Just curious, has anyone tried or installed it? I installed the Neon repos in my Kubuntu install, took less time than re-customizing and re-installing a variety of apps. So far everything is working great, but if I have to re-install, I'll be trying Maui.

And if you've tried it, does Netrunner add anything to KDE Neon beyond a more generous selection of pre-installed apps?

upinvermont wrote:Just curious, has anyone tried or installed it? I installed the Neon repos in my Kubuntu install, took less time than re-customizing and re-installing a variety of apps. So far everything is working great, but if I have to re-install, I'll be trying Maui.

And if you've tried it, does Netrunner add anything to KDE Neon beyond a more generous selection of pre-installed apps?

I have installed Maui and, quite frankly, I'm very impressed. My experience indicates Maui is every bit as rock stable as Neon, and much more current and stable than Kubuntu. For many the only noticeable difference from Neon will be the larger selection of apps. But, included among them is the Mint Update Manager which, IMHO, is a much neater solution than running Muon (the best alternative I could find for running updates under Neon). Also, the default package manager in Maui is Synaptic. Muon is available via download however, for those who prefer it's interface.

A difference that may not be application related, and possibly very specific to my T460s, is that Neon always runs a little hotter (anywhere from +2 C to +4 C degrees) than either Kubuntu (without Neon) or Maui (which slightly lags Neon). I've never been able to completely isolate the cause, but as I'm frequently running on battery, a little temperature difference can have a big effect.

Oh yes, with regard to the Maui slightly lagging Neon, Plasma 5.7.4 was delayed about 4-5 days in Maui. A trivial difference.

Thanks for that geoffreyg. Didn't know Maui uses Mint Update Manager. That's cool. Sounds like Maui is a definite install if anything goes wrong with my current setup.

And now I've got to start paying attention to my system temperature. One more thing to obsess over....

I just have installed the Mint Update Manager from Maui repo to Neon developers unstable (which itself was installed over Kubuntu). It works perfectly.

You beat me to it.

Menak Vishap wrote:I just have installed the Mint Update Manager from Maui repo to Neon developers unstable (which itself was installed over Kubuntu). It works perfectly.

That is a great idea.

Menak Vishap wrote:I just have installed the Mint Update Manager from Maui repo to Neon developers unstable (which itself was installed over Kubuntu). It works perfectly.

Could you pretend your dealing with a Linux newb and explain which repo you used and what else was necessary? When searching for the repos all I'm finding is stuff for the other Maui (Arch-based) distro. Thanks.

The repo is:

'deb http://packages.mauilinux.org xenial main'

Add it, and then just install 'mintupdate' package. Run Mint Update Manager once, and it will add its icon to the panel.

Cool, thanks. Discover was one reason I was considering distro-hopping again so this is pretty sweet. For anyone else that stumbles upon this I wasn't able to add the repo or install mintupdate via Discover.

The old-fashioned way, for newbs like me:

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john@zbookie:~$ sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://packages.mauilinux.org xenial main'
john@zbookie:~$ sudo apt install mintupdate


And now I found the Maui repo info too, in case anyone else is looking: https://forums.mauilinux.org/showthread ... positories