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KDE Plasma 6 legt den Fokus auf Wayland
Die Desktopumgebung KDE Plasma liegt in der neuen Version 6 vor. Sie basiert auf Qt 6, aktiviert standardmäßig Wayland und unterstützt Farbsehschwächen.
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WOAH, what?!? Somebody was actually working on #KDE's #Amarok ?!? Back in the day that was my preferred music player but stopped using it when it just didn't work anymore. I may need to check it out again.

Amarok 3.0 "Castaway" released!
The Amarok Development Squad is happy to announce the immediate availability of Amarok 3.0 "Castaway"! The new 3.0 is the first stable Qt5/KDE Frameworks 5 based version of Amarok, and first stable release since 2018, when the final Qt4 based version 2.

This KDE 6 desktop time/date widget that I installed is quite pretty, but the layout makes it look like I spend each evening time-travelling, first back in time and then later as the evening draws on I plunge into the future.
#KDE

KDE Apps binary factory : r/kde
https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/1ax84f2/kde_apps_binary_factory/

I have a terminal case of distrohopping disease that seems to come up whenever a new version of #KDE #Plasma or #GNOME is released.
This lead me to install the beta of

This KDE 6 desktop time/date widget that I installed is quite pretty, but the layout makes it look like I spend each evening time-travelling, first back in time and then later as the evening draws on I plunge into the future.
#KDE

Chance is ultra small obv, but nobody from fedi happens to be on one of these trains I'm getting?
#Eurostar #Lumo #NMBS
(Don't bother boosting, you can if you want but, who cares xd)

I'm still wondering whether I should install KDE Connect or not. On the one hand, great smartphone integration on the computer, on the other hand: do I really need it? Longer battery life is more important to me, and for the few times I want to transfer photos to the computer, I can also connect the USB cable.
#grapheneos

Om jag skulle behöva en laptop idag skulle det bli en sånhär - jag villhöver den redan #KDE #Slimbook #Linux

Woohoo! Looks fresh and can't wait to dive in :)
#Fedora
#KDE
Huge thanks to all the devs, volunteers and the #OpenSource goodness that goes into all our favourite distros 😍

Here's a Flatpak story: The other day, my best friend told me that he had switched to Linux! Arch Linux with KDE Plasma, a noble choice in my opinion. He's a smart guy, but he was having some issues that he couldn't figure out: Firefox' maximise and minimise buttons were missing, drag and drop from archives wasn't working, his selected theme wasn't applied everywhere, and many other small issues I can't remember now.
I tried reproducing his issues on my mach…

I had a little time and switched my calendar from Nextcloud to Proton Calendar, laboriously saved my contacts from Nextcloud to the freshly flashed Pixel 8 Pro with GrapheneOS directly on the device. I used the motivation of the reorganization right away and gave the computer a fresh Fedora KDE installation to rid the computer and my workflow of unnecessary programs and processes. Lean and clean.
#nextcloud

KDE disappointed me, but I'll keep using it. Here's why. https://ludditus.com/2024/03/27/et-tu-kde-vulnerable-by-design/

I still don't get why #KDE developers need to change all shortcuts with every major release. Do they enjoy torturing people? F10 used to create folders. Not anymore, now it is shift ctrl N. *sigh*
In KF6, Dolphin has serious problems. It is not able to address storage connected via USB to the laptop. Strange... Moving within the same HD (despite partitions) works. Moving from the command line wo…

@maragato@masto.es Debian testing excelente. Ya lo había usado antes y me gustó. Ahora llevo 1 año sin cambiarlo y no me ha fallado. Ha sido casi tan estable como la version estable pero es tipo rolling por que tienes paquetes mas actualizados que la estable.
Los monitores de sistema no son conki, es KDE plasma widgets. Extrañaba el conki en wayland pero KDE plasma lo cubre casi todo.

Since KDE Plasma 6 is only gonna come on Fedora 40 in late April, I am thinking of switching to arch. Then I remember it's arch.

