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KDE is in Dornbirn today! Meet up with us at our booth at the 2024 edition of Linux Day - Austria 🇦🇹!
KDE is in Dornbirn today! Meet up with us at our booth at the 2024 edition of Linux Day - Austria 🇦🇹!
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Joshua Strobl is porting Koto, his audio management app, from GTK4 to Qt6/Kirigami live!
Joshua Strobl is porting Koto, his audio management app, from GTK4 to Qt6/Kirigami live!
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Tip: Disable baloo indexing for Rust target directories
If you have some rust projects, don't forget to run this:
balooctl6 config add excludeFilters target
to exclude the rust target directories from the file index.
each one contains thouthands of files and even having a couple of projects explodes file index size into hundreds of megabytes and makes the indexer get stuck, sometimes for hours, without doing this.
you may have to purge the index and re-index everything for the changes to take into effect sometimes:
balooctl6 purge balooctl6 resume
(also i believe this should be the default)
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Discover Updates tab keeps refreshing non-stop
I'm using Fedora Kinoite and there's this little issue that has been bugging me to no end, whenever I want to see what updates have been found for my apps and their changelogs I start scrolling there, but every few seconds, say 20, the page will refresh and look for updates again, so it interrupts my reading and resets the scrolling position I was at, so I have to wait there to finish refreshing, jump to where I was and speed-read that piece of text before it refreshes once again and I'm thrown back to square one. I was wondering if there is any setting to control how often Discover auto-refreshes, maybe set it to only manually refresh instead, but there doesn't seem to be anything in the Settings tab. Is there a solution or is this a bug?
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Idk what im doing but sketches of Konqi Lore
Opinions? [except my terrible handwriting, these are extremely early sketches, as in EARLY early]
used https://community.kde.org/Konqi as a reference.
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Crystal Dock v2.5 released!
Hi,
Crystal Dock v2.5 is out now!
What it is: Crystal Dock is a cool dock (desktop panel) for Linux desktop, with the focus on attractive user interface, being simple and easy to use, and cross-desktop support.
The current version (version 2.x) supports KDE Plasma 6 on Wayland. Other desktop environments will be considered when they run on Wayland and provide sufficient APIs.
Change log:
New features:
- Added a new Flat 2D style: The user can easily switches between the existing Glass 3D style and the new Flat 2D style from the Panel Settings context menu
- Task indicator: now shows the number of windows for each application as 1, 2, 3 or 4+
Other changes:
- Added more error messages when an application cannot be pinned
GitHub page: https://github.com/dangvd/crystal-dock
GitHub release link: https://github.com/dangvd/crystal-dock/releases/tag/v2.5
KDE Store link: https://store.kde.org/p/2105085
Have a nice weekend!
- krita.org Krita 5.2.5 Released!
Krita 5.2.5 is here, bringing over 50 bugfixes since 5.2.3 (5.2.4 was a Windows-specific hotfix). Major fixes have been done to audio playback, transform mask calculation and more!
> Krita 5.2.5 is here, bringing over 50 bugfixes since 5.2.3 (5.2.4 was a Windows-specific hotfix). Major fixes have been done to audio playback, transform mask calculation and more!
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We have archived the Dot -- because we have something better now
We have archived the Dot -- because we have something better now
The Dot has served the KDE Community well as a the source of news for all our projects and contributors.
But, as KDE has grown, the amount of news has grown with us, to the point it has become impractical to filter it all through one source.
Check out our solution:
https://dot.kde.org/2024/09/25/dot-closed-long-live-kde-planet
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Curious to know what is happening with current KDE Goals? From workboards to chatrooms, get all the updates and join the discussion! Explore how we're shaping the future at https://kde.org/goals/
Curious to know what is happening with current KDE Goals? From workboards to chatrooms, get all the updates and join the discussion! Explore how we're shaping the future at https://kde.org/goals/
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Any ideas? My desktop always ends up like this on login, i don't even know where to begin to fix.
I have two monitors, one 1440x3440 and one 1080x1920 to its right. Every boot, the desktop on my left monitor moves over and displays on top of the right one. Killing and restarting plasmashell moves it to where it should be, but i'd love to fix this without adding that to my .xsession. Thing is, i'm not versed enough in the KDE internals to know where this issue even stems from.
I'm running EndeavourOS with Plasma 6.1.5 on X11. I haven't tried wayland since Plasma 6 switched to it and then promptly flickered itself into a crash.
Edit: This machine runs the amdgpu-pro driver, and has done since before plasma 6 released. i didn't have this problem on plasma 5.
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Plasma 6.2 will be out on the 8th of October, but meanwhile... Help us test Plasma 6.2 Beta!
