#EndeavourOS hat glatt 10 Minuten überlebt, dann habe ich begonnen #ArchLinux erneut zu installieren.

Hat mein PC irgendwelche #Bluetooth-Hardware? Nein! Kann ich die ganze unnötig installierte Software dazu entfernen? Auch nein. Ich habe es versucht, aber die Liste an Abhängigkeiten wurde immer länger 🤬

Zum x-ten Mal stelle ich zudem fest, dass #KDE das übelste Vergehen an #Linux ist.

PWAs ohne Browser – eine Fingerübung im Vibe-Coding
https://linuxnews.de/pwas-ohne-browser/ #pwa #kde #linux #linuxnews

c’t-Webinar: Linux für Ein- und Umsteiger – Installation, Praxis, Alltag

Funktionierende Treiber, Software per Mausklick – und das mit Linux. Das Webinar zeigt, wie der Umstieg gelingt, ganz ohne Kommandozeilen-Trauma.

https://www.heise.de/news/c-t-Webinar-Linux-fuer-Ein-und-Umsteiger-Installation-Praxis-Alltag-11207371.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Gnome #IT #KDE #Linux #LinuxMint #OpenSource #news

In preparation for the #OpenTransport2026 conference #KDE's travel apps Itinerary and KTrip will support the Swiss OpenJourneyPlanner 2.0 and train formations APIs in the upcoming 26.04 release.

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KTrip showing current departures in Bern, details for IC6 expanded and displaying per-class occupancy and vehicle features.

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Itinerary showing the train formation of IC1 departing from Zürich.

I added diacritics support to Plasma Keyboard!

https://merritt.codes/blog/2026/03/13/2026/_plasma-keyboard-funding-diacritics

Now I can more easily write German words as I continue learning it, such as: über, schön, and Straße!

Also, I can sprinkle my lovely symbols in my writing without having to resort to the compose key or copy-pasting — isn't that great‽ 😁

#kde #plasma #linux #diacritics

For a second there, I read it as "AI Text Selection" and nearly flipped my lid. XD

#KDE #Plasma #Okluar #NoAI

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Screenshot of a portion of an Okular window, showing the titlebar, browse button, and the Text Selection button which has an icon of an A with a text selection 'I-Beam' cursor next to it, making it looks like the text "AI Text Selection"

@kaixin installing kde no longer automatically installs plasma6-plasma. <https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/desktop/#kde-environment> is probably outdated, please make a bug report.

I updated the quick start a while ago. <https://community.kde.org/FreeBSD/Setup#Quick_start> includes 'KDE Plasma and applications'.

For the desktop script, <https://gitlab.com/alfix/kde-installer-dialogs/-/merge_requests/7> was merged in February.

#FreeBSD #documentation #KDE #Plasma

To install the Plasma desktop with a basic set of KDE Applications, execute: pkg install kde
Additional KDE Applications are tagged with the kde-applications category. 
To install a minimal Plasma desktop, execute: pkg install plasma6-plasma.
This installation is really minimal. The Konsole terminal emulator must be installed separately executing: pkg install konsole.

#RunBSD #BSD #Unix #FOSS

I can't be able to figure out why my laptop touchpad keeps turnings itself off on Fedora 43 KDE plasma. Any Linux ninja that have any idea what it could be?

#Linux #KDE #plasma #fedora43 #wayland

Deleting 225 Noto fonts every time I install KDE is one of those sloppy, lazy things that pisses me off. Ain't gonna use Old Hungarian anyway. And why Okular needs 25 (I counted them) VLC plugins, is beyond me also. I thought this was a document reader?
#kde

digiKam 9.0.0 modernisiert die Benutzeroberfläche
https://linuxnews.de/digikam-9-0-0-modernisiert-die-benutzeroberflaeche/ #digikam #kde #linux #linuxnews

The GTK file picker Firefox wants to use by default is meh. I'm not sure why it doesn't use the one provided by the OS when it's just one about:config tweak away. Change widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal.file-picker from 2 to 1 and you get the much, much better KDE file picker. Assuming you're using @kde of course.