I still don't get why #KDE developers need to change all shortcuts with every major release. Do they enjoy torturing people? F10 used to create folders. Not anymore, now it is shift ctrl N. *sigh*
In KF6, Dolphin has serious problems. It is not able to address storage connected via USB to the laptop. Strange... Moving within the same HD (despite partitions) works. Moving from the command line wo…

Ich bin irgendwie dumm, aber wie beende ich eine Reiseplanung in der #KDE #Itinerary App?

Der Mensch ist ein Gewohnheitstier, das merke ich grade, da ich statt mein geliebtes Cinnamon, das Kde Plasma installiert hab. Mennooo ... wann erscheint endlich Manjaro mit Cinnamon ?
ICH WILL MEINEN CINNAMON LOL
#manjaro #linux

Fedora 40: Unified Kernel Images kommen
Dieses Mal ist Fedora um weitreichende Neuerungen nicht verlegen: Unified Kernel Images (UKIs) sind nachrüstbar. Die KDE-Version verabschiedet sich von Xorg.
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Wow, got a reconditioned Lenovo Thinkpad T490s (w/16GB RAM cost NZ$600) last Friday & had a) replaced the 256GB NVMe drive (containing an unnecessary, never-booted Windows install which I labelled & threw into a drawer) with a spare 1TB I had, and b) installed KDE Neon (a Linux distro based on Ubuntu 22.04, but with Flatpak instead of Snaps & the latest KDE desktop, Plasma 6), with a fully encrypted drive, within 15 minutes of receipt, including unpacking. Try that with Windows.<…

After 5 minutes it's very clear: #Fedora40 with #Wayland KDE / #Plasma6 runs like a breeze. Graphics rendering feels instantaneous and extremely snappy in a way X11 could not deliver

Tenia tiempo sin participar en un #viernesdeescritorio asi que aqui esta de nuevo, mi #Debian testing. Me cambie a #kde plasma y estoy mas que contento

There, dual booting #Fedora #KDE as the default OS on the PC I am doing all my writing and translations, so stop pestering me for being a square because I use Windows!
Lost the left audio channel for a minute there after first boot. Turning it off and on again and getting the latest…

I'm using #xfce since way over a decade because:
- it offers the right level of abstraction & functionality I expect
- it's more or less stable so I don't have to get used to different things every couple of months/years
With my latest #NixOS adventure & the Wayland situation,…

#KDE Plasma in #Fedora 40 will default to a #Wayland session on new installs and upgrades – but despite earlier plans to completely drop support for the X11 session it almost certainly will be avail…

Сегодня локализаторы #KDE на русский язык пересрались из-за слова "гибернация"

It's kinda weird that the PDF viewer/editor in Firefox is probably the best version to use for people on GNOME if you need more than mere viewing (adding an image/highlighting, etc).
I know there is Okular for KDE which is very good but I don't wanna pull in half of the K* stack just to add a signature to a bunch of PDFs.

I gave KDE Plasma Mobile another go. It improved a LOT over the past few months. No crashes yet! It's a lot more stable now. Although not as stable as Phosh.
I like their whole "just copy Android" philosophy. Everything feels familiar and intuitive. I might keep it like this.
#KDE #Plasma

Are there any existing Linux distros that can turn a laptop into a digital typewriter (and do nothing else)?
I'm looking for a distro that only does word processing, file management, and allows exporting to USB. No internet, no Bluetooth, etc.
I can only find this discontinued project: https://www.

Kde se v lidské stravě vzalo tolik cukru? Proč cukrovarnický průmysl tvrdil, že je cukr zdravý a pomšhš hubnutí? A jak moc cukru už je moc cukru?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10weUpKCk-s — Jak cukr změnil svět / Jirka vysvětluje věci

There, dual booting #Fedora #KDE as the default OS on the PC I am doing all my writing and translations, so stop pestering me for being a square because I use Windows!
Lost the left audio channel for a minute there after first boot. Turning it off and on again and getting the latest…

@… @… @… I vouch for Fedora. I prefer the KDE version but the Gnome one is great too

Wir haven an der Schule ein paar alte Windows 7 Rechner und ich habe jetzt auf den ersten #KDE neon drauf gemacht. Das hat gut geklappt. Wir schauen jetzt welche multimedia Sachen drauf gehen und es kann sein wir machen auf die restlichen Win7 Rechner dann auch KDE drauf.
Plasma 6 ist halt auch geil geworden in der allgemeinen Benutzung.

