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@… for "breaking", I'll draw attention to the segfault – the crash out of a desktop environment.
That is, breakage with:
XLibre X Server 1.25.1

RE: #bar

RE: https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/115814515520798182
This is the hill I'm willing to die on. Picking your operating system matters so much more than your desktop environment. You can change how it looks a hundred times, but the foundation …

My desktop environment is clean, my build is optimal, and my OS is Linux. That's the real power creep. 📈
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@… This is one little issue that might be annoying depending on desktop environment. If a user has pinned a launcher and its name changes then they may need to pin it again.
I am aware that might be an issue but I figure I have to bite the bullet at some point and do this so… 🤷

XFCE4 seems like a viable desktop environment if/when KDE ceases to be serviceable. I'll have to port my Beat-It! plugin, and may need to write or massage some existing ones (the task switcher/launcher situation is...sub-optimal), but there's still time.

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> I don't think this is normal installation method on linux
Correct. This is an installer I wrote to allow multiple side by side installs, that we use for testing
> and it's not complaint with free desktop standard.
Actually to some extent it is, I am registering with the desktop environment, which is why it has dock …

Either KDE fixes the problems with their Wayland session (faulty font rendering with fractional scaling, no ability to remap touchpad gestures that are literally baked in at compile time, and so on) or I'll be shopping for a new desktop environment once they drop X11 in 2027. I'll not be railroaded into accepting a dogshit user experience because somebody wants to dunk on the chuds. Plasma isn't that special!

@… if you haven't already seen it:
<https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/blob/main/supported/deskto…