Love the name for this virtual machine manager for #KDE #Plasma, "#Karton," which means "box" in German. 
#KDEPlasma
https://www.neowin.net/news/kde-is-finally-getting-a-native-virtual-machine-manager-called-karton/
@linuxnews
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#KDE #Plasma #icons question.
I use #Vivaldi #PWAs extensively. When I "Install as App" Plasma uses the favicon from the website as the icon for the PWA app.
I recently changed my icon pack, and all the PWA icons reverted to Vivaldi icons. Changed it back; no difference. Uninstalled a PWA and reinstalled it, and it still uses the Vivaldi icon.
This is super-annoying to me because I rely on those app-specific icons for my workflow. How do I learn more about how icon packs work in KDE Plasma, and importantly, how do I get this custom icon behavior back?
Please #boost!
KDE erhält einen nativen Manager für virtuelle Maschinen
https://linuxnews.de/kde-erhaelt-einen-nativen-manager-fuer-virtuelle-maschinen/ #kde #plasma #virtualisierung
Welp, #Debian Testing (#Trixie) broke something between #sddm and #PAM, so now I can no longer log in to the #Plasma #Wayland session.
But at least now I know how to launch Plasma (Wayland) directly from the console.
#AuroraLinux is looking good to me right about now.
I might just be ready for immutable, at least for work. 
Can people PLEASE stop making Windows 11 lookalike menus for KDE Plasma 6 and instead make a port of Legacy Kickoff??
#kde #plasma #kdeplasma #plasma6
Kinda frustrated with the state of #desktops in #Linux / #BSD / #Unix
You can either have a fully functional, but kind of frustrating-to-use (too mouse-centric) desktop with Gnome or KDE Plasma, or you can have a lean, efficient, and fast wm/compositor like #i3, #sway #awesomewm #evilwm, #cwm, #bspwm, or whatever you like, BUT you will constantly be scratching your head when #Gnome and #GTK programs either start very slowly or refuse to run at all, and are constantly trying to figure out what combination of configuration, daemon, and small animal sacrifices are necessary to do what the big, bloated desktops do automatically.
It's freaking exhausting, and I want to go back to the days that every one just ran #IceWM, #Enlightenment, or #WindowMaker.
P.S., Just for clarity, I really do love #KDE #Plasma. I think it's a wonderful, easy-to-use, and extremely flexible desktop. But sometimes I really don't want a desktop, I just want a lean-and-basic UI that stays out of my way (for home stuff vs. work stuff, generally).
For me, a lot got fixed with Wayland between #KDE #Plasma 5.27 and 6.3.
There used to be no way to hide the mouse cursor while you're typing, which is a basic feature to me. KDE added it sometime in KDE 6.
The main thing I'm missing now is there's no way to type an emoji from the command line into whatever window you're in. There's kdotool which can type text, but doesn't support unicode. I use a shell script as an emoji picker (because the one built into KDE Plasma is kinda lame, it can't type the emoji for you), and it's left just copying the emoji. But in X11 (and in sway-wayland), it can type it in for you.
There are a few other minor issues, but they're mostly minor. I'm pretty happy with the Wayland session in Plasma 6.3 now.
KDE Gear 25.04.1 apps collection delivers bugfixes and updated translations across 180+ apps and libraries, including Dolphin, Konsole, and Cantor.
https://linuxiac.com/kde-gear-25-04-1-apps-collection-released/
The @kde Plasma development announces the end of LTS releases
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Plasma-Ends-LTS-Releases?utm_source=mlm
#KDE #Plasma #Linux #OpenSource #desktop #LTS #FOSS
#KDE #Plasma will become usable and enjoyable-to-use to absolute noobs long before Gnome becomes usable and enjoyable to power users.
For the former, the only thing in the way is time and effort (and priorities, which seem to be set well right now). For the latter, the culture in the Gnome community has to radically change.
Come at me, bro. ;)
(I love you, too!)
KDE Plasma 6.3.5 is a bugfix release improving applets, notifications, and core behavior, with over two dozen issues resolved.
https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-3-5-desktop-environment-released/
I kinda wish #Yakuake could have a single shortcut to flip between terminals, whether they are tabs or panes. As it is now (IIRC), you have one shortcut for flipping between tabs, and another for flipping between panes.
Sadly agreed. #LinuxPhones are purely a hobbyist zone right now.
Desktop Linux is 95% there, though.
I'm seriously considering switching my work machine from #Debian to #AuroraLinux, which is immutable #Fedora-based with #KDE #Plasma. I'm still quite happy with Debian, but I want to try something that I can recommend to my coworker who's currently stuck on Windows 10.
The only bummer is that the only distros I can whole-heartedly recommend to beginners are either Fedora or #Ubuntu-based. I cannot wholeheartedly endorse either Fedora as an org (too closely tied to #IBM) or Ubuntu (#Canonical, where is thy soul?).
I dearly love Debian, but a 2-year release cycle is just untenable today. Software changes far too quickly. I had some (minor) things break this year because even the compilers were too old. XD
Hey #plasmamobile users, what role is it playing in your life? Is it a on a secondary device? Are you daily driving it? Is it something you simply want to support in the hope it will one day be the only thing in your pocket? What distro are you using?
"This Week in Plasma" brings drag'n'drop now made easy, zoom with a gesture, higher quality for the RDP server, per CPU and task monitoring, and many more tasty goodies.
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/05/03/this-week-in-plasma-move-by-default-when-dragging-and-dropping/
Good question. I use the same combination as you: Linux at home, Windows at work. #Plasma is more flexible about shortcuts than Windows, so, in some cases, I've changed the defaults on Plasma so that I don't have to think about it. In many cases — clipboard, basic file operations, close window, text editing keys, dialogue box controls — Plasma's shortcuts default to being the same as Windows', so there's no scope for confusion.
The thing that endlessly trips me up is the fact that Linux has a separate clipboard and text selection and Windows hasn't. I'm forever pasting the wrong thing and having to fix it.
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