X11-Nachfolger: Wo ist Wayland?
Abseits von Gnome und KDE Plasma kommt die Wayland-Unterstützung nur schleppend voran. Etwa das Xfce-Projekt hat nun seine Roadmap etwas konkretisiert.
https://www.heise.de/news/X11-Nachfolger-…

After 5 minutes it's very clear: #Fedora40 with #Wayland KDE / #Plasma6 runs like a breeze. Graphics rendering feels instantaneous and extremely snappy in a way X11 could not deliver

Habe endlich das Update auf KDE Plasma 6 gewagt und muss sagen...läuft überraschend gut! Ein paar Übersetzungen fehlen noch, aber insbesondere die verbesserte Unterstützung für die Skalierung von hochauflösenden Monitoren ist ein spürbarer Fortschritt 👌
Jetzt müsste nur noch ein lästiger Fehler im Linux-Kernel gefixt werden, damit sich ein extrem weit verbreiteter Netzwerkchip nicht mehr so oft aufhängt, wenn er in einer Dockingstation verbaut ist. Immerhin ist das Problem bekannt und …

Okay I installed KDE Mobile on postmarketOS
Now how tf do I switch to it?

Here are my favorite valentine's day cards! Feel free to send me more!
Check out these: https://mastodon.social/@anubiarts/111924676482661492 by @…

Anubi (@anubiarts@mastodon.social)
Attached: 4 images Oh no! For some silly reason you forgot to have a gift for your partner or loved one? Worry not, I got the perfect solution for you... Silly Animal Redraw Valentine Cards! Perfect for your true love If it wasn't obvious, these are free to use! #MastoArt #FediArt #PixelArt #ValentinesDay #ValentineCard #Cats #Animals

Anyone knows how to disable the bouncing icons (busy cursor) effect on @… 6?
#kde #linux

Look ma, no ads!
@…
From: @…
https://floss.social/@kde/11226336…

one thing i really like about my updated kubuntu is the new Spectacle (KDE screenshot app). it's got a way nicer UI and can also record video (so i don't have to abuse OBS for that 😅).

@…
L2ARC sizes, graphed on 3rd March.
L2ARC hits (percentage), graphed on 20th March.
I rarely pay attention to the stats.
Qualitatively: if I forget to attach the L2ARC devices, then the combination of boot plus automated login to KDE Plasma takes more than twice as long.

Well, it's done. I'm now running Fedora 40 Beta (with KDE) on my main computer, and openSuSE Tumbleweed on the ThinkPad. Both camps satisfied. 😎
#linux #unix #opensource

Zebra 2 Legacy Bundle
Since I got the new keyboard I have been playing a lot of soft synths. Because I am running Linux (Manjaro KDE Plasma) my choices are a bit limited. U-he is one company that has been offering their major products in Linux versions and they have some free versions too, such as "Triple Cheese," "Podalski," and "Zebralette." I tried these three and I especially liked "Zebralette." Most of the time when I try out presets on a sy…

Improved Soft-k-Means Clustering Algorithm for Balancing Energy Consumption in Wireless Sensor Networks
Botao Zhu, Ebrahim Bedeer, Ha H. Nguyen, Robert Barton, Jerome Henry
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.15700

Improved Soft-k-Means Clustering Algorithm for Balancing Energy Consumption in Wireless Sensor Networks
Energy load balancing is an essential issue in designing wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Clustering techniques are utilized as energy-efficient methods to balance the network energy and prolong its lifetime. In this paper, we propose an improved soft-k-means (IS-k-means) clustering algorithm to balance the energy consumption of nodes in WSNs. First, we use the idea of ``clustering by fast search and find of density peaks'' (CFSFDP) and kernel density estimation (KDE) to improve the selection o…

Why do people say that KDE Plasma settings are cluttered all the time? When I used it, I could find all settings and it didn't look cluttered at all.

