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KDE Plasma 6.4: Geschmeidiger, freundlicher und hilfreicher
Die Desktop-Umgebung KDE Plasma 6.4 kachelt die virtuellen Desktops flexibler mit Fenstern, vereinfacht die Bedienung und legt bei der HDR-Darstellung nach.

No GNOME and no KDE so no Signal Desktop for me...
It would otherwise store its password in the plain, i.e., drop encryption entirely, unless you override it to use a password store. I'm on Sway. No idea what I could do.

The rabbit hole, the rabbit hole.
KDE user finds out he can make his own color schemes.
See y'all next week 😂

Somehow I thought #KDE 6.4 would introduce rounded bottom window corners. Must've been a dream or wishful thinking, can't find anything that isn't a third party plugin. :neocat_woozy:

this is a cool page https://kde.org/for/w10-exiles/

KTorrent is a decent client and it follows all KDE conventions. Unfortunately there's no different color for finished downloads, just a barely visible thin line below.
Not automatically downloading to the Downloads folder doesn't help either.
Back to Qbittorrent then; I need a quick overview of the status without having to read percentages.

As expected, the #kde discussion forum is tone - policing my contribution. First there are violent changes introducing a dozen bugs. And then, they expect that you unpack the violin to report nicely the dozen bugs instead of just asking them to revert that shit they produced.
#kde currently turns into perma-alpha …

Mag ik een koeling op mn foon vele Gbs verplaatsen is de HD van mn foon niet op berekend.. 🙈

This is a great initiative. Please check the GitHub link on the attached post if you use Linux on Tablet PC.
From: @…
https://floss.social/@kde/114745104649286…

The crazy nutter:
- Updated Slackware KDE to 6.4
- Discuss make.conf and cpu flags for gentoo dwm
- Spend the afternoon in FreeBSD 14.3, with the river wm et al. Wifi is working, sound is good, usb mounting also but bt not and smb is challenging
- Brought back waybar to a normal statusbar, excluding all cruft
- Keybinds and rules are up and running mostly.
And then you find out riverwm probably doesn't support switchtotag (open terminal, it opens on tag 2 a…

I see Apple got a new #KDE theme for macOS #WWDC25

Used a Steamdeck, without having a Steamdeck 😜
Spend some time today updating and running BlendOS, an immutable Arch distro.
You start out with Gnome, but of course I made my own system.yaml file, running KDE 6.4.3 into which you swap by rebooting.
Very nice, rock solid (just like the Steamdeck) and Arch btw 😎
#blendos

Oh my goodness! You can enable login and logout sounds in KDE Plasma! 🎶
The Oxygen sound theme has such a nice jingle, too. It reminds me of the good old days. I'm keeping that.
You can enable it in Settings − Apps & Windows − Notifications − Login − Play a sound (See screenshot)
You can set a custom sound file, but a file from your current sound theme should already be default if there is one.

#kde kmymoney also started to eat data. If Devs turn something from reliable and safe to unreliable and unsafe, the real question of liability comes into play. How can such a thing end in distribution?
Maybe we need to re-organize open source to have a reliable portfolio of applications, a kind of reliable #kde fr…

Finally! I was able to install #nixOS back on my work computer. What a delight, everything just works and is declarative, customized to my preference. I really love #KDE #plasma6

If you're on KDE and Wayland, I'm very sorry to hear that, but if in that case you'd still like to have some XScreenSavers you can try this on:
https://github.com/theodric/input_xss
I don't think I'm catching DBus events in the canonical manner, but it's working well en…

I don't care about the Apple redesign, I love KDE and will keep using that.

Plasma visually bugged following an upgrade on FreeBSD
https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/1lne10b/plasma_visually_bugged_following_an_upgrade_on/

Did you know that under KDE you can simply type on the desktop to start programms? No Meta-Space or anything, just type. Even old people still learn things! :D
#kde

Dynamic Similarity Graph Construction with Kernel Density Estimation
Steinar Laenen, Peter Macgregor, He Sun
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01696 https://

Dynamic Similarity Graph Construction with Kernel Density Estimation
In the kernel density estimation (KDE) problem, we are given a set $X$ of data points in $\mathbb{R}^d$, a kernel function $k: \mathbb{R}^d \times \mathbb{R}^d \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$, and a query point $\mathbf{q} \in \mathbb{R}^d$, and the objective is to quickly output an estimate of $\sum_{\mathbf{x} \in X} k(\mathbf{q}, \mathbf{x})$. In this paper, we consider $\textsf{KDE}$ in the dynamic setting, and introduce a data structure that efficiently maintains the estimates for a set of query p…

The more it is evolving, the less stable it becomes. I'm using #KDE since version 1.1. And with KF6 it is for the first time that I experience the repeated total freeze of the entire desktop, because it can't handle a dock and more than one monitor. Wayland is definitely the systemd moment for desktop-linux. X-Windows was mutilated before Wayland actually worked (let alone missing network capabilit…

KDE Plasma ist für Industrie
...?
Na bei Plasma brennt ja auch Alles.

#KDE 6.4 here I come. Particularly looking forward to the new HDR calibrator.

wow, #kde kmymoney, the changes in the interface also resulted in the inability to move transactions from one ledger to another. Gosh, how can a working piece of software be so messed up in one new release?

