This review first appeared in issue 354 ofPC Pro.
Leap, which is based on SUSE Enterprise Linux, is a stable release that receives periodic updates.
Thats therefore what we chose for our tests.
The installer is logical, but not the most friendly on test
In our installation, this sat on top of the X11 Window System rather than Wayland.
It will also run onRaspberry Pi.
The installer is logical, but not the most friendly on test.
Despite the installer apparently completing, our test machine still attempted to start the OS we had previously tested.
A further 11 appeared later in the day.
KDE Plasma should be familiar to anyone switching from Windows, as it features a traditional taskbar and menu.
Plasma lets you add secondary toolbars, and also features widgets, with a generous selection pre-installed but dormant.
We saw this implementation in Nitrux, which also uses KDE Plasma, although in a significantly tailored form.
Tumbleweed scored 1,167 in the single-core Geekbench tests and 3,241 in the multicore benchmark.
If your preference is for KDE, rather than Gnome, this would be our pick of the bunch.
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