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MylesRyden

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An old techie who occasionally uses new tech. Teacher by trade. Psychology and Critical Thinking are my subjects, YMMV.

I don't give a flying fig who you have relationships with, what you do in your bedroom or what you do in your church, as long as you don't expect me or anyone else to think, do or believe as you do.

I used to say that all my cultural references are 20+ years old, but that is now out of date. All my cultural references are from the previous century.

Addicted to #MST3K

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be4foss , to KDE
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Bring it back to life again!

Revive your old laptop and reduce toxic e-waste with at tomorrow's drop-in workshop in with the KDE Eco and community.

Free of charge. Beginner friendly, no technical knowledge needed!

When: Friday 28 June 2024, 18:00-21:00 CEST

Where: Moosdorfstr. 7-9 (S Treptower Park)

This event is organized with as part of a weeklong exhibition on digital sustainability.

@kde

MylesRyden ,
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@be4foss @kde

This is a fantastic project and I wish you the best of luck with it and hope you have lots of attendees.

I do think there is a business opportunity (or perhaps a charitable one) of refurbishing/reselling older machines by doing just what your seminars are doing, but installing Linux and then selling the machine. Many people could use a machine that costs less than say, $200, but is still very functional for everyday usage.

rbreich , to Random
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20 Republican attorneys general are demanding that the Supreme Court block individual states like California from suing Big Oil for their climate impacts.

Funny how conservatives only believe in "states rights" for certain issues.

MylesRyden ,
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@rbreich

The is a giant bait and switch operation.

arstechnica , to Random
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T-Mobile hopes you’ll buy $30 “Home Internet Backup” for when cable goes out

Backup plan is $30 every month for service that's meant to be used infrequently.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/t-mobile-says-30-month-backup-5g-is-the-solution-to-home-internet-outages/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

MylesRyden ,
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@arstechnica

Let's see...if I recall correctly my internet may have been out approximately 12-24 hours over the course of the past year. Of course my phone had service most of those hours.

$360/year to make sure my tablet isn't down for 12 hours. Seems like a good deal.

rbreich , to Random
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All nine Republican senators running for reelection this year just voted against the right to contraception:

John Barrasso
Marsha Blackburn
Kevin Cramer
Ted Cruz
Deb Fischer
Josh Hawley
Pete Ricketts
Rick Scott
Roger Wicker

So much for the party of "freedom."

MylesRyden ,
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@rbreich

I said for years (with many others) that the GOP would be outlaw contraceptives after Roe went down. If you are not freaked out yet, you just don't care about women at all.

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Why are multimillionaires and billionaires like Peter Thiel, Rupert Murdoch, Travis Kalanick, Steven Mnuchin, and others are rallying behind Trump?

Yes, the tax cuts. But there's more.

The more Trump tears down democracy, the safer the oligarchy becomes.

MylesRyden ,
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@rbreich

It is very simple they want no accountability whatsoever for the billionaire class.

No taxes, no DOJ, no anti-trust, no consumer lawsuits.

Of course they want government to still provide the stuff they want -- military and police protection, infrastructure, lucrative contracts, etc.

MylesRyden ,
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@imecth @cullmann @ohyran @UnityDevice @domi @boredsquirrel @Plopp @soupermkc @minecraftchest1

Of course you have that in KDE, just don't have a panel with a systray.

rbreich , to Random
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Clarence Thomas hearing Trump's immunity case, when his wife Ginni was directly involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, tells you everything you need to know about the Supreme Court's new code of "ethics."

It's a sham.

MylesRyden ,
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@rbreich

As the Germans found out, the courts are the last bastion of democracy.

We are totally screwed.

talesofaprinny , to KDE
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Impressions after a week using KDE Neon: Amazing

It's been fairly stable as I would expect from an LTS. There's LOT of hiccups with whatever is happening in the tray area (power and battery sometimes doesn't work).

Language is pretty screwed up. I speak both English/Spanish in a Spanish location. Installer chooses half spanish and english in the /etc/locale, and has issues changing it in the frontend.

Overall nothing I can't fix as I put stability overall

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MylesRyden ,
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@baggins @talesofaprinny

I recently "downgraded" from Neon (when they went to Plasma 6) to Kubuntu (which is running 5.27)

Overall I would say that Kubuntu has had fewer issues than Neon did, even excluding the Plasma 6 upgrade (which pretty much broke my system.)

georgetakei , to Random
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Absolutely deplorable. https://secondnexus.com/maine-republicans-god-anger-abortion?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

MylesRyden ,
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@georgetakei

Funny how it was abortion that crossed "God's line in the sand."

Apparently carrying guns around and killing people is of little consequence to the Almighty. At least according the Immoral Minority wing of the GOP.

arstechnica , to Random
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Elon Musk: AI will be smarter than any human around the end of next year

While Musk says superintelligence is coming soon, one critic says prediction is "batsh*t crazy."