Every month before the new #Fedora release I get impatient. This time it's because of the #KDE #Plasma6 release, which is making me want to switch back to Plasma again.

Does any #QT #KDE person know more about this problem and how to resolve it:
So when using the QT file picker (in any application that uses the qt file picker. Such as KRename) if you select a LOT of files or files with long filenames at some point you run into a problem of max file name length in the file pick…

wiiii
#fedora40 #plasma6 #kde #wayland

I truly dislike Windows 11. We're in the process of updating the umpteen thousand computers at work to it, and as a test, I did mine first. Not only did it clear some of my needed programs, but it forces me to use a UI I dislike.
Win10 allowed me to have the taskbar at the top, where I'm used to it from KDE and Gnome.
Win11 doesn't let you move it. I keep trying to find things, and it's slowing me down so much!

Installed #postmarketOS on qemu to start trying it out :3
Phosh rn, but I also want to test kde mobile and gnome mobile
I’ll also start trying out alternatives for the apps I use, as well as waydroid for apps I use that have no alternatives but an android version

Hey Linux people, I need your help: 🐧
On my media center PC, I often switch between 60 Hz and 24 Hz refresh rate for perfectly smooth playback. Is there a way in either KDE Plasma or Kodi to switch refresh rates automatically or with some kind of quick widget? I currently use the settings menu every time.
Note: It's a media center PC connected to a TV, so I won't type terminal commands.
#Linux

Look ma, no ads!
@…
From: @…
https://floss.social/@kde/11226336…

one thing i really like about my updated kubuntu is the new Spectacle (KDE screenshot app). it's got a way nicer UI and can also record video (so i don't have to abuse OBS for that 😅).

Improved Soft-k-Means Clustering Algorithm for Balancing Energy Consumption in Wireless Sensor Networks
Botao Zhu, Ebrahim Bedeer, Ha H. Nguyen, Robert Barton, Jerome Henry
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.15700

Improved Soft-k-Means Clustering Algorithm for Balancing Energy Consumption in Wireless Sensor Networks
Energy load balancing is an essential issue in designing wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Clustering techniques are utilized as energy-efficient methods to balance the network energy and prolong its lifetime. In this paper, we propose an improved soft-k-means (IS-k-means) clustering algorithm to balance the energy consumption of nodes in WSNs. First, we use the idea of ``clustering by fast search and find of density peaks'' (CFSFDP) and kernel density estimation (KDE) to improve the selection o…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.03556 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_sta…

Stable Training of Probabilistic Models Using the Leave-One-Out Maximum Log-Likelihood Objective
Probabilistic modelling of power systems operation and planning processes depends on data-driven methods, which require sufficiently large datasets. When historical data lacks this, it is desired to model the underlying data generation mechanism as a probability distribution to assess the data quality and generate more data, if needed. Kernel density estimation (KDE) based models are popular choices for this task, but they fail to adapt to data regions with varying densities. In this paper, an …

Rate my new setup :drgn_cool_fingergun:

@… tuxedo os, a more tested version of kde neon.

So, I've actually tried something new: openSUSE Tumbleweed. Even the installation process is a visual delight and no comparison to the old-fashioned Fedora. Plasma 6 looks good (yes, I use KDE instead of Gnome), but either I overlooked a setting during the installation process, because X11 still works here instead of Wayland...? 🤔
#linux

So, since KDE is planning to abandon X11 one day² and Wayland feels sluggish on my 2013 laptop, I've been looking for alternatives which fully embrace X11.
And now I'm really REALLY itching to try out Xfce4 with that Windows XP total conversion pack¹.
That, or I just wait for the Wayland implementation of Plasma/KWin to get optimised. They are working on it, apparently.
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"[…] estimated read time of *36 minutes*."
LOL
The "top replies" feature somehow is nice to reduce the time, but nevertheless at the same time I think:
I for one would have found it way easier to skim the discussion on a mainline list due to proper threading.

