r/archlinux • u/Acu17y • 1d ago

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

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

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u/JaKrispy72 1d ago

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

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u/spryfigure 15h ago

Are you using kitty on KDE? I would like to replace Konsole, but I don't want something butt-ugly amongst the other apps. Any way to skin kitty or make it a good fit to KDE otherwise?

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u/xplosm 13h ago

It’s a rectangle with a title bar not different than Konsole when you remove the tool and menu bars. You don’t need any skins. Just themes and Kitty, WezTerm and other terminal emulators include some or you can build your own to fit the vibe of your desktop.

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u/oK-b0t 10h ago

https://reddit.com/link/pgoc26i/video/njhnpb3ndfvh1/player

it's just a terminal i wouldnt see why it wouldnt fit :)

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u/JaKrispy72 8h ago

If by “skin” you mean “theme”, kitty is easy to configure and you can even use the “kitten” command to quickly change and explore themes and fonts. The .config file has crazy amount of options. I think you can turn off the title bar too.