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/elon-musk-ai-will-be-smarter-than-any-human-around-the-end-of-next-year/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

MylesRyden ,
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@arstechnica

"AI" might be smarter than Elon by next year, but it won't be smarter than actual human beings.

MylesRyden ,
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@MalReynolds @Bro666

This weekend I will be re-installing -1.

Turning in my hero badge. 😉

MylesRyden , to KDE
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Is there a way to revert back to Plasma 5.27?

I don't think is ready for prime time. When I open apps, the title bar goes above the screen space and I can't move or close the app or use the menus.

@kde

MylesRyden OP ,
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@SigHunter

Yes, but I don't want to use the app maximized, when I hit the resize button, the app goes off the screen.

MylesRyden OP ,
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@penquin

It is not making my day very good, that is for sure. Perhaps there is a way to run it under X11 still and that might help for me, I have an older machine.

MylesRyden OP ,
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@eager_eagle

That does move the window around, but resizing the window with the mouse does not work. So, I can move the window around, but I can't resize the window so it is between the panel bars.

MylesRyden OP ,
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@eager_eagle

Only side to side...I get an arrow in the corner, but the windows will not resize diagonally. Oddly it is the KDE apps (Settings, KDenlive) that don't work. Vivaldi resizes fine.

MylesRyden OP ,
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@rodneyck

Did not...I trusted the KDE people.

My mistake.

MylesRyden , to KDE
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So far, I have to say that my experience sucks.

The theme I was using doesn't work. The icons all suck. EventCalendar, which was synced to my Google calendar is dead. Vivaldi looks like crap. The panel at the bottom of my screen is floating up probably 100 pixels, leaving useless space below it, I can't find a way to sink it to the actual bottom of the screen. I had increased all my font sizes because my eyes are bad, they have all shrunk and changing the font sizes and the interface percentage doesn't fix it.

So far, not a happy experience @kde

MylesRyden OP ,
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@Fleppensteijn

I would agree with with many of the issues you have experienced here. Nothing personal, but I am kinda glad, I thought I was going crazy and was the only one having these issues.

Totally agree on the shutdown, etc.

Biggest thing that is broken for me is simple window management. If I have two apps on a desktop, clicking on the the bottom one doesn't raise it to the top. If I open a context menu (for example, right clicking on a link in the browser) the menu opens UNDER the browser.

On my machine, 6 is not ready for prime time. And I have no idea how to categorize things to try and report the bugs. Could be Wayland issues, but I can't figure out how to start a Plasma 6 session in X11 to see if the problems go away. Maybe my window issues are a result of using Activities (which apparently no one else does) but I don't want to shut all that down.

I've decided to (re-)install Kubuntu to go back to 5.27 and hopefully come back when 6 is actually ready.

MylesRyden , to KDE
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This looks very interesting, something any opensource organization/project might want to emulate. Right @kde ?

Introducing Canonical’s Open Documentation Academy | Ubuntu

https://ubuntu.com/blog/introducing-canonicals-open-documentation-academy

kde , to KDE
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Linux Magazine dedicates the cover and their main article of their latest issue to Plasma 6.

@linuxmagazine's 5000-word 8-page feature dives deep into why the version number jump (and why now), the current state of Plasma and KDE's ecosystem of apps and frameworks and what it has to offer, and the changes pushing KDE's software to new levels of efficiency, customization, and enhanced user experience.

https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2024/280

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MylesRyden ,
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@kde @linuxmagazine @kde

I have been very happy using KDE for at least 5 years now (maybe more, time is flying for me).

I am very much looking forward to the release of 6!

AUA: We are the Plasma dev team. Ask Us Anything about Plasma 6, gear 24.02, Frameworks 6 and everything else in the upcoming Megarelease.

David, Nate, Josh, Marco, Carl, and Niccolò are here ready to answer all your questions on Plasma (all versions), Gear, Frameworks, Wayland (and how it affects KDE’s software), and everything in between....

MylesRyden ,
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@Bro666 @sohrabbehdani

Tik says she will do it.

kde , to KDE
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Plasma 6 RC2 is now out! Ask Us Anything about this release and the upcoming Megarelease in general TODAY, Jan. 31, on Reddit and Lemmy at 6 pm UTC

This is the final test release before KDE publishes Plasma 6.0, Gear 24.02, Frameworks 6 on February 28.

https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/rc2/

If you would like to find out more, developers of all these things will be answering questions today, Jan 31, live on Reddit and Lemmy at 6 pm. Join us!

https://reddit.com/r/kde
https://lemmy.kde.social/c/kde

@kde

A view of Plasma 6 with a dark theme, and windows showing the system settings.
KDE developers David Redondo, Nate Graham, and Josh Goins.

MylesRyden ,
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@kde @kde

Can't make the chat, but really looking forward to the P6 release day. Been using Neon for a couple of years now (Kubuntu before that) and couldn't be more pleased!

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