It's been a problem for ages on multiple operating systems, not a new thing. At least now you don't have to set environment variables and change startup scripts.

#Linux #KDE

FreeBSD 15.1 overview – with KDE Plasma and applications, Ly, and SDDM

https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1rje9xu/freebsd_151_overview_with_kde_plasma_and/

@FreeBSDFoundation

#FreeBSD #Foundation #desktop #KDE #Plasma #Ly #SDDM

Fully functional installer for a usable Desktop config

https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/25

#freebsd #kde

A minor #KDE annoyance I don't know how to fix (other than diving into the source and compiling my own build of KDE which I don't want to do just for this)

Every time I press Alt+F2 then quickly type "kwrite<Enter>", I end up opening "KWin Scripts" instead, because the bar's autocomplete always matches that other app first, and takes an extra half-second to switch to KWrite.

@SrRochardBunson @ajroach42 @stefano

The BSDs are *awesome* operating systems. #FreeBSD is a high performance general purpose OS. It is modern #Unix. #NetBSD is for portability, it supports nearly every CPU architecture under the sun. #OpenBSD is security-focused. #GhostBSD is a FreeBSD fork focused on the desktop.

Most of my experience is with FreeBSD, which I will enthusiastically share. It is unquestionably a solid server OS. As a desktop OS, it works quite well. It definitely does not feel like "Linux from 2004." The major desktop environments like #KDE #GNOME #XFCE are all supported and #nvidia releases drivers for the OS too. Modern hardware is supported. For *cutting edge hardware*, #Linux may be the better bet here. It's a little slower to adopt cutting edge gear because it is focused on stability and elegant solutions, not trend-chasing.

FreeBSD is an excellent OS to learn. It runs beautifully and it's more coherent and better designed. Documentation is *solid*.

Edit: Corrected errors. GhostBSD, not DragonflyBSD. Thanks @aru

Secondary: "Tianve" - HP 250 G3
Kernel: 14.3-RELEASE-p4 amd64
Operating System: GHostBSD 25.02
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.9.3
Graphics Platform: Wayland

https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=102fa9b597

#GhostBSD #FreeBSD #RunBSD #KDE #Plasma #kde_plasma #wayland #screenshot #desktop #unix

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Screenshot of GhostBSD running Plasma. Styling using the Klassy theme for windows, applications, icons and panel to mimic breeze. Colours follow Plasmas twilight settings. Wallpaper: "Harmony (night)" by Deniska from the old Plasma 6 wallpaper context. There's a Plasma default panel with some pinned icons floating on the left, a konsole running bsdebfetch with some system stats and three picture frames: bottom right with "RunBSD" Logo and center and top center stickers with slogans concerning "cancer prevention/mamma carcinomas". There's a bottom panel with a pager widget showing two virtual desktops. Both panels are set to dodge windows.. Wallpaper set to change during day and night cycle. A binary clock is set up to blend with the wallpaper

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Screenshot of GhostBSD running Plasma. Styling using the Klassy theme for windows, applications, icons and panel to mimic breeze. Colours follow Plasmas twilight settings. Wallpaper: "Harmony (days)" by Deniska from the old Plasma 6 wallpaper context. There's a Plasma default panel with some pinned icons floating on the left and three picture frames: bottom right with "RunBSD" Logo and center and top center stickers with slogans concerning "cancer prevention/mamma carcinomas". There's a bottom panel with a pager widget showing two virtual desktops. Both panels are set to dodge windows.. Wallpaper set to change during day and night cycle. A binary clock is set up to blend with the wallpaper

FreeBSD 15.0-RC1 is available.

#freebsd #freebsd15 #kde #kde6

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Output from fastfetch on FreeBSD 15.0-RC1

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KDE Info Center on FreeBSD 15.0-RC1