You’ll have a lot more packages to replace and remove as I think they incorporating all the KDE packages to avoid future breakage. You will have to change the repo from stable to stable-testing in /etc/pacman.conf.
[sonicde-stable-testing]
Server = https://github.com/sonicde-arch/stable-testing/releases/download/$archI commented out the stable entry and put in the new entry so I can easily fallback later. There is also a beta update channel. Kudos to the SonicDE team for keeping KDE going forward with X11 and XLibre for those of us that won’t use IBM/Red Hat’s Wayland display server technology for AI integration… And this works for the BSD operating systems as Linus Torvalds is getting carried away with AI and with the first signs of unvetted AI code getting into the kernel, I’m switching to a BSD. I believe it was in the OpenBSD forum that they’re not including AI generated code because of licensing issues, as you can’t license code that wasn’t human created and might be derivative of someone’s else’s work. So I’m not sure how legal these AI vibe coded operating systems and software are going to hold up over time (DHH and Omarchy?).
https://sonicde-arch.github.io/
Adding a Repository to Pacman
Once you added the public key, also add an entry for the SonicDE repository to the end of the file /etc/pacman.conf using sudo and your favorite editor:
Stable Repository
This repository contains the latest stable and tested SonicDE version.
[sonicde]
Server = https://sonicde-arch.github.io/$arch
Stable-Testing Repository
This repository contains the upcoming stable SonicDE version for testing purposes.
[sonicde-stable-testing]
Server = https://github.com/sonicde-arch/stable-testing/releases/download/$arch
Beta Repository
This repository occasionally contains a beta version of SonicDE version for feature development purposes. It’s activation and deactivation will be announced in the SonicDE chats.
[sonicde-beta]
Server = https://github.com/sonicde-arch/beta/releases/download/$arch