Loads of KDE updates today! 
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I have to agree that KDE and EOS is awesome! It is the best experience I have had with KDE. Thx to the EOS Team!
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I think it hits the sweet spot! “Not too little” … and … “Not too much!”
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it ok as DE go 
Guys, how to do minimal install of KDE, something like this : [UNOFFICIAL] A Minimal Bspwm Edition Install - #21 by Brtza
I dont want all KDE apps, just a basic. is it possible ?
thanks 
Nearly all aspects of the OS are optional in the latest EOS ISO. You can make your install as minimal as you wish.
You can de-select all the EOS tools and only install a bare essentials Arch system.
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When you do an EOS install if you choose plasma-desktop only, not plasma or plasma-meta, then that should give you a minimal install. The KDE section of the Arch Wiki explains this. When installing from the EOS Calamares you just need to open up the KDE section when choosing the Desktop and untick the things you do not wish to install. As long as you install the base EOS system then you can install what you like on top of it. It really is just like Arch with just the added EOS bits.
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How to install without EOS calamares? Or your first part of sentence is for Calamares also ?
I know about plasma-desktop, that is what I installed on Arch and that is really minimal
I will try latest iso and see. thanks guys
Manually. The Arch Way.
Install Arch KDE, add the EOS repo, re-install grub + filesystem + a couple of other EOS packages from the repo … and you are basically done.
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Oh, use Calamares, See @otherbarry 's post above 
The one with the graphic!
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You can even use the EOS installer for a minimal gui-less server.
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Absolutely, and then install any vanilla DE/WM after if you desire from the repos, and any Display Manager you like, if desired.
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Ok, I have few solutions, that is good. Arch way seems little complicated, probably I will fail, hehe.
second options are good to go
Thanks
Eos KDE doesn’t have that much in it. Mostly just stuff needed.
Comparing to Manjaro it is bloat free and trimmed a lot.
But for me, it still has lot of KDE apps which I never used.
So I tried today a new installation, just a base with KDE plasma-desktop and few more things.
and voila, after boot 600 mb
now I am happy heheh
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I don’t look at what ram it uses. I just look at what packages i want installed besides what it needs to run. There are probably some packages i don’t need but unless i really know what they are and what they do i only concern myself with the stuff i do know. Like office, multimedia, graphics and things that matter for hardware commands and for testing like vm and ISO build etc. I always install the same whether I’m on Kde or Xfce or Cinnamon or whatever.
Edit: Besides i have 32 GB of memory and fast enough system.
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I agree. I discovered Endeavour OS yesterday morning. I have since tried it with XFCE plus i3, XFCE, Gnome and KDE. I have finally settled on running it with KDE and couldn’t be happier. I’m not quite ready for Arch and a tiling WM and this is my first Arch based system. Learning loads about Pacman, Aur, Pamac, Yay etc and think this will be my home for at least a year or until I feel confident enough to install Arch. Highly recommended.
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I can only say that you won’t find any difference if you install Arch directly. You may learn some things along the way. I have installed Arch many times and in KDE they have other packages installed unless you are doing everything the manual way. The additional packages aren’t necessarily needed or in some cases cause issues. The other problem is knowing what is needed in order for the install to work properly. For many it can be a frustrating experience, a challenging effort or a learning experience depending on the level of knowledge the user has. I think after a year you’ll be just as content to be here.
The reason I came to EndeavourOS was because I wanted as much of the customisability of Arch without the headache of installing and configuring everything from scratch. My day job in tax is headache enough! Suffice to say I’m even more happy now that KDE will be used in the EndeavourOS’s future live ISO releases.