Ubuntu 25.04 upgrades halted due to Kubuntu users getting a broken desktop

I had this issue myself, and the steps in the thread linked in the article works for me: https://www.reddit.com/r/Kubuntu/comments/1k1ncaf/how_to_recover_a_kubuntu_2504_failed_update/

There really isn't a decent kde option for anything Ubuntu, I swear

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