unsuccessful (((

[@smytandeflor]

Is it possible to make kde-neon plasma 6 to boot from an nvme-card?

[@leepspvideo]

@@smytandeflor I used nvme in the tutorial

[@smytandeflor]

@leepspvideo yeah as always I realized that as I sent the comment hehe. Got it working easy as pie! Great tutorial ✨🙏

[@glitcher-ofc]

Should I use this as my main OS?

[@leepspvideo]

@@glitcher-ofc on an X64 computer yes. This works better on a Pi Blank screen KZbin FIX. My Linux setup part 4 64bit KDE Plasma kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5ncmJSnr996jNU

[@glitcher-ofc]

@leepsvideo Ok thx I'll go with plasma 5 then.

[@Artox-o7u]

The overview screen work? I tried with armbian kde and I only see a black screen

[@leepspvideo]

@@Artox-o7u overview screen?

[@Artox-o7u]

@leepspvideo yes, The one that appears in KDE by moving the mouse cursor to the top left corner. It allows you to see an overview of the windows, add or remove virtual desktops and move windows from one desktop to another

[@leepspvideo]

@@Artox-o7u I don’t use it. Is it under desktop effects

[@Artox-o7u]

@@leepspvideo Too bad, I would have liked to know if it worked

[@seanriley8523]

Will you make it available for download like your other systems

[@leepspvideo]

@@seanriley8523 no, KDE installed in Raspberry Pi OS is the only os I’ll share. It performs the best and has the most compatibility. Did you try the tutorial? This is my latest update Blank screen KZbin FIX. My Linux setup part 4 64bit KDE Plasma kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5ncmJSnr996jNU

[@carlpetersen3128]

Is there any advantage in running KDE vs the regular pi os.

[@leepspvideo]

@@carlpetersen3128 I much prefer the interface. With quicker launching and searching. A decent App Store, customisation and much more. I have a playlist showing the KDE Plasma desktop environment installed in Raspberry Pi OS here KDE Plasma Pi 5 kzbin.info/aero/PLMJAjiTgBtFnJ4563mevOckNsz5Cm45LH

[@donno1967]

does waydroid work on wayland ?

[@leepspvideo]

@@donno1967 I have tried a few times on Pi5 but failed. On my GMKtec mini PC (Ryzen 7) it installed simply and works great. Not sure if it’s an ARM issue

[@Abd-k8x]

Sorry to ask here . What the highest endurance SDCARD for pi 5 that will stay longer with no failure. I don't careaboutspeed (Only SD card no SSD :)

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

It's not a case of "What is the highest endurance (Micro)SD card?" but how you use it. Any media has a limited number of read and write operations to any part of its storage and, in all likelihood, an SD card would reach that limit long before a hard disk or SSD would. Therefore, when you use an OS on an SD card, you try to configure it so it minimises the number of read and write operations to the card and/or spreads them out over the entire space on the card ("wear levelling"). This is far too complicated a subject to go into here but you can do your own research for Linux (I don't care about Windows, it's trash, especially on a Raspberry Pi) by looking at deploying a RAM disk (to store write operations in memory and dump them out occasionally, useful for syslog activity that would constantly write to the media), looking at how filesystems use wear levelling to see which of those is the best, and simply disabling applications that don't need to be running that would do a lot of writing to the card - for example, if you compile a lot of code, you might want to temporarily mount a network drive on another computer and do the compilation on that, rather than the SD card. You're looking for an easy answer to a complicated question, and there isn't one.

[@Abd-k8x]

@terrydaktyllus1320 wow thank you so much for your reply. than can you recommend a mSata SSD to USB (SSD M&B) as that what SSD I have now installed of buying new one

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

@@Abd-k8x My advice is read reviews and, if you're using the SSD on the Pi, then it's good to make the connecting cable as short as possible. I can't give you manufacturer names, I just have a few that I have "picked up over the years". I am not really someone that focuses on "statistics" and numbers - if something works well enough then that is good enough for me. Just read reviews on the vendor site, or check other videos on YT.

[@------country-boy-------]

i dont trust sd cards. had a few get corrupted on me - (samsung EVO) so i installed the raspi version of ubuntu mate on a sandisk usb 3.0 thumb drive. its pretty fast. would recommend backing up drive every month to a second thumb drive using terminal and the dd (duplicate disk) program. in terminal the command will look something like this: ~$ sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=64K conv=noerror,sync status=progress

[@leepspvideo]

@@Abd-k8x amzn.to/3TD6h6l high endurance surveillance/ dashcam sd cards

[@JNET_Reloaded]

what ssd make and model using here? and that usb enclosure mae and model plz?

[@leepspvideo]

@@JNET_Reloaded Nvme Kingspec 128 2242 amzn.to/3HVi0XN The Zike enclosure works with Pi 5 to write an os. It’s not as compatible as the pie boards. It’s a high end usb 4 device. Review soon ziketech.com/products/zikedrive-usb4-40gbps-nvme-m-2-ssd-enclosure-z666 Also see which NVMe drives work with a Raspberry Pi 5? kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZ64mImKd9J-n9E This also works Orico nvme enclosure amzn.to/3Bbh55q

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

I was able to work out the SSD make and model, and the enclosure make and model by watching the video - and pausing at certain points. There's no point him making content if you ask questions that indicate that you haven't even watched it.

[@lee99bay]

❤

[@JNET_Reloaded]

btw never do an update 1st always expand file system 1st

[@leepspvideo]

@@JNET_Reloaded Ubuntu does it automatically. Most Linux on Pi are fine. Android still needs expanding

[@christianpreiss8246]

It won‘t work work. I‘ve installed ubuntu with pinn. After Distuprade to 24.02 and Addict The kde repositories, a reboot ends in a Kernel panic. This is also Wehen i install ubuntu 24.02 allone.

[@leepspvideo]

@@christianpreiss8246I did it twice with 24.04.1 LTS.

[@christianpreiss8246]

@@leepspvideo how can i put it in pinn❔❓

[@leepspvideo]

@@christianpreiss8246 not sure. I think Pinn does something different with the kernel

[@JNET_Reloaded]

c to a adaptor you mean!

[@chocolatecc]

No codec debían

[@leepspvideo]

@@chocolatecc can you be more specific?

[@Doortodoorgeek]

my first run command for any ubuntu ver sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt dist-upgrade && sudo apt full-upgrade && sudo apt autopurge && sudo apt clean && sudo apt autoremove && sudo apt-get install aptitude -y && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade && sudo snap refresh && reset && ls /var/run/reboot-required for debian I just remove the snap stuff