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The KDE fedora shipping on default on framework laptop is a good thing.

Next to enshittification I'd like to introduce 'enstupidification'. That one bothers me waaaayyy more. Phone:'Please enter your passcode, so you can't forget' Tablet: 'Every 24 hours we ask you to enter your pin, so you don't forget ' Banking app 'We noticed you have KDE Connect installed. Please uninstall, so you can use our mobile banking app'. 'You cannot use this service, without signing up'.
Astonishing stupidity, wrapped in a, su…

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Kudos to the maintainers of ChimeraLinux for putting such a gem together and quietly, but persistingly, updating it to the latest and greatest (here with KDE 6.7.3). Thanks! 🤓 🍻
#chimeralinux #kde

RE: #FreeSoftwareJobs

from my link log —
Rust in a KDE project.
https://jbbgameich.github.io/misc/2020/12/21/rust-in-a-kde-project.html
saved 2020-12-28

Desktop Linux needs better ways of managing environment variables. They are everywhere. Both Steam and KDE Plasma should have nicer UIs for them. Like Firefox's about:config, but for environment variables.
#Linux #Steam #KDE

After a lot of trouble, I finally got Netflix working on my Plasma Bigscreen using a remote!
#kde

Ich hab nun das hochgelobte CachyOS mit Cinnamon installiert, aber da scheint noch einiges im Argen zu sein, weil ich hab Programme installiert, die dann gar nicht im Menu auftauchen und ich kann sie nicht mal in der Console starten. Ok, verstehe, das KDE Plasma die eigentliche Oberfläche ist, aber .... warumkann ich denn dann andere Oberflächen installieren, wenn diese nicht mal gut an CachyOS angepasst sind. Das finde ich nicht so gar lustig
Mag den KDE nicht, komme halt nicht zurecht…

After a month on Kalpa and a bit on my NixOS spin it's time to shake that KDE install up and go for sth else. One KDE and one Slackware tilers box are the 'production' kits here, I spend around 80% of my time there. Fedora 45 beta, Arch, TuxedoOS? Enough to choose from. First the slackosundries, updating some Slackware pkgs!

After a great month on ChimeraLinux and a week updating and running Obelix, my NixOS KDE, it is now time for a closer look at Kalpa. I'll spend a later blogpost on how I got there and what has actually been picked up very well in that project. Back on a roll!
#kalpa #opensuse

Hello #linux and #kde people specifically!
Is there a way to tell on the OS level if the system prefers a dark/light theme?
Not talking about running:
```bash
kreadconfig6 --group "General" --key "ColorScheme" --file kdeglobals
```
But someth…

PSA: In #kde Meta(Windows)-P brings up the menu to switch display configuration; so meta-P, enter switches you to external display only; Meta-P, Meta-P, enter brings you back to internal only. (enabling the HDMI on a laptop with a broken display)
Bonus advice: Label which monitor input your HDMI cable is going to so you can select it on the menu without trying all 3 of them, 6 times.

One of the better weekend pleasures is the scrolling emerge of 232 KDE 6.7.5 packages. As long as all is successful 😁
#gentoo

People should always be able to search by keyword rather than navigate menus.
Especially if we (who make human-computer interfaces) do not want people to turn to life-destroying chatbot interfaces.
Are #KDE and #Gnome or others working on a standard way to do that in each program?

A huge shoutout to KDE Plasma’s screenshot tool.
The ability to make quick edits on screenshots, blur or pixelate irrelevant content is very useful.
Thank you devs ♥️
#kde #kdeplasma

As if you didn't know this would happen...
#gentoo

Huge kudos to the #KDE team, #konsole now shows a little progress bar. This is nice

Ooh, that's getting there.... This is a BBC B captured with the RGB wired directly to a PICO GPIO and advertising USB video; now hmm, wtf is it backwards. (It's yellow because I ahem need to put the blue pin in the right place). I've not properly done sync yet and it's not bad!

TIL¹: UTF-8 basically came from² Plan 9.
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¹https://mastodon.well.com/@rk/117190782591698760
²https://…

@… I'm not entirely sure it was you, but I think I read you ask about Desktop Environments. You were searching for one without "AI" or some techbro bullshit. How did that go?
I'm starting to read bad things about KDE and I'd like to plan ahead.

Funkcja "extract full content" w czytniku RSS "Capy Reader" to takie złoto... Bardzo brakuje mi tego w akregatorze na KDE, przez co czytam newsy tylko na telefonie.

#RSS

Any wireless Logitech peripheral users on KDE Plasma: There's a bug that's reporting battery charge incorrectly and has been reported https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/1wgjxwk/persistent_low_battery_warning_logitech_mk540/

Not a view, exactly, but still a view. Fresh install today, hot off the press. Got myself a HP EliteOne 800 G5 for... basically nothing, so I couldn't really turn it down.

Nushell in Tokyo. That ThinkPad for work is ready also, after the FreeBSD Mango desktop. KDE on FreeBSD has come a long way. Dots and howto to follow later on, but it was painless.
#freebsd #bsdseptember

Because I'm blabbering so much about Linux: rest assured, FreeBSD KDE on my work laptop and Mango FreeBSD at home are still humming along nicely. Mango though will be replaced with River-classic. My mango on Slackware is so good, there's no need for a second install. And, mind you, that install is on that 65 dollar i5 from 2016 and it works great 👍🏻
#freebsd

Saw a Gentoo install vid, it really made me enthousiastic for another install. Yeah, KDE, musl, openRC, zfs, some flatpak and distrobox, noice!
Then I realized Chimera Linux does all that ootb 🤣 Shelved 🤓
#chimeralinux

Did you know that OpenBSD has KDE 6.7.4 and Mango 0.16.2 in its repo's? Both the latest versions. I certainly didn't. Remarkable. Bigger learning curve, but verryy interesting!
EDIT: And Ungoogled Chromium and LibreWolf. Say no more.
#openbsd

On a different note: the first day of FreeBSD'ing was nice. Of course the windowmanager setup with Mango and Wayland needs some more attention at first (default sound, pipewire etc. you get it), but that KDE rocks already. An advantage of a DE: lock, stock and barrel included (mostly). In the workday all went smooth, including Joplin and Signal. Good stuff!
#freebsd

The network install of FreeBSD will show you the available adapters to choose from. The Ethernet adapter shows a lot of info, but the wifi one just said rtw88. Hence I never tried it and used a cheapo tp-link usb stick previously to install via wifi.
Today i did try it, and lo and behold, everything just installed fine 🤣 .
That ThinkPad will get KDE installed, on FreeBSD. Looking forward to it! It is my FreeBSD month after all 🥳

Usually you grab an LTS kernel for ZFS support. Chimera Linux has zfs support for the stable (atm 7.2.2) kernel. And LibreOffice 26.08 right now. And KDE 6.7.4 servicepack 2 as well. I'll be heading back soon, a gem!
#chimeraLinux

That hybrid approach applied. Chimera Linux takes care of a great base, including KDE. I use verified Flatpaks for all major things (librewolf, vlc etc). Distrobox for that one akward application I need. Setup of that on Chimera is as painless as it can be. I do the same on Slackware, although I make some essential pkgs myself also. So, trusted base, containerized applications. No AUR here. Anymore 🤣

Mostly (points at himself) it's staring you in the face. I wanted for the work laptop: musl, zfs and encryption, no systemd, the latest KDE. And then i remembered the excellent write-up by @… , installing a Chimera Linux base with all that. And Chimera has 6.7 in the repos. A perfect combo!