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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Anyone got a list instead of a video?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Glad I'm not alone... I can glance an article in 30 seconds, so I fail to see how video is a better format for this.

For udemy teachings, yes, video is great. But it's way overused for everything.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

Nice to hear this 🙂 I love reading. Almost never watch videos, and I usually prefer listening to music audio only.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Hope this isnt too halfassed, I just screenshotted the ToC

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Key insights
🌄 Dynamic wallpapers in KDE Plasma allow for automatic selection of different lock screen images, including live wallpapers and picture of the day, providing a customizable and visually appealing desktop experience.
🌐 The Bing collection in KDE Plasma is the most versatile and automatically loads images when you lock your screen, making it a great feature for customization.
🔍 "On Plasma, I can dynamically zoom into the display with the keyboard combination meta control and simply scrolling."
🖱️ The magnifier effect allows you to zoom in on your mouse cursor with just a simple shortcut.
📦 KD Plasma offers native support for setting flatpack permissions, making it easier to give them more access to your system.
🎨 Global themes in KDE Plasma can come with scripts to improve your experience, adding a new layer of customization to your system.
🖥️ Adding the Global menu widget to the panel essentially gives you all the features usually available at the top of the application, similar to Mac OS.
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What people usually really don't know about is that you can make Plasma use under 500MB of RAM, and make it as snappy as any tiling WM, just through its GUI options without even touching the command line.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I went into the animation settings and disabled them all. Then I went into the background service settings and disabled autostart for all of them.
I use kwin-bismuth to turn plasma into a tiling window manager, set up my keybindings for moving windows around, etc. Then I define window rules in kwin settings, so each application I use starts on a dedicated workspace.
I basically just use plasma underneathe it so I don't need to worry about stuff like automounting, media keys, fonts, theming, bluetooth and all that jazz. It works out of the box, and I think it's dumb to have to configure it all in a tiling WM.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My keyboard shortcuts have been getting reset on every boot, really annoying

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

report it, its the only way to get it fixed https://bugs.kde.org/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

There's an open report, no need to double dip