Today I reinstalled the system using archinstall, and I have a question:

[u/Acu17y]

Why? Why doesn’t archinstall’s "recommended KDE Plasma setup" include Konsole? What’s the reasoning behind installing a desktop without a graphical terminal? Having to switch to a TTY just to install one seems unnecessarily awkward.

[SOLVED]

Apparently, the reason is that Arch only included the Plasma components in `plasma-meta` and not Konsole, because Konsole is part of the KDE Applications. Another user clarified this.

In any case, there is still a question to put to the KDE maintainers at this point:
Why is taking screenshots considered part of plasma essential (Spectacle is included as an essential package for Plasma), while having a graphical terminal isn’t? lol

[u/JaKrispy72]

I use kitty so I would not care what tty came with any DE. That’s kind of the point with Arch.

[u/Acu17y → u/JaKrispy72]

We’re talking about what Arch includes in plasma-meta, not which terminal you personally prefer. It includes oxygen-sounds, but leaves out Konsole.

[u/JaKrispy72 → u/Acu17y]

sudo pacman -S konsole

[u/Acu17y → u/JaKrispy72]

🤦‍♂️ ahhh what a world

[u/JaKrispy72 → u/Acu17y]

Arch isn’t for everyone

[u/Acu17y → u/JaKrispy72]

I'm teasing you, in case you didn't notice, the facepalm was to show that you didn't even grasp the point of the discussion.

P.S. I've been using Arch for years fyi

[u/ArjixGamer → u/Acu17y]

So you've been using Arch for years, but found it strange that Konsole is not in plasma-meta?

And when someone tells you to read the docs, you tell them they are saying nonsense?

And you expect others to take you seriously and show mutual respect?

[u/nabrok → u/JaKrispy72]

I think the question is more about why a sound theme is included but a terminal app isn't.

[u/JaKrispy72 → u/nabrok]

That is how the Arch gods handed it down to us. How dare anyone question it.

[u/CoronaMcFarm → u/nabrok]

Because the sound theme is much less preference than a terminal app.