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@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2026-04-11 13:22:56

It still feels like magic that a rebuild-switch and upgrade. using my preserved configuration.nix, gets my totally personalized KDE up and running in less than 5 minutes. All services, KDE apps, cli tools, the whole shebang. Amazing.
#nixos #kde

@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2026-03-12 02:59:55

Deleting 225 Noto fonts every time I install KDE is one of those sloppy, lazy things that pisses me off. Ain't gonna use Old Hungarian anyway. And why Okular needs 25 (I counted them) VLC plugins, is beyond me also. I thought this was a document reader?
#kde

@padraig@mastodon.ie
2026-02-01 20:28:10

'Smart Video Wallpaper Reborn' is essentially 'Wallpaper Engine' but for #KDE.
Managed to grab MP4's from the Wallpaper Engine files and put them in.
The background blurs whenever there is a window open and pauses when full-screen.
Added some wobbly windows and a glitch effect for opening/closing.

Screen recording of KDE desktop with different 'live' wallpapers. It shows changing of the desktop via the right-click menu. Dolphin (the file manager on KDE) is opened with a glitch effect. The windows are wobbly. The window is moved off-screen to remove the blur effect on the wallpaper. Reintroducing the windows blurs it again.
@cellfourteen@social.petertoushkov.eu
2026-04-03 09:42:24

Since currently the pop-up window functionality of GoldenDict-ng is kind of bugged on KDE, this script might help.
You'll need kdotool and wl-clipboard. Add the script to the KDE menu and set a global keyboard shortcut. The shortcut will also work if the clipboard is empty (just showing GoldenDict).
#GoldenDict

#!/bin/bash WINDOW_ID=$(kdotool search --name "GoldenDict-ng") ACTIVE_ID=$(kdotool getactivewindow) if [ "$WINDOW_ID" == "$ACTIVE_ID" ]; then # Window is active and on top kdotool -q search --name "GoldenDict-ng" windowclose else # Window is either hidden, minimized, or in the background goldendict "$(wl-paste --primary)" # will grab the whole selection; remove quotes for the first word only kdotool -q search --name "GoldenDict-ng" windowactivate fi exit 0
@mlncn@social.coop
2026-04-10 16:58:39

Hi #LazyWeb my #KDE on #NixOS no longer differentiates my #Jitsi meet app from my

@niklaskorz@rheinneckar.social
2026-03-28 11:39:51

There currently are two recent #Phoronix articles that are shared widely, comparing #KDE KWin 6.6 vs #Gnome Mutter 50 in terms of game performance (one for AMD, one for Nvidia). What it lacks to me …

@timjan@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-20 16:34:30

#okular #kde

"you're about to ... want to continue?" Confirmation box from Okular. (KDE). A second line (a check box with the text "Warn me when I attempt to close multiple tabs") does give a hint about what the dialog is about)
@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-05 03:58:42

For KDE I've recently settled on Alpine Linux. I've been around the block on Plasma and I can assure you it is one of the best out there. Couple that with blazingly fast mirrors, LUKS encryption, flatpaks and setup scripts and you have a winner. Not for beginners, but absolutely worth a go. Recommended!
#alpinelinux

Scrot of btop on Alpine Linux, running KDE 6.5.5. Wayland
@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
2026-01-22 22:24:35

@… I'm reassured by the top-ranking related comment in YouTube.
Yes, it's anime.
#FreeBSD #KDE

@padraig@mastodon.ie
2026-02-01 20:28:10

'Smart Video Wallpaper Reborn' is essentially 'Wallpaper Engine' but for #KDE.
Managed to grab MP4's from the Wallpaper Engine files and put them in.
The background blurs whenever there is a window open and pauses when full-screen.
Added some wobbly windows and a glitch effect for opening/closing.

@mrysav@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-17 14:26:58

Been trying to reduce my VS Code dependency lately and switched to #KDE Kate, which actually has gone pretty well. The hardest things to adjust to are the little UI/UX differences that I've gotten used to for ~12 years or whatever.

@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-23 13:46:59

I'm updating that Asterix-Saigon config (my Nixbook respin for KDE) bcs I just noticed the fresh-editor is of course available in nixpkgs. The breadth of my madness is astounding.
#nixos #kde #nixbook

@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-25 18:24:22

If you had to choose between these desktop environments on #Linux, which one would you use?
#KDE #Plasma #GNOME

@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2026-03-05 01:43:32

Finally it's there! I'll be having a look at this later today.
#t2linux #kde