After an update I noticed discover was this weird yellow color, I opened settings and noticed it too was yellow, thinking it was some bug, I restarted PC, now everything is yellow. I tried inverting colors but that is something completely different. I'm not even sure what was updated to cause this....
@kde Any clue why the right click menu opens as a stand alone window the first time I right click on the desktop after not right clicking for a while? It opens correctly by the mouse every time after that but will open as a stand alone the next time there is some time between right clicking.
Without telling your distro this question is not helpful.
Discover uses packagekit, an abstraction layer that can do things like install, update, remove on many different distros.
So this might be distro-independent, but maybe not.
Try to enter in the terminal pkcon upgrade and if a GUI password prompt pops up, click on "expand" and see the action that is used like org.somenama.packagekit_update
This GUI prompt might also already be the one you described
I used Neon for a while. Again, can you please give the needed information. If the password dialog shows, at the left click on "expand"/"show more" and you see the exact action that is executed.
Then have a look at the rules in my linked repo, and replace the action in "libvirt" with that, and the group with "wheel"
(Use groups and send me the output, no idea if the sudo users are in the sudo group on Ubuntu)
Then send that rule, embed it in
```
Rule
```
To format correctly. I look at it and if it is correct, we go on.
Unifying a few codebases, and make Plasma more modular.
1. A minimal Plasma
I think Plasma is the best desktop and suited for minimal installs on machines with like 2GB of RAM. Reducing the needed dependencies (currently working on that in Fedora) to the bare minimum. Making all the fancy desktop effects, animations, blur, transparency, floating, ... optional.
And yes, please also remove the default plasmoids from the needed install. Maybe keep the ones default in the panel. Maybe add a way to find them as "official plasmoids" which would help a lot.
2. Merge parallel works
Gwenview, Spectacle, Kolourpaint, digiKam all have image editing bars. The one of spectacle is pretty good, Gwenview and digiKam could be merged, Kolourpaint could maybe get an additional few things specific to the app.
Make Fedora Kinoite beta and nightly official testing Distros. It makes so much more sense to base off modern but tested packages, and to use an atomic distro for keeping the other issues aside.
But if you also need to support messy package based distros with their broken package managers, that is for sure problematic.
I used Elisa and found it quite unusable for folder-structured music.
I only used folder structures as I found no say so sync .m3u playlists including the music files between Android and Linux. Finding a way here would be great.
I would love to try a more KDE 3 like style on Plasma 6.
Unlike Windows 11, Plasma just got better. But I may prefer the style of Windows 7, it is just more beautiful.
The modern stuff makes a lot of usability sense, and is way simpler. Also theming between GUI Toolkits is easier, for me only GTK, Qt, Electron and a bit libcosmic.
Merkuro looks so good! The previous calendar was unusable for me, but good KDE Software is really nice.
I wish the Akonadi stuff could run as a Flatpak runtime though, to support multiplatform. But I am not sure if this requires IPC or also native messaging.
The last (scheduled) release of Plasma 6.0 is here, with another round of bugfixes. Next up: The Plasma 6.1 series, initial version will be released on June 18th (if everything is going to plan).
Overview:
GStreamer is a multimedia framework designed to build a wide variety of media-handling components, including simple audio playback, audio and video playback, recording, streaming, and editing.
Key Features:
Modular Design: Uses a pipeline-based architecture where data flows through a sequence of elements (plugins).
Cross-Platform: Works on various operating systems like Linux, Windows, macOS, and more.
Extensible: Supports a wide range of media formats and codecs via plugins.
Use Cases: Often used in applications that need complex media processing, such as video editors, streaming servers, and media players.
Strengths:
Highly flexible and extensible.
Suitable for custom multimedia applications and complex media processing tasks.
Weaknesses:
Can be complex to set up and use for simple tasks.
Libav
Overview:
Libav is a multimedia library that was forked from FFmpeg in 2011. It provides tools and libraries to handle multimedia data.
Key Features:
Libraries: Includes libavcodec, libavformat, libavfilter, and others for encoding, decoding, filtering, and playing audio and video.
Command-Line Tools: Similar to FFmpeg, Libav offers command-line tools for media manipulation.
Cross-Platform: Works on multiple operating systems.
Strengths:
Robust libraries for developers needing to work with multimedia data.
Active development and support.
Weaknesses:
Can be confusing due to its similarities and differences with FFmpeg.
FFmpeg
Overview:
FFmpeg is a comprehensive multimedia framework capable of decoding, encoding, transcoding, muxing, demuxing, streaming, filtering, and playing virtually anything that humans and machines have created.
Key Features:
Wide Codec Support: Supports a vast array of codecs.
Command-Line Tools: Powerful and versatile tools like ffmpeg for converting, streaming, and playing media.
Libraries: Provides libraries such as libavcodec, libavformat, and libavutil.