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Plasma 6.2 will be out on the 8th of October, but meanwhile... Help us test Plasma 6.2 Beta!
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.90/
One of the upcoming features is the drawing tablet assistant. Install Plasma 6.2 Beta, try out the assistant with your own device. If you find a bug 🪲, report it!
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A lighter-weight kscreenlocker alternative (kscreenlocker uses a lot of VRAM)
According to nvtop, on both my nvidia and AMD computers, kscreenlocker_greet uses 200-400MB of VRAM while the screen is locked -- doesn't that feel excessive for a simple screen locker (I do realize that it's QML and thus in theory can use as much VRAM as say plasmashell).
This is kind of annoying as I was trying to set up a chatbot using my main desktop while it's idle, and would like that extra 400MB back for a higher context length.
Wasn't sure if this was a bug or just how software is nowadays so I opted to start a discussion rather than finishing filing a bug at bugs.kde.org.
Anyway, anyone know of an alternative screenlocker for kwin_wayland?
I thought I would disable kscreenlocker completely (by setting the screen to never lock?) and use something like swayidle and swaylock, but it doesn't look like kwin supports the wayland extensions required to use swaylock.
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Official Plasma 6 Breeze UI Refresh Mockups
GujjuGang7 on Reddit found this, saying: > Found this link while looking through the upcoming theming engine (Union) repository. It has mockups for several core apps (dolphin, Kate, konsole and more) and general components such as modals and titlebars.
KDE contributor Manueljlin would like to remind you: > hey folks, it's really early still. we didn't even properly show it at Akademy. there's no design system to properly back it up yet - only some tokens and components that are definitely subject to change. please keep that in mind
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Is there a way to get spacebar to show "quick view"/ "preview" similar to macOS in Plasma 6?
I love this feature on macOS, I believe you can set something similar in Gnome, but couldn't reproduce it KDE. Someone suggest mapping spacebar to open the Information panel but it's definitively not as functional. Anyone knows a widget or any way to get something similar? Also, is there a way to save my theme and settings? Cheers!
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This week in Plasma: polishing like mad
This week in Plasma: polishing like mad
https://pointieststick.com/2024/09/20/this-week-in-plasma-polishing-like-mad/
@[email protected] @[email protected] \#KDE #Plasma #KDEPlasma #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource
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For Help:lighted black and white dots will appear on the screen
ArchLinux and KDE are all rollingly updated to the latest version; black and white flashing dots will occasionally appear in the place where the mouse moves. This problem only occurs in wayland and does not exist in x11.
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GCompris 4.2 is out! We have completed all translations to Latvian, improved the translations to several other languages and fixed some annoying bugs.
cross-posted from: https://mastodon.social/users/gcompris/statuses/113169422363593906
> GCompris 4.2 is out! We have completed all translations to Latvian, improved the translations to several other languages and fixed some annoying bugs. > > https://gcompris.net/news-en.html#2024-09-20 > > \#education #kids #school > > @education
- frinring.wordpress.com Okteta got “Best Application” 2024 Akademy Award
The jury of this year’s KDE Akademy Awards, being by tradition representatives of last year’s winners, has selected the hex editor Okteta in the category “Best Application”.…
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What's the command to keep screen awake (prevent lockscreen)?
I know how to do it in the battery section through the GUI, but I'd like to set it up through a command, for automation purposes, and particularly for KDE Connect commands.
- blogs.kde.org Power, input & people at Akademy 2024
Contrary to popular belief, Akademy 2024 was not my first Akademy. KDE seems to keep tagged faces from Akademy group photos around, so I stumbled over some vintage pictures of me in 2006 (Glasgow) and 2007 (Dublin). At the time, I was an utter greenhorn with big dreams, vague plans, and a fair bit o...
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Unable to Start Plasma as Different User from TTY
I am trying to run a Plasma session as a different user from bash by running
sudo -u $TARGET_USER dbus-launch --exit-with-session startplasma-wayland
.However, when trying to do so, I get an error "Could not create wayland socket".
My goal is to start a Plasma session as a specified user, wait for the user to log out and continue running the script.
- Does anyone know how I might be able to fix this error?
- Do you know of another way to start a Plasma session as a different user and wait for the session to exit?
I also tried to do the same using the
sudo --preserve-env --set-home XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/users/$(id -u $TARGET_USER)
switches.When doing so, I get the following messages repeatedly:
No backend specified, automatically choosing drm kwin_core: Failed to take control of /org/freedesktop/login1/session/_311 session. Maybe another compositor is running? kwin_wayland_drm: Failed to open drm device at "/dev/dri/card1" kwin_wayland_drm: No suitable DRM devices have been found
However, logging in to the tty with the
$TARGET_USER
directly and runningdbus-launch --exit-with-session startplasma-wayland
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HowTo have multiple session "profiles" in Dolphin!
tux.social Rhababerbarbar (@[email protected])How to have separate session profiles in #KDEPlasma #Dolphin Easy concept, works perfectly fine, very simple. I love KDE Plasma. https://github.com/boredsquirrel/Linux/blob/main/Desktop%20Entries/org.kde.dolphin.desktop
Here is the needed desktop file
Place it in ~/.local/share/applications/
Right click the Dolphin icon and select a profile!
