# Custom KDE desktop based on Rocky Linux 8 **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Created:** [October 12, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/custom-kde-desktop-based-on-rocky-linux-8/7534 "2022-10-12T21:03:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![microlinux](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/microlinux/32/1244_2.png) [@microlinux](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/microlinux)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/custom-kde-desktop-based-on-rocky-linux-8/7534/1 "2022-10-12T21:03:18Z")
Hi, I’ve spent the last couple weeks writing and fine-tuning an “automagic” post-installation script that turns a minimal Rocky Linux 8 installation into a full-blown KDE desktop with bells and whistles. Check it out: [Nicolas Kovacs / Rocky Linux 8.x Desktop Setup · GitLab](https://gitlab.com/kikinovak/rocky-8-desktop) Post your remarks and/or suggestions here in this thread. Cheers from the sunny South of France, Niki PS : here’s [the script](https://gitlab.com/kikinovak/rocky-8-desktop/-/blob/main/setup.sh) as well as a screenshot. ![rock](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/8/88d9ed28a6ba08ee0cfdc4ca811936881bc89b1f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![microlinux](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/microlinux/32/1244_2.png) [@microlinux](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/microlinux)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/custom-kde-desktop-based-on-rocky-linux-8/7534/2 "2022-11-02T16:58:11Z")
Here’s a detailed blog article (in french) about this setup: > **[Configuration automatique d’un poste de travail Rocky Linux 8 KDE – Le blog...](https://blog.microlinux.fr/rocky-linux-8-kde/)** ---
**Author:** ![bobar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b77776/32.png) [@bobar](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/bobar)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/custom-kde-desktop-based-on-rocky-linux-8/7534/3 "2022-11-02T22:28:14Z")
Sûrement “Voici un article de blog détaillé (en français) sur cette configuration:” Non !? !!! … ( feigned indignation ) Ain’t Google great ? … well, when they’re not making/releasing the next version of Android when the last one isn’t finished yet… but then that’s the CI/CD world we ~~live~~ suffer in … But on KDE … the situation with kde / rhel et al is … BAD. Epel 8 currently includes a version betwixt 2 LTS versions which is no longer supported - ok except you can’t address any issues you encounter at all ( no point / maybe fixed / won’t entertain etc ) and obviously there is no reliable maintenance of updates to kde in EPEL so even if it was a supported version ur not getting fixes or security patches… I will be forced shortly to embrace macOS so it’s not a huge issue for me in the short term but to continue with rhel I’m going to have to ultimately try / attempt / look into setting up an automated build of kde myself at some point (ideally with regression tests) … or maybe a canoe and a paddle and off to the wilderness - at least I’d have a paddle. … …but seriously, I will more likely never get around to it and ultimately end up only using rhel for servers. ---
**Author:** ![bobar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b77776/32.png) [@bobar](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/bobar)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/custom-kde-desktop-based-on-rocky-linux-8/7534/4 "2022-11-15T09:33:30Z")
> [@bobar](#): > > … and obviously there is no reliable maintenance of updates to kde in EPEL so even if it was a supported version ur not getting fixes or security patches… I stand corrected: [Epel 8 KDE blocked, in testing, what the future holds…(rhel bugzilla issue 2133188)](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2133188) ---
**Author:** ![microlinux](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/microlinux/32/1244_2.png) [@microlinux](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/microlinux)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/custom-kde-desktop-based-on-rocky-linux-8/7534/5 "2022-11-15T17:23:42Z")
> [@bobar](#): > > I stand corrected: [Epel 8 KDE blocked, in testing, what the future holds…(rhel bugzilla issue 2133188)](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2133188) I gave that a try in a virtual machine, but the upgrade failed due to missing dependencies. ---
**Author:** ![chemal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/chemal/32/2238_2.png) [@chemal](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/chemal)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/custom-kde-desktop-based-on-rocky-linux-8/7534/6 "2022-11-15T19:33:41Z")
That’s why it is in testing. And you can’t even join the testing until Rocky 8.7 is out. But when 8.7 is out you have to update everything in one go: Rocky, KDE, Nvidia drivers, … Maybe some of your custom builds also need rebuilding … 😄 ---
**Author:** ![rockandroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b487fb/32.png) [@rockandroller](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/rockandroller)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/custom-kde-desktop-based-on-rocky-linux-8/7534/7 "2022-11-15T20:45:30Z")
Speaking of KDE… I just discovered that Dolphin file manager dolphin.x86\_64 21.08.3-1.el9 (installed as default in Rocky 9 KDE distro) has a serious bug - cannot write to SMB shares! ☹ If I install the Konqueror package and use that to manually browse the same SMB share, there is no problem writing. I found there is a KDE bug that I tried to re-open, but I guess my note there is still pending (as its vanished) [https://bugs.kde.org/show\_bug.cgi?id=445976](https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445976) my error : Could not rename partial file smb://nas.local/MiddleEarth/misc/zoom.txt.part. Please check permissions. ---
**Author:** ![bobar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b77776/32.png) [@bobar](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/bobar)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/custom-kde-desktop-based-on-rocky-linux-8/7534/8 "2022-11-16T10:51:18Z")
Yes but the main point is that despite recent appearances it _is_ maintained and you will eventually get the 5.24 (LTS) version in RHEL 8.7 (hopefully) and you will get patches. We’re just at a bump in the road just like we were with RHEL 8.5 where you couldn’t run KDE at all. ---
**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:34am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/custom-kde-desktop-based-on-rocky-linux-8/7534/9 "2023-08-25T03:34:22Z")
Closed on August 25, 2023, 3:34am UTC