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Linux Is Best<p><span>Something can work flawlessly in:<br><br>* Kde Plasma<br>* Budgie<br>* Lxqt<br>* Xfce<br>* Cinnamon<br>* Mate<br>* Lxde<br>* i3<br><br>And more, but if it does not work right in Gnome, the Gnome Development Teams, will claim everyone else is wrong. <br><br></span><a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Flatpak" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Flatpak</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Kde" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kde</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/KdePlasma" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KdePlasma</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Budgie" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Budgie</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Lxqt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lxqt</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Lxde" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lxde</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Xfce" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Xfce</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Cinnamon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cinnamon</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Mate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mate</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/i3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#i3</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Gnome" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gnome</a></p>
Linux Is Best<p><span>The reason why your Linux install does not respect your themes, layout, or even your mouse pointer, is because you're likely using Gnome with Flatpak.<br><br>One of the many reasons why I suggest KDE Plasma. KDE and Flatpak apps work just fine together.<br><br></span><a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Kde" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kde</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/KdePlasma" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KdePlasma</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Flatpak" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Flatpak</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Foss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Foss</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/OpenSource" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Gnome" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gnome</a></p>
veggero<h2>Open Source Infrastructure has an AI problem</h2> <p><a href="https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/woce36hTzF6JdnBiBEaRZJ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tube.kockatoo.org/w/woce36hTzF</span><span class="invisible">6JdnBiBEaRZJ</span></a></p>
veggero<h2>Ever heard of "Federation-Washing"?</h2> <p><a href="https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/kSCtZK8HVhK1xGhf54d6kJ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tube.kockatoo.org/w/kSCtZK8HVh</span><span class="invisible">K1xGhf54d6kJ</span></a></p>
Princess Serena Star✨️<p><span>Can someone PLEASE just port Legacy Kickoff to Plasma 6 so I can upgrade to it already? <br>All the menus that exist for Plasma 6 simply do not compare to those available for Plasma 5 (and 4), especially Legacy Kickoff<br></span><a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/kde" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kde</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/plasma" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plasma</a> 6 <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/kdeplasma" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kdeplasma</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a></p>
Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮<p>Former Blue Systems devs form Techpaladin Software to work on KDE with Valve as their first client <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/former-blue-systems-devs-form-techpaladin-software-to-work-on-kde-with-valve-as-their-first-client/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/form</span><span class="invisible">er-blue-systems-devs-form-techpaladin-software-to-work-on-kde-with-valve-as-their-first-client/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechpaladinSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechpaladinSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KDEPlasma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDEPlasma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Valve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Valve</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Steam</span></a></p>
Arcturax 🦇<p>Did some more looking into that CPU spin up on screen lock with <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/kde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kde</span></a> <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/kdeplasma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kdeplasma</span></a> and its apparently mainly with non wayland? But I'm on full wayland. I did install the latest <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fedora</span></a> kde spin update last night and it seems to have fixed whatever was spinning up my system as I locked screen after, checked and the system was idle and quiet. So maybe it was something else.</p>
Luna Lactea<h2>[Plasma] To demonstrate the power of Flex Tape…</h2><p>I sawed this panel in half!</p><p>I've never seen anyone do this. It seemed like a good idea &amp; it was. It's very nice. It's not very fancy besides the split bottom panel &amp; the status bar on the left. I'm using Smart Video Wallpaper Reborn for the <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=5qhtj2bIpjg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wallpaper</a> &amp; the Plasma style, application style, &amp; window decorations are Oxygen. The audio visualizer on the right bottom panel is <a href="https://github.com/rbn42/panon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Panon</a>. The comic is <a href="https://freefall.purrsia.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Freefall</a> by Mark Stanley.</p><p>Sorry if I formatted this badly, I'm using Mastodon &amp; I've never made a Lemmy post.<br><a href="https://furry.engineer/@jackemled/113982239198766301" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Original work in progress post</a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/unixporn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>unixporn@lemmy.world</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.ml/c/unixporn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>unixporn@lemmy.ml</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.sdf.org/c/unixporn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>unixporn@lemmy.sdf.org</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://programming.dev/c/unixporn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>unixporn@programming.dev</span></a></span><br><a href="https://furry.engineer/tags/KDEPlasma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDEPlasma</span></a> <a href="https://furry.engineer/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://furry.engineer/tags/FridayDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FridayDesktop</span></a> <a href="https://furry.engineer/tags/UnixPorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnixPorn</span></a></p>
