From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 2/17/26 02:45, Carlos E. R. wrote:   
   > On 2026-02-17 11:15, Nuno Silva wrote:   
   >> On 2026-02-16, Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> Actually Plasma 5 was very light but Plasma 6 added back a lot of volume   
   >>> in disk and  memory space. Despite that it contains useful improvements   
   >>> especially to the clipboard.  Sadly KDE has decided to beome dependent   
   >>> on systemd so that it will become much heavier and I will have to   
   >>> give it   
   >>> up as PCLinuxOS is specifically anti-systemd or Poettering's folly as we   
   >>> call it.  I started using KDE about 20 years ago on version 3.57 for   
   >>> Mandriva because it gave me a Desktop Environment on which I could   
   >>> maintain the workflow I had become accustomed to on AmigaOS.   
   >>   
   >> Not that this says anything about whether it will depend more on systemd   
   >> or not, but some posts I saw on the fediverse suggest that currently   
   >> only their graphical login manager depends/will depend on systemd.   
   >>   
   >> If the KDE sources are not misleading and really mean it by saying it's   
   >> just the login manager, then the desktop itself ought to be still usable   
   >> without systemd.   
   >   
   > Possibly it uses systemd login features to know what user has access to   
   > resources such as the USB, audio, DVD.... Who has the seat.   
   >   
   > ...   
   >   
   Don't know why. But that is not their plan:   
   > KDE Says Plasma Desktop Will Never Force Users to Use systemd   
   > Only the Plasma Login Manager will be dependent on systemd, but future     
   Plasma releases aren’t   
   > dependent on Plasma Login Manager, nor systemd.   
   > by Marcus Nestor  February 16th, 2026 -7 Comments   
      
      
      
   bliss- Dell Precision 7730- PCLOS 2026.01- Linux 6.12.71 pclos1- KDE   
   Plasma 6.5.5   
      
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