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Anyone got KDE running with Guix System? (discuss.tchncs.de)
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I'm currently installing Guix System, but just read in the manual that KDE isn't really available yet: https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Limitations.html

However, there are of course lots of KDE-related packages:

So... has anyone managed to get a decent integration of KDE and Plasma Desktop into Guix System (ideally with Wayland and SDDM [the successor of KDM])? Can you all share your KDE-related config.scm files?

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[โ€“] aurtzy@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You're reading the manual for Guix 1.4.0, which was released more than a few years ago! You might find the development version of the manual more helpful for documentation on plasma-desktop-service-type: https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Desktop-Services.html#index-plasma_002ddesktop_002dservice_002dtype

I have Plasma configurations here, although it's been a while since I've used them (am on GNOME at the moment): https://github.com/aurtzy/guix-config/blob/master/modules/my-guix/mods/desktop-environment.scm#L110

Also, if you downloaded the 1.4.0 installer, you might have to guix pull (so the current state of Guix's plasma is made available) before trying to do any reconfiguring.