I love KDE. I've used it as my daily driver for several years now. Despite having so many features it's surprisingly lightweight on the resources. I've used it on everything from beefy Lenovo T- series to little netbooks that I would otherwise run OpenBox on.
KDE Neon was really buggy when I tried the last LTS. Lots of programs had theming issues. The Kubuntu LTS, on the other hand, left me with a much smoother experience. Neither are perfect, sadly.
A core issue with KDE is that of theme installation (Cursors, Window Decorations, etc.) KDE ships with utilities to discover, download, and install theme components. While using Kubuntu, about 25% of the time, I find that a given theme is just impossible to install. Usually it'll be a network error or sometimes the downloaded package seems broken. With Neon, I had a 100% failure rate. Even once you do get a theme installed, it usually looks nothing like the preview. Theme developers often end up relying on third party tools, usually around compositing / GPU rendering. These tools are difficult to install and don't seem to work with all hardware.
The Slimbook ships with Neon. Personally, I'd replace it with Kubuntu.
Of course, there are other distros available where KDE can be installed in. In my experience, the KDE-first distros provide a smoother UX than others. It's as if all the KDE apps play better together when an OS comes with them all bundled in together than if you choose to piecemeal install them.
KDE Neon was really buggy when I tried the last LTS. Lots of programs had theming issues. The Kubuntu LTS, on the other hand, left me with a much smoother experience. Neither are perfect, sadly.
A core issue with KDE is that of theme installation (Cursors, Window Decorations, etc.) KDE ships with utilities to discover, download, and install theme components. While using Kubuntu, about 25% of the time, I find that a given theme is just impossible to install. Usually it'll be a network error or sometimes the downloaded package seems broken. With Neon, I had a 100% failure rate. Even once you do get a theme installed, it usually looks nothing like the preview. Theme developers often end up relying on third party tools, usually around compositing / GPU rendering. These tools are difficult to install and don't seem to work with all hardware.
The Slimbook ships with Neon. Personally, I'd replace it with Kubuntu.
Of course, there are other distros available where KDE can be installed in. In my experience, the KDE-first distros provide a smoother UX than others. It's as if all the KDE apps play better together when an OS comes with them all bundled in together than if you choose to piecemeal install them.