@kev Dig through all the settings once. You will find real gems in there hidden in submenus.
Not sure if icons only taskbar is the default plasmoid but be sure to set that for a clean look.
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KDE is great, Neon is briliant but only uses KDE components, be prepared to be amazed by many things, then be crushed with disappointment by kmail and the PIM apps
Then realise all is good because Thunderbird can be installed from their website and placed in ~/.local/bin/
Note: even tho you're not looking for recommendations, for me Kubuntu seemed to run smoother vs KDE Neon.
@kev last time i tried neon it said smthn abt squashfs error in the console after shutdown so... yeah. Besides, it's just Kubuntu Sid
I guess I'm old school, having multiple email accounts across different hosts, I need a good local email client with a universal inbox and easy folder management
I have not (as yet) been able to best the experience offered by Thunderbird.
I know many folks are praising mailspring as an alternative, although that requires an online sign up to use a local application, which strikes me as a potential leverage point not disimilar to a form of DRM.
@kev install konsave and create different versions of your configs and rollback when needed:
I use Kubuntu (20.10), as it is not quite so tied to KDE only apps
If you are now open to distro suggestion, I'd also suggest Kubuntu in preference to Neon
Neon is a rolling DE over an older stable Ubuntu base, newer hardware may have issues (my thinkpad e14 did not like it)
I used to really dislike the Ubuntu distros, but these days, they are pretty good
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@kev some non-KDE Qt apps (e.g. telegram) cannot be installed via apt on KDE Neon. You will have to install them via flatpak or snap. This because KDE ships newer Qt version on Neon, but the apps depend on the older one, that comes from the Ubuntu repos.
@kev every time I give KDE a chance the performance disappoints me. It never feels as snappy as I expect...