There's a really exciting #Atomic#Linux#KDEPlasma project i like, & thought to follow here in the fediverse. I was going to add it, #Aurora, getaurora.dev/, to my large list of #followedhashtags but unfortunately atm my timing is a little poor. Bloody physics, astronomy, sun 😜
This is wonderful news but seeing the list of patrons, why does #Valve not join the sponsorship programme though? - I know (or I think at least) that they often/occasionally sponsor #KDE (as an org, or devs) to do some work for them, and I'm not denying that they contribute a lot through funds/code to #FOSS/#Linux, but seeing that the #SteamDeck comes shipped with #KDEPlasma (which I still think is a really smart decision) and since Plasma is a huge part of the Steam Deck (literally half of the software exp), it'd be great to see Valve commit to a recurring sponsorship programme to the KDE folks.
They certainly have the money for it, surely. I hope this will be true someday.
Truly very happy that Nancy Drew: Mystery Of The Seven Keys is released!
I spent a large portion of last year working on it, and I’m excited to see how all the fans will receive it.
Hoping to catch some of you streamers solve the puzzles, the HeR team really stumped me with some of them!
Hi all. Hoping there are some #blind#linux users out there that can help me out. I'm using an old computer, not the one I mentioned in my previous posts, but a different one, and #Orca isn't speaking. I originally installed #Ubuntu Mate, but Orca was freezing a lot, so I switched my #DesktopEnvironment to #KDEPlasma. It seemed like a lot of things were inaccessible, though, so I decided to try #Gnome. I installed Gnome, chose GDM as the display manager, and restarted the computer. Now, Orca works on the login screen but nowhere else. It seems to be running, and when I run "orca --replace" in the terminal, I get an error about something only working with X11. I've been able to tell that by scanning the screen with #SeeingAI on my #iPhone. I need to get Orca up and running again so I can use my computer. What's the best way to do this, preferably without sighted help, as my mom and stepdad aren't good with #technology. #accessibility#tech@mastoblind@main
An "old school" Linux user, the same user who will try to get you, a Windows user, to try to use the terminal for everything, comparable to trying to get you to use Microsoft PowerShell for everything, will tell you Gnome is this wonderful graphical user interface (GUI).
You want KDE Plasma. Trust me. Most of the basic settings and point and click functions, you're seeking, are not going to be in Gnome by default, out of the box. Can it be customized and included with some effort? Sure, anything can be changed with some effort. But as a newbie, I'm assuming the word "effortless" is something you may favor a little more.
If Fedora 40 had a headlining change, it might be @kde Plasma 6. The KDE SIG have brought over all the hard work from that community to give you a solid desktop experience from day 1.
We're also pushing technology forward by making this release Wayland-only, though X11 apps will still work!
Plasma 6 is also available for our Kinoite users. :kinoite:
I’m using #Kubuntu on one of my laptops and I’m just a bit bummed that we won’t be getting #Plasma6 in this month’s semiannual OS release and would have to wait for the October Kubuntu 24.10 version. Then again, I remember the huge uproar that accompanied the release of Plasma 5 a decade ago, so I think I’m okay with waiting a few months for Plasma 6 (and especially the Wayland support) to be extra stable before upgrading.
Nice thing about #KDE#KDEPlasma: if you rename a file, and try to use the name of a file that already exists, the file manager asks if you want to replace that file.
Which, yes, is exactly what I want. Most file managers won't let me do that, but this one will.
Accidentally updated my entire system yesterday (instead of just my #Flatpak apps which I normally do for regular updates), which also updated #KDEPlasma to version 6. The first exp was broken, no doubt, since it defaults to #Wayland, which isn't great for my #NVIDIA GPU (the entire desktop was slow to a crawl, like it's being rendered using my CPU). Even after switching to #X11 tho, while that slowness quickly disappeared, I found that there are some widgets I rely on that are broken on Plasma 6, and even my Plank dock wasn't behaving properly (i.e. not identifying existing, open windows).
Thankfully, years ago when I first moved to #Linux full time, I had set up #Timeshift to create a system backup every midnight and every pre-update in case an update goes wrong (like in this case). Never had the need for it, and never bothered to test if the backups it made would work fine, until yesterday. Launched the Timeshift app on my desktop (didn't even need a safe/live environment), selected one of the recent backups, click the restore option and it was done in a second and prompted me to restart. Restarted my PC, and I was then back in my perfectly stable system on Plasma 5.27 like nothing happened <3
So please, for system backup purposes - use Timeshift! For personal file (user home directory) backups, use a #Borg based backup solution such as #Vorta (which I also absolutely love). They absolutely will save your ass someday!
OK, I hate to say it, as much as I love Plasma, but my first impressions of KDE Plasma 6 is quite disappointing. Do you know how supermarkets rearrange everything once in a while and you can't find shit because nothing is where it's supposed to be and you're just pissed because you see zero benefits except a giant waste of your time. That's how I feel. I spend half an hour searching for one of my favorite features ...
4/ Still I don't mean to sound ungrateful, KDE Plasma is an amazing project which can do things Windows users can't even dream of, and it's completely free, and I'm sure a lot of people put incredible effort, dedication and love to the project. That's why I support it financially and will continue to do so ...
Gestern kam bei mir das Update für KDE Plasma 6.0 Ich war bisher immer auf X11 unterwegs und hab mir heute gedacht, dass es tatsächlich einmal an der Zeit wäre Wayland auszuprobieren. Zumal es offenbar Fehler gibt, die mir bisher nur unter X11 aufgefallen sind. Gefällt mir ausgesprochen gut, was ich da im Moment sehe. Läuft alles schön flüssig.
Mal ein herzliches Danke an die Entwickler:innen, die an den zahlreichen Komponenten von Linux arbeiten.
Some widgets do not work anymore (thermal monitor & an older weather widget). That was expected.
Some settings were reset.
Took me a while until I figured out, that I had 'Breeze dark' for all design styles but the colors in 'Breeze classic'.
I deactivated shadows again but need to find some more animations.
Fixed a thin line around windows by changing the Breeze window decorations.
KDE Plasma 6 released alongside Frameworks 6 and Gear 24.02 with partial support for HDR, new overview effect, floating panel and new panel settings, new default settings, refreshed Breeze theme experience, reorganized settings app, KWin cube effect
Jakby ktoś wpadł na pomysł aktualizacji systemu KDE Neon (pkcon), to się wstrzymajcie.
Niestety, ale wszystkie widgety które doinstalowałem są niekompatybilne z nowa wersja i dużo miesza. Na obecną chwilę, muzę wywalić cały panel z menu Start i resztą widgetów, bo jest nieużywalny. Zauważyłem także, że dłużej się loguje. Podejrzewam, że to przez motyw, który dodałem.
Nie próbujcie także aktualizować, myśląc, że wszystko będzie dobrze do czasu restartu. Problemy zaczynają się już po instalacji, a przed restartem. Program Konsole się wywala, niektóre widgety zaczynają walić błędami.