Just leaving this here in case it helps anyone else.
Arch Linux made the KDE Plasma 6 update available last night. After applying it and rebooting, my laptop just gave me a black screen with a mouse cursor after booting into graphical mode.
After much cursing and attempting to lookup technical websites on my phone (yuk. huge yuk) I eventually solved it by uninstalling sddm (the graphical login manager), at which point I could login to a shell prompt and run startplasma-wayl…

Current mood:
"Relaxing Animal Crossing music rain sounds.mp3"

A generalizable method for estimating meteor shower false positives
Patrick M. Shober, Jeremie Vaubaillon
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08507 https://<…

A generalizable method for estimating meteor shower false positives
Context. The determination of meteor shower or parent body associations is inherently a statistical problem. Traditional methods, primarily the similarity discriminants, have limitations, particularly in handling the increasing volume and complexity of meteoroid orbit data. Aims. We aim to introduce a new, more statistically robust and generalizable method for estimating false positive detections in meteor shower identification, leveraging Kernel Density Estimation (KDE). Methods. Utilizing…

So, I upgraded to KDE Plasma 6 yesterday. My computer rebooted and greeted me with a black screen. Fun!
It had changed the default session to be Wayland. Everything was fine when I changed it back to X11.
Looks like Wayland and NVIDIA is still not a thing. :drgn_sad: (At least not on my hardware)
#linux #kde

What's going on here, what's being played? For a few days now, my KDE desktop has been crashing as soon as I start KOrganizer and want to synchronize. It has been working for so long without any problems.
Yes, there are those moments when you despair of Linux and other software. And even if, for example, Windows worked with Outlook without any problems, it would never be an alternative for me.

But before I invest hours or even days in troubleshooting (although I suspect some kind of update), I'd rather invest in a completely new installation. Thunderbird is not an alternative, because only KOrganizer is perfectly integrated into KDE and shows me the appointments next to the calendar in the taskbar - which is very practical for a quick overview.
#linux

A generalizable method for estimating meteor shower false positives
Patrick M. Shober, Jeremie Vaubaillon
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08507 https://<…

A generalizable method for estimating meteor shower false positives
Context. The determination of meteor shower or parent body associations is inherently a statistical problem. Traditional methods, primarily the similarity discriminants, have limitations, particularly in handling the increasing volume and complexity of meteoroid orbit data. Aims. We aim to introduce a new, more statistically robust and generalizable method for estimating false positive detections in meteor shower identification, leveraging Kernel Density Estimation (KDE). Methods. Utilizing…

It's hilarious... KDE Plasma still keeps crashing on me, and whenever I work with KOrganizer - especially when deleting or adding calendar accounts.
And always inexplicable freezes in between. Is it perhaps due to the hardware of the mini PC and not quite the correct driver for this exotic?
However: I have now installed Gnome on a trial basis and everything works without any problems. 🤔
#linux

Recently changed from kde plasma to xfce for my main desktop. Here's the rice I ended up with! I used gruvbox wallpapers and icons #unixporn

This latest video by @… is the first video I watched on @… where the majority of the data (167 out of 172 MB) actually came from peers rather than the server itself. It proves that their peer-to-peer techniqu…

I've just done an update on my laptop and one of the upgrades was a package called inter-font which seems to contain the font information that KDE uses for notifications.
Something internal in the font table has got all mucked up and so until I reboot notifications look like they're in some strange ancient cursed script and honestly I think I'd be delighted if they stayed like this forever.
#Linux #ArchLinux #KDE #bizarre

Ah, yes. Thank you, Matrix.
#Matrix #Conduit #FluffyChat #KDE

I am doing fine with #fedora and #KDE already but I am definitely trying out #popos once their new #cosmic