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HKayn

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Admin & sysadmin of a Warframe-focused Lemmy instance at dormi.zone.

Developer of a UI mod for Vivaldi Browser: github.com/HKayn/vivaldi-vh

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HKayn ,
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That’s obviously not what OP was referring to when mentioning “Firefox themes”.

HKayn ,
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I’m guessing it’s mainly placebo.

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The Plasma 6 Megarelease is just 2 weeks away! Have you signed up for your local party yet 🥳?

KDE is organizing parties around the globe to celebrate the megarelease. Join us in the celebration with a party in your city or town!

https://community.kde.org/Promo/Events/Parties/KDE_6th_Megarelease

@kde

HKayn ,
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You’re looking for GNOME.

HKayn ,
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The user said that despite the customizability of Plasma, they are looking for something unique, hence why I recommended GNOME for that expectation.

It’s important to remember that although Plasma can be customized to any whim, not every user has the patience to do so.

HKayn ,
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I’ve been considering trying out Kdenlive. How does it compare to Shotcut?

HKayn ,
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Plasma 6 has already entered feature freeze, so it might only make it in a later update.

HKayn ,
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I’ve checked it out, and I saw someone who couldn’t deal with counterarguments.

@feditips What does Meta’s history of human rights have to do with federation?

Are you under the impression that federation somehow supports these violations? And if so, how?

E: they’ve blocked me instead of answering.

fosstodon.org/@AudraTran/111585549506311164

kde , to KDE
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Plasma and apps for mobile also getting overhauled for 6.

It's not only Plasma on the desktop that is getting a new version, as Devin Lin explains in his blog post,

https://espi.dev/posts/2023/12/plasma-mobile-towards-6/

developers are working hard on getting 6 ready for the scheduled for February.

@kde

Plasma Mobile 6 screen with most used apps and a clock app in the lower right corner

HKayn ,
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HKayn ,
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I will never get tired of reading these

Kudos to the devs at KDE!

HKayn ,
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Love reading these. It’s nice to see floating panels get some continued love

kde , to KDE
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Check out our new "KDE for Gamers" guide.

Whether you are into casual, retro or AAA , KDE has something for you 🎮🎲!

https://kde.org/for/gamers/

@kde

HKayn ,
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Please consider adding the Heroic Games Launcher to the page. It’s a commendable project that gives GOG customers a convenient way to play their DRM-free games on Linux.

HKayn ,
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Great, thanks!

So let’s talk about this Wayland thing ( pointieststick.com )

Wayland. It comes up a lot: “Bug X fixed in the Plasma Wayland session.” “The Plasma Wayland session has now gained support for feature Y.” And it’s in the news quite a bit lately with the announcement that Fedora KDE is proposing to drop the Plasma X11 session for version 40 and only ship the Plasma Wayland session....

HKayn ,
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How about we let Linux users do what they want?

HKayn ,
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Because my life doesn’t revolve around what Linus says?

Is that so hard to understand?

HKayn ,
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No, I just don’t base my purchasing decisions around whether some other person would like it or not.

People like you are the reason why the Linux community is viewed as elitist.

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Why do you care so much about those people? Why not just let them live with the consequences of their own actions?

As a Linux user, you will never be able to boycott Nvidia. Linux users make up about 3% of computer users. It won’t matter to Nvidia if 3% of anything boycott their products.

HKayn ,
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I’m not worried. I’m being realistic.

HKayn , (edited )
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Okay. I’d like to know how a boycott will lead to positive change.

According to Steam’s latest hardware survey in August, Linux systems make up 1.82% of all hardware. I’d prefer to use this over the StatCounter statistic, since Steam’s survey data more accurately represents Nvidia’s target demographic for their graphics cards.

Let’s say all Linux users start boycotting Nvidia. I will assume that 60% of them are already on AMD cards since as you’ve described, they have better Linux support.

So the remaining 40% of those 1.82% (approx. 0.73%) can now start boycotting Nvidia and lose them additional sales.

So of the 98.9% of the gamer demographic (100% - AMD Linux users) that Nvidia could market to, they would lose 0.73 / 98.9 = approx. 0.7% of their sales.

How can a boycott that lowers their sales by up to 0.7% at best improve hardware support? I get that each individual person will be improving their own situation by switching to a card with better support, but I don’t understand how it will incentivize Nvidia to improve their Linux support.

Edit: Rectified some calc errors.

HKayn ,
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You said that Linux users should boycott Nvidia. I’m asking you how that will incentivize Nvidia to improve their Linux support. Can you answer that question or can you not?

HKayn ,
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It would help if you pointed towards specific incidents where a boycott was the direct cause of an improvement in Linux support.

kde , to KDE
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This week in KDE: is not only gearing up for a big technological shift, but is also adding cool new features and improving the user experience

Look forward to sound themes! Snappier responses! Prettier widgets! More awesome things!

https://pointieststick.com/2023/07/28/this-week-in-kde-sounds-like-plasma-6/

@kde

View of theme-selecting settings
A new set of settings which allow you to configure actions based on Discover events

HKayn , (edited )
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I always enjoy reading the “This week in KDE” posts.

I hope we eventually get the blue light filter on Plasma in Wayland.

Edit: with Nvidia! I hope we get the blue light filter on Plasma in Wayland with Nvidia!

HKayn ,
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I was referring to the fact that Night Color currently doesn’t work on Wayland with an Nvidia card.

HKayn ,
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I do mean Nvidia.

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