Strengths:
Extremely versatile and powerful.
Broad community support and extensive documentation.
Weaknesses:
Can be complex to use for beginners.
The command-line interface may be intimidating for new users.
MPV
Overview:
MPV is a media player based on MPlayer and mplayer2. It supports a wide variety of video and audio file formats, subtitle types, and streaming protocols.
Key Features:
High-Quality Video Output: Supports hardware acceleration and advanced video scaling.
Scripting and Configurability: Can be extensively customized with scripts and configuration files.
Minimalistic UI: Focuses on a simple and efficient user interface.
Strengths:
High performance with minimal system resources.
Strong support for advanced video playback features.
Weaknesses:
Lacks a traditional graphical user interface (GUI) which might be a downside for some users.
VLC
Overview:
VLC is a free and open-source cross-platform multimedia player that plays most multimedia files, as well as DVDs, audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
Key Features:
Versatility: Supports almost every video and audio format.
User-Friendly: Has a simple and intuitive GUI.
Streaming Capabilities: Can stream media over networks and transcode multimedia files.
Strengths:
Easy to use with a graphical interface.
Highly portable and cross-platform.
Extensive feature set with built-in codecs.
Weaknesses:
Sometimes considered less performant compared to dedicated players like MPV.
GUI may be considered too basic for advanced users.
Comparison Summary
GStreamer: Best for complex media processing applications with a need for custom pipelines.
Libav: Focused on providing robust libraries for multimedia handling, similar to FFmpeg.
FFmpeg: Extremely versatile and powerful for a wide range of multimedia tasks, with strong community support.
MPV: High-performance media player with advanced playback features but minimalistic UI.
VLC: User-friendly, versatile media player with broad format support and streaming capabilities.
So basically they all do the same stuff. I dont get it.
Yes. Even though this does not apply for most laptop users. That stuff should be in RAM as even on my crazy new NVME (not supported by many installers etc) it is still slow to launch these effects.
Since updating to Plasma 6, the keyboard cursor seems to be focused to some unknown location in emojier. I end up having to press tab twice, to get to search, then press enter, and then I'm able to type. However I can't select any particular emoji via keyboard anymore, only by mouse....
Just updated to Plasma 6, and got a question: is there a way to make the bottom panel keep at the bottom (like when fullscreen windows are opened) and not float regardless of windows?...
I have no idea how long this has been a thing, and maybe every clipboard works that way, not just Plasma, and I never realized it. It also lets you do things like Rt-click on it and do the regular operations like Search in Firefox. Spaces aren't preserved unless you specifically select them but search engines seem to be able...
I fixed them and edited the post. There now is a Github repo for the script, and guess what? Most services still run, so there are at least 2 mechanisms to start them. What a mess
[Solved]What happened to my background/desktop? ( lemmy.world )
After an update I noticed discover was this weird yellow color, I opened settings and noticed it too was yellow, thinking it was some bug, I restarted PC, now everything is yellow. I tried inverting colors but that is something completely different. I'm not even sure what was updated to cause this....
KDE Plasma 6.1.1 released! ( kde.org )
Simple Kickoff for Plasma6 ( github.com )
A simplified fork of KDE Plasma's default Kickoff Application Launcher
Install updates from Discover without password ?
Is that possible ?...
Crystal Dock v2.0 and Crystal Remix icon theme v2.1 released! ( lemmy.kde.social )
Hi,...
Simple theme switching systemd-timer ( gitlab.com )
I made a simple script and timer for a friend to automatically switch between light and dark theme on Plasma. In case anybody needs this.
Below is just a small sample of plots that were created with #lLabPlot. ( cdn.masto.host )
cross-posted from: https://floss.social/users/LabPlot/statuses/112484470459165421...
KDE Plasma 6.0.5, Bugfix Release for May ( kde.org )
The last (scheduled) release of Plasma 6.0 is here, with another round of bugfixes. Next up: The Plasma 6.1 series, initial version will be released on June 18th (if everything is going to plan).
Interacting with mpv - Haruna ( haruna.kde.org )
KRunner vs Application Launcher (use cases?)
Lately, I found out that Application Launcher also features all the functionality I use from KRunner....
Having some comfort issues with the emojier
Since updating to Plasma 6, the keyboard cursor seems to be focused to some unknown location in emojier. I end up having to press tab twice, to get to search, then press enter, and then I'm able to type. However I can't select any particular emoji via keyboard anymore, only by mouse....
[SOLVED] Is there a way to make panel NOT float in Plasma 6?
Just updated to Plasma 6, and got a question: is there a way to make the bottom panel keep at the bottom (like when fullscreen windows are opened) and not float regardless of windows?...
Maybe I'm just new, but I just realized you can Ctrl-select or Ctrl-dblclick individual