This Week in Plasma brings the news that Plasma 6.6 lets you set the priority of processes using a friendly graphical window, in 6.7 the "Brightness and Color" widget comes with a toggle to quickly switch between light and dark modes, and Frameworks 6.23 improves the touch-friendliness of open/save dialogs.

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/01/17/this-week-in-plasma-dark-mode-switch-and-global-push-to-talk/

#FreeSoftware #desktop #OpenSource #Plasma

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

This Week in Plasma brings the news that Plasma 6.6 lets you set the priority of processes using a friendly graphical window, in 6.7 the "Brightness and Color" widget comes with a toggle to quickly switch between light and dark modes, and Frameworks 6.23 improves the touch-friendliness of open/save dialogs.

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/01/17/this-week-in-plasma-dark-mode-switch-and-global-push-to-talk/

#FreeSoftware #desktop #OpenSource #Plasma

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

You know that #Linux is becoming mainstream on #desktop computers when a Czech consumer magazine focused on product testing, #DTest, recommends switching to Linux.

"However, there is another solution. Fortunately, it is no longer true that only Microsoft operating systems are suitable for ordinary people and that only eccentric IT wizards with a silicon soul can use anything else. Now, a number of GNU/Linux operating systems offer a level of ease of use that is at least comparable to that of MS Windows."

You know that #Linux is becoming mainstream on #desktop computers when a Czech consumer magazine focused on product testing, #DTest, recommends switching to Linux.

"However, there is another solution. Fortunately, it is no longer true that only Microsoft operating systems are suitable for ordinary people and that only eccentric IT wizards with a silicon soul can use anything else. Now, a number of GNU/Linux operating systems offer a level of ease of use that is at least comparable to that of MS Windows."

Many times during my career, I have heard that #Linux has no chance on the #desktop unless some corporation picks it up and prepares it for the masses. #ChromeOS was given as an example.

I think it is safe to say today that all those small Linux vendors and communities have beaten #Google with its Chrome OS.

Many times during my career, I have heard that #Linux has no chance on the #desktop unless some corporation picks it up and prepares it for the masses. #ChromeOS was given as an example.

I think it is safe to say today that all those small Linux vendors and communities have beaten #Google with its Chrome OS.

Windows 8 Desktop Environment for Linux

https://github.com/er-bharat/Win8DE

#HackerNews #Windows8 #Linux #Desktop #Environment #OpenSource #TechNews

XFCE Is Great

https://rubenerd.com/xfce-is-great/

#HackerNews #XFCE #Great #Desktop #Environment #OpenSource #Linux #XFCECommunity

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

https://www.theverge.com/tech/858910/linux-diary-gaming-desktop

#HackerNews #Linux #Transition #Gaming #Desktop #Windows #Replacement

Can I start using Wayland in 2026?

https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2026-01-04-wayland-sway-in-2026/

#HackerNews #Wayland #Sway #2026 #Future #Linux #Desktop

2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop

https://xeiaso.net/notes/2026/year-linux-desktop/

#HackerNews #Linux #Desktop #2026 #YearOfLinux #OpenSource #TechTrends #FutureOfComputing

Linux is good now; to feel like you actually own your PC, put Linux on it

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/linux/im-brave-enough-to-say-it-linux-is-good-now-and-if-you-want-to-feel-like-you-actually-own-your-pc-make-2026-the-year-of-linux-on-your-desktop/

#HackerNews #Linux #Desktop #PC #Ownership #Freedom #OpenSource #TechTrends

Has anybody gotten the #framework #desktop running (especially graphics) with #freebsd15? Would be very interested, as it works flawlessly under linux (and I really, really want #freebsd running on that machine 😃

I get a kernel crash as soon as I try to load the amdgpu module.

And I haven't found any solution until now.

QNX Self-Hosted Developer Desktop

https://devblog.qnx.com/qnx-self-hosted-developer-desktop-initial-release/

#HackerNews #QNX #Self-Hosted #Developer #Desktop #developer #tools #QNX #embedded #systems #technology #innovation

»Open Source — Linux-Desktop GNOME verbietet mit KI entwickelte Erweiterungen:
Immer mehr Vibe gecodete Extensions erhöhen die Last für die Projektverantwortlichen durch schlechte Codequalität«

Wenn das die Vertraulichkeit so wie deren tech Sicherheit von @gnome vertraulich verstärkt? Ich pers bin kein GNOME Fan aber das ist somit ein Zeichen von der Vertraulichkeit der Open-Source Qualität.

👣 https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000300852/linux-desktop-gnome-verbietet-mit-ki-entwickelte-erweiterungen

#linux #gnome #ki #opensource #desktop #codequality #code #vibecoding #vibe

»Open Source — Linux-Desktop GNOME verbietet mit KI entwickelte Erweiterungen:
Immer mehr Vibe gecodete Extensions erhöhen die Last für die Projektverantwortlichen durch schlechte Codequalität«

Wenn das die Vertraulichkeit so wie deren tech Sicherheit von @gnome vertraulich verstärkt? Ich pers bin kein GNOME Fan aber das ist somit ein Zeichen von der Vertraulichkeit der Open-Source Qualität.

👣 https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000300852/linux-desktop-gnome-verbietet-mit-ki-entwickelte-erweiterungen

#linux #gnome #ki #opensource #desktop #codequality #code #vibecoding #vibe

Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS ships with the first stable COSMIC desktop, built in Rust and funded independently by System76 hardware sales. 🧩

Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, it improves tiling, hybrid graphics, and app performance, while still showing early bugs in audio and screen recording. 🔍

@system76
@ubuntu

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/pop-os-24-04-review/

#TechNews #Linux #OpenSource #Privacy #UserFreedom #Software #Computing #Desktop #Innovation #Technology #PopOS #Cosmic #Rust #RustLang #Hardware #Ubuntu #FOSS

Using my android phone as a desktop sounds cool and something I remember talking about in like 2008.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzDO-GS-Bm8

#phone #desktop #android