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    Please Present Performance of Plucky Puffin Kubuntu 25.04

    I have just found out that we can now download Kubuntu 25.04 at the site:
    https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/daily-live/current/

    I did try to install it, but lost patience and gave up. I will have another go tonight and start the process and I hope that it makes progress between my nightly wee stops. So for the brave at heart, I hope you are able to give Plucky Puffin a go. I will let you know once I have successfully installed it. I did find it interesting that our Ubuntu friends have been able to try it out over two days ago. So I hope the Kubuntu developers have done a good job for a first release.

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    This is my first look at Plucky Puffin 25.04 compared with the final status of Oracular Oriole 24.10. After many failed attempts, I finally got 25.04 installed. The main reason for my problems relates to the fact that I have a UHD monitor and the installation gives two choices for the monitor resolution. If the default is selected, the UHD resolution is applied and I have never got this option to work. The lower resolution works. One aspect of the current installation process is that you have to always remember to wait for the processing to finish. For example I did all the prerequisites to start the installation of Plucky before I went to bed and in the morning I was presented with a black unresponsive screen. When I powered off and rebooted, behold Plucky Puffin was there in all its glory.

    So I have now installed all my applications and am in a good position to compare this first Versions in Plucky with my last versions in Oracular. So here are the differences.
    Kubuntu 24.10 Kubuntu 25.04
    KDE Plasma Version 6.1.5 6.2.3
    KDE Frameworks Version 6.6.0 6.8
    QT Version 6.6.2 6.7.2
    Application Version 4:24.08.1 4:24.11.80
    Kernel Version 6.11.0-9-generic 6.11.0-8-generic
    As you can see, all major versions have been advance with only a minor difference in the Kernel version. After all my frustration at getting 25.04 installed, I am now very impressed with what the developers have achieved and are to be congratulated on a job well done

    I certainly hope that others on this forum are successful with getting 25.04 installed. Just remember that if you have a UHD monitor, use the low resolution monitor option and the installation will proceed. Monitor resolution can be corrected after installation
    Last edited by NoWorries; Nov 22, 2024, 02:37 AM.

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      #3
      Kubuntu 25.04 installed today without issues.

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        #4
        It is Now 4 Months before the Release of Plucky Puffin 25.04


        I got 25.04 installed when it was first released. I encountered a problem in getting such an early release installed because I used my default monitor resolution which is UHD. I am not sure if an installation now works with this monitor but I know for sure that a lower resolution works.

        So it is now 4 months before the release of 25.04 and I have experienced a multitude of updates and they have not broken my system. To give you an idea of the progress made since my first installation, I will now give you a comparison of this with the 4 month version of Plucky Puffin 25.04. So listed below is a table showing the main differences.

        Info Version 1st Puffin 4 Months To Go
        KDE Plasma Version 6.2.3 6.2.4
        KDE Frameworks Version 6.8 6.9
        QT Version 6.7.2 6.8.1
        Application Version 4:24.11.80 4:24.12.0
        Kernel Version 6.11.0-8-generic 6.11.0-8-generic

        As you can see, all major versions have been advance with the exception of the Kernel version. After all my frustration at getting 25.04 installed, I am now very impressed with what the developers have achieved and are definitely to be congratulated on a job well done.

        I am sure that there many others on this forum who continue to enjoy what the developers have achieved with Kubuntu and Ubuntu 25.04.




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          #5
          I have noticed a good performance increase when using opengl and vulkan in games when using the Wayland session, and here's hoping that the addition of the newer kernel and mesa libraries will increase it some more

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