so i recently tried KDEplasma and decided that i didn't really want to use it currently so went back to normal Zorin.
after uninstalling im now back to normal zorin but the log on screen is now just a terminal until I log in and use startx which is weird. The main problem however is that now when i try to open core apps it takes a lifetime. stuff like the file browser, terminal, software centres and some 3rd party apps take like 5-10mins just to open. they usually work fine when they are open though, and other apps such as brave and steam still open fairly quickly
ive tried using things like apt upgrade and update and clearing cache but nothing has seemed to improve it
pulling my hair out here lmao
my specs are
-ryzen 9 7900x3d
-4080 super
-64gb ram
im running zorin os 18 core
i used sudo apt update && sudo apt install kde-plasma-desktop to get it
i used sudo apt remove --autoremove plasma-desktop kde-plasma-desktop kde* plasma* to remove it and then did
sudo systemctl disable sddm
sudo systemctl stop sddm
sudo systemctl enable gdm3
sudo systemctl start gdm3
there is a loading symbol if i run an app and hover over the taskbar but sometimes doesnt open at all and just stops loading eventually
i also tried the line you just gave me and it came back with
gdm.service is not active, cannot reload.
So, it should be only the Plasma Desktop without much additional Programs.
Here could be the Thing that it might have uninstalled the actual Desktop but maybe not all the Qt-Stuff. You should've got a List with Files that will be removed. Were this a long List? Did You made after the uninstall a seperate sudo apt autoremove to check taht File Rests are deleted?
The problem with installing KDE Plasma is it adds many dependencies which get left behind.
You need to search for and remove breeze and anything else that has the breeze name contained in the name, you may want to search and remove apps that start with the letter k like ksnip, kwallet and so on.
"sudo apt reinstall zorin-os-desktop gdm3"
this seems to have fixed it!!
it gave the same cannot reload message but after a reboot the console at the start is gone (theres no log in screen at all now but i dont need it anyway) and the apps are opening at a normal speed again now
thank you so much! cant say how annoying the apps were getting
Just to add a side note. When I was recently playing with Cinnamon on a VM of Zorin 18, after removing it I had the same issue, having to login to a console screen then 'startx'. Deleted the VM as I have another one.
I suspect if Timeshift had been utilised this could have been avoided.
I've done that with Ubuntu to see if I could switch back and forth between Gnome and Budgie. It was a mess. Took a few hours to get all the clutter removed.
