https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=449261

--- Comment #4 from WS <ws....@outlook.com> ---
The idea of using the "Installed" page to manage the system is in question if
the user has to know what he installed manually, at that point he could just
type the name of the app in the search bar. And if he needs to know what he
probably shouldn't uninstall, then the installed page starts to look like a
dangerous place to them. To an advance user this is laughable, but it's not
really a nice experience for all the other types of user. 

It's not enjoyable looking at a list of installed apps hoping to tidy the
system up, only to have to remember what is important for the system to
function. Every other OS has a place where a One Dot User can safely uninstall
things they installed, but with Discover you need to know what you are doing at
every step of the way.

Dolphin is an example of something safe to uninstall if you know what you're
doing, but it's fairly easy to imagine a user not realizing what exactly they
uninstalled, and let's be honest: Such a user wouldn't even know Dolphin is the
name of what they uninstalled, so they wouldn't be able to easily reinstall it.
It just doesn't feel right letting users making such a mistake without some
sort of warning. Also, just so you know: I can uninstall my Software Manager
GUI and Kernel through Discover(?????).

A category of "Shipped by default" to me looks like a compromise(that is, if it
was possible), it wouldn't require manually adding every single important
package to a list of "maybe the user should be warned?", and wouldn't mess up
with packages that are installed on some distros but not others.

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