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Language settings changed?
Hi! I installed latest Plasma in Arch Linux recently, configured everything in Spanish from Argentina. I noticed the hour was in AM/PM format, and when I went to customize it and chage it to 24hr format, I now get a mixture of Spanish and what I think are default untraslated strings. I tried to change the language setting systemwide from the settings but without success. Any ideas on what is it that I'm missing?
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Keep up with the exciting news coming out of the KDE apps projects with "This Week in KDE Apps"!
Keep up with the exciting news coming out of the KDE apps projects with "This Week in KDE Apps"!
In this issue: NeoChat emojis, Itinerary seats, Gwenview speedups and Android support tweaks, among other things.
https://blogs.kde.org/2024/09/16/this-week-in-kde-apps/
Note that this week it is on Monday, but we will be posting about all KDE app news on Sunday from now on.
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#Kdenlive 24.08.1 is out and we urge all to upgrade. This version fixes recent playback and render regressions while fixing a wide range of bugs.
\#Kdenlive 24.08.1 is out and we urge all to upgrade. This version fixes recent playback and render regressions while fixing a wide range of bugs.
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My new lightly fork now works on even more systems, and I'm still looking for people that are interested
github.com GitHub - Bali10050/Lightly: A modern style for qt applications.A modern style for qt applications. Contribute to Bali10050/Lightly development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Plasma 6.2 Beta has been released... Beta testers assemble 🦸♀️!
Plasma 6.2 Beta has been released... Beta testers assemble 🦸♀️!
Please grab it, test it, submit bug reports. Final release will be on the 8th of October.
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Plasma freezes during high disk activity
I have a few dodgy cheap SSDs, so I'm not surprised by slow I/O performance in general. But my Plasma desktop frequently freezes for 1-3 seconds (including the cursor!) whenever there is high IO load, for example while installing a Steam game.
Updating the screen should be completely independent from I/O, shouldn't it? Is there anything I could've misconfigured in my Arch Linux? I'm running Plasma 6.1.4 in Wayland.
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#Akademy2024 report: What happened during the Akademy of many changes.
cross-posted from: https://floss.social/users/akademy/statuses/113123668949310341
> \#Akademy2024 report: What happened during the Akademy of many changes. > > We are wrapping up Akademy 2024 today, so no better moment to look back at all the new stuff the KDE Community came up with during the event. Discover the new KDE Linux, the overhauled looks coming to Plasma and KDE's apps, what the community as a whole will focus on next, and our renewed commitment to save the world. > > https://akademy.kde.org/news/2024-09\_akademy-2024-report/ > > @[email protected]
- kde.org KDE Plasma 6.1.5, Bugfix Release for September
Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 6.
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Feature request: Rounded corners, but in another way
Plasma 6 has introduced rounded corners for the panels. I have a similiar idea, basically the same but in a very different way.
Rounded corners for the desktop. Instead of rounding the corners of the panel, there could be an option to round the corners of the desktop. The panel here is viewed as a background object, and the focused object that pops out is the desktop, which is a rectangle, with sharp uncomfortable edges at the moment.
This could be a new and unique way of viewing the desktop, and we could be once again be one step ahead of the windows designers if the rumours about windows 12 are true. There are 1 or 2 third party little projects already trying to achieve this or a similiar effect, but there aren't any major implementations.
Achieveing this effect could be best done in my opinion with an extra included svg with plasma themes, because this does not fit all styles, and the user should also be able to turn it of, because some might find this annoying. The effect should be turned on only for the corners that have panels touching them, and in fullscreen, it should hide with the panel.
The program I'm using to achieve this effect has the problem of it not allowing clicks trough even in the transparent area, but this has only caused one button to be slightly harder to be clicked in one application, and that is gimp if it's maximized(not full screen) and has the smallest icons enabled, so if it doesn't cut too big of a portion off the screen, all programs could run perfectly fine without any modification.
This could be a very good thing for thememakers, and it can be done with very little code and almost no bugtesting, and no compromises.
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Anyone has been using Wayland with zero issues?
Is it just me, or are you folks running Wayland with no issues? I've even forgotten I was on Wayland until I looked at the settings the other day. I have all AMD, btw. I have zero issues so far. Anyone else?