argv minus one
@argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago
@GaymerGeek

I have #Debian#Linux running on my 15-year-old laptop, with the full #KDE Plasma 6 bells-and-whistles setup.

With the exception of web browsers and programming tools, this system's performance is about the same as #KDEPlasma 4 on similar hardware 15 years ago. All the fancy new features since then have had a performance cost of basically zero.

This platform is amazing. It is successfully defying the laws of software engineering. https://itlaw.fandom.com/wiki/Laws_of_Software
Nazo
@nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Hey, what the actual F is this?

If I'm understanding this correctly, Dolphin is trying to make connections to ad servers? And it's doing it through the thumbnail process. I caught a whole bunch of attempts, including to ad.pubmatic.com and other questionable ones besides doubleclick and etc. What is going on? It shouldn't be making any such connections one way or the other from a file manager.. (I normally don't use Dolphin, but Spectacle is ignoring my default file manager setting and manually opening Dolphin instead.)

EDIT: Figured it out. It was generating previews of .html files with such references. A file manager still should not do this though... Only Dolphin does. @kde I don't think it should do this.

#Linux#KDE#KDEPlasma#Dolphin
Nazo
@nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Hey, what the actual F is this?

If I'm understanding this correctly, Dolphin is trying to make connections to ad servers? And it's doing it through the thumbnail process. I caught a whole bunch of attempts, including to ad.pubmatic.com and other questionable ones besides doubleclick and etc. What is going on? It shouldn't be making any such connections one way or the other from a file manager.. (I normally don't use Dolphin, but Spectacle is ignoring my default file manager setting and manually opening Dolphin instead.)

EDIT: Figured it out. It was generating previews of .html files with such references. A file manager still should not do this though... Only Dolphin does. @kde I don't think it should do this.

#Linux#KDE#KDEPlasma#Dolphin
Larvitz :fedora: :redhat:
@Larvitz@burningboard.net  ·  activity timestamp last month

!! VERY EARLY PREVIEW !!

KFediViewer (Preliminary name): An application for KDE Plasma, to view the personal data export of a Mastodon instance in a timeline-like manner.

Usefor if someone has exported the personal data as a .zip file from a Mastodon instance and want to view it locally.

Will be published sometimes 2025 on Codeberg under a free (FOSS) license 🙂

#fediverse #mastodon #kde #kdeplasma #linux #activitypub #opensource #foss
Larvitz :fedora: :redhat:
@Larvitz@burningboard.net  ·  activity timestamp last month

!! VERY EARLY PREVIEW !!

KFediViewer (Preliminary name): An application for KDE Plasma, to view the personal data export of a Mastodon instance in a timeline-like manner.

Usefor if someone has exported the personal data as a .zip file from a Mastodon instance and want to view it locally.

Will be published sometimes 2025 on Codeberg under a free (FOSS) license 🙂

#fediverse #mastodon #kde #kdeplasma #linux #activitypub #opensource #foss
Brad Linder
@bradlinder@fosstodon.org  ·  activity timestamp last month

KDE Plasma Bigscreen is a TV-friendly user interface for the open source desktop environment. It's been pretty stagnant for a while, but a dev recently spent a week bringing some new and improved features. Some features are still incomplete though. https://planet.kde.org/devin-lin-espidev-2025-07-10-diving-into-plasma-bigscreen/#KDE#KDEPlasma#PlasmaBigScreen#10FootUI
Raven
@raven@mastodon.bsd.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 5 months ago

Fedora 42 released with KDE Plasma reaching edition status, COSMIC desktop spin, new installer experience with Anaconda WebUI, unification of /usr/bin and /usr/sbin, X86 MIPI camera hardware enablement, optimized binaries for the x86_64 architecture using glibc-hwcaps, and many updated packages

https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-42/

#fedora #fedora42 #linux #fedoracosmic #cosmicdesktop #kdeplasma #linuxdesktop #opensource #freesoftware