Arcturax 🦇<p>Getting bitten by the <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/kde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kde</span></a> plasma 6 bug where you lock your screen and it pegs your CPU. This bug has been around for a year now and its very aggravating. <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/kdeplasma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kdeplasma</span></a></p>
Taffer 🇨🇦 :godot:<p>Is KDE hanging just after the OpenSUSE lizard lightbulb logo and spinny gear appears on-screen, or is it just taking a loooooong time? Who knows, I can’t switch to a terminal session.</p><p>Loads fine if I log in to the console and start Plasma by hand.</p><p>Usually Tumbleweed is super solid and updates are smooth, but once in a while something stupid happens. Sadly, I don’t have time for this right now.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/kde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kde</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/kdeplasma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kdeplasma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/opensusetumbleweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensusetumbleweed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/opensuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensuse</span></a></p>
veggero<h2>Mozilla is NOT SELLING your DATA! (But they did mess up…)</h2> <p><a href="https://tube.kockatoo.org/videos/watch/6147a5bf-eba9-4533-b77f-884dc58e9439" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tube.kockatoo.org/videos/watch</span><span class="invisible">/6147a5bf-eba9-4533-b77f-884dc58e9439</span></a></p>
Mark Crocker<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@argv_minus_one" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>argv_minus_one</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://polymaths.social/@orbitalmartian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>orbitalmartian</span></a></span> I switched to <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/KDEPlasma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDEPlasma</span></a> 6 and <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wayland</span></a> came along for the ride. </p><p>It's a little rough and I miss X features that allow <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/KeePassXC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeePassXC</span></a> to auto-fill fields and x2x to move the mouse, and windows to remember their size between restarts. I haven't rebuillt <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/NixOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NixOS</span></a> in a few months and have high hopes that when I do all of these and other problems will be fixed 🤞</p>
argv minus one<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@TycoonTom" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TycoonTom</span></a></span> </p><p>Can confirm. Modern <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> + <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/KDEPlasma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDEPlasma</span></a> runs on a 15 year old laptop and it's pretty much the same as it always was.</p><p>In fact, I'm fairly sure it now boots *faster* than Linux 15 years ago did, presumably because <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> is now a thing.</p><p>And yes, systemd runs without a hitch on 15-year-old hardware, so everybody dissing it because it's “bloat” can go all the way to hell. 😂</p>
argv minus one<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@sjolsen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sjolsen</span></a></span> </p><p>I wish <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/sddm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sddm</span></a> would dedicate a virtual console to the login screen and keep it always open, even when there is an active user session.</p><p>That way, fast user switching would actually be, y'know, fast. And also you always know exactly which virtual console to switch to to log in, no matter which virtual console is currently showing.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/KDEPlasma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDEPlasma</span></a></p>
Adam Thomas Music 🎸<p>Looking at building my new PC this year, to replace my current 10 year old PC. It's done very well.<br>The thing is, I feel like freshening up my desktop environment. For the past 5 years I've been all in on Xfce, but KDE Plasma keeps enticing me.<br>Do I stick with Xfce and just try to spruce it up a bit? Or do I make the change to KDE Plasma?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poll</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/xfce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xfce</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/kde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kde</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/kdeplasma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kdeplasma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/gnulinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gnulinux</span></a></p>
Hobby Egee<h2>I’m Switching from Xfce to KDE on Arch Linux</h2> <p>Hey Hobbyists! I’ve been running vanilla Arch Linux since last year but I’ve cycled through a number of GTK desktops. After a buggy experience with Xfce, I decided to switch back to Qt land.</p> <p><a href="https://egee.io/2025/02/12/im-switching-from-xfce-to-kde-on-arch-linux/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">egee.io/2025/02/12/im-switchin</span><span class="invisible">g-from-xfce-to-kde-on-arch-linux/</span></a></p>
veggero<h2>The Kdenlive Fundraiser &amp; KDE Plasma Donation Notification</h2> <p><a href="https://tube.kockatoo.org/videos/watch/030ec6da-c776-44a8-89ea-eb090f90e99b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tube.kockatoo.org/videos/watch</span><span class="invisible">/030ec6da-c776-44a8-89ea-eb090f90e99b</span></a></p>
Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮<p>KDE Plasma 6.3 is out now with big fractional scaling improvements, drawing tablet upgrades and more <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/kde-plasma-6-3-is-out-now-with-big-fractional-scaling-improvements-drawing-tablet-upgrades-and-more/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/kde-</span><span class="invisible">plasma-6-3-is-out-now-with-big-fractional-scaling-improvements-drawing-tablet-upgrades-and-more/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Plasma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plasma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KDEPlasma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDEPlasma</span></a></p>
veggero<h2>Introducing KDE Union and Plasma Next</h2> <p><a href="https://tube.kockatoo.org/videos/watch/0ba2dbf7-a225-4a29-9f23-f3e91129f14c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tube.kockatoo.org/videos/watch</span><span class="invisible">/0ba2dbf7-a225-4a29-9f23-f3e91129f14c</span></a></p>
Luna Lactea<p>To demonstrate the power of Flex Tape…<br>I sawed this panel in half!</p><p>I've never seen anyone do this. It seemed like a good idea &amp; it was. It's very nice. Also the background was made by Seyumei &amp; the comic is <a href="http://freefall.purrsia.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Freefall</a> by Mark Stanley<br><a href="https://furry.engineer/tags/KDEPlasma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDEPlasma</span></a> <a href="https://furry.engineer/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://furry.engineer/tags/FridayDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FridayDesktop</span></a></p>