My complete setup is currently as follows:
Linux Mint and FreeBSD on all my computers and notebooks
Pixel 9 with Graphene OS (but will be replaced by a new Fairphone 6 with /e/OS from Murena in the future)
Connected via KDE Connect
Office with LibreOffice
My own Nextcloud for files, photos, calendar and contacts
Hardened Firefox with uBlock Origin
Freetube and Newpipe instead of YouTube
Ecosia search instead of Google
Proton Mail and Tutanota Ma…

Strange. Tried out the new Cosmic spin of #fedora42 and it just wouldn’t connect to Wi-Fi. Kept rejecting my password. Switched to KDE Plasma Mobile and it worked fine. Odd that the DE would cause errors like that.

You have to finish on a high.
After one year of Slackware KDE it is time to refresh the muscle memory.
My main distro for the coming year will be Slackware Hyprland (and Niri), with the great nwg-shell on top. A combo I'm very familiar with and which is another excellent Slackeroni production!
KDE will be out of the picture as a daily driver for the first time in 5 years, with Slackware hyprland, VoidLinux and riverwm and Gentoo with dwm all nerd needs are covered.

@… I'm tempted to boost, because I love Plasma.
The excessive anti-Microsoft overtones will certainly appeal to some people, however I don't think of this as a good way to promote a a system. The first reader comment under <

A number of distros are a bit behind, but FreeBSD also has Plasma 6.4.2 in the repos. Hope they get the Wayland session fixed for it, it goes to show they are very much on the front foot here. If so KDE would easily become the nr. 1 desktop in BSD land.
#freebsd #kde

Comparing the Architectures of Multiplanet Systems from Kepler, K2, and TESS Data
Robert Royer III, Jason H. Steffen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.20654 https…

Comparing the Architectures of Multiplanet Systems from Kepler, K2, and TESS Data
Exoplanet surveys like Kepler, TESS, and K2 have shown that planetary systems are common in our galaxy. These surveys, along with several others, have identified thousands of planetary candidates, with more than five thousand having already been confirmed. Many of these planetary systems host multiple planets. As we discover more multiplanet systems, notable trends begin to appear in the data. We use kernel density estimation (KDE) to analyze the period ratios of adjacent planet pairs in multip…

Identifying High-Risk Areas for Traffic Collisions in Montgomery, Maryland Using KDE and Spatial Autocorrelation Analysis
Stanislav Liashkov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21930

Identifying High-Risk Areas for Traffic Collisions in Montgomery, Maryland Using KDE and Spatial Autocorrelation Analysis
Despite a global decline in motor vehicle crash fatalities due to improved research and road safety policies, road traffic injuries remain a significant public health concern. The World Health Organization 2023 report highlights that road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among individuals aged 5-29, with over half of fatalities involving pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists. This study addresses this critical issue by identifying high-risk areas in Montgomery County, Maryland…

To all my fellow Arch users, I was once again reminded that putting anything in `/etc/environment` is a bad idea. Don't do it.
I put `GTK_USE_PORTAL=1` in there, because I always want native file dialogs, right? Well, turns out this breaks secret service integration (KDE Wallet/GNOME Keyring) in Fractal. So, back to setting it on a per-app basis.
#Linux

The Gang of Four has been restored. And all four have been hybridized. This is distro de/wm cli utils by the distro itself (the base) and flatpaks for all applications.
Slackware hyprland with nwg shell, VoidLinux with riverwm, Gentoo with mate/dwm and KaOS with KDE 6.4.2.
All bases covered 🍻😎

It is after all Friday the 13th. Nevertheless, surgery left the old NUC battered and bruised, but working fine again, with VoidLinux.
The cheapo-beapo n150 started up without a hitch, with Slackware Current Mate. Gentoo dwm and Slackeroni KDE still solid as a rock.
My pants are on properly in one go.
I promise I won't tamper with any of them today, after 4 days of messing about.
It is after all Friday the 13th.

The more I see the moves that are being taken the better I feel about leaving systemd behind.
But (growling from his cave): I told you so.
I am already pre-warning here: I'm getting fed up with QT and the 300 million options in KDE as well.
End of the service message.

#EUOS #fedora #linux #tech #digitalsovereignty

Accidents will happen.
So I decided after the car crash to setup a, what I call, hybrid system: Slackware KDE, by @… , remove some things, install grub and decide to do all applications by flatpak. Except for those KDE apps obviously.
It's probably relief setting in, but it sure feels fresh and snappy again!

I have to say that, though I welcome it generally, the avalanche of updates in KDE is becoming too much. Haven't got the time to check out new features or a new version rolls out. CI/CD is possibly not for me anymore.

To paraphrase Barry Scwartz: The Paradox of Choice – Why More Is Less
With the continuous glitz of KDE, Hyprland, dwm, Slackware and Gentoo as daily drivers it's the time of year to start winding down.
Also because I've been revisiting Steve Anelay's videos (OldTechBloke, sorely missed) I'll spend a month on the Mate desktop, starting this Saturday.
But what to run it on? Help me make a choice, appreciated 😎

The 3 Musketeers for the coming week: Slackeroni KDE, Gentoo dwm and GhostBSD Mate. The latter one will be tested on the daily grind.
My guess?
You'd never want to go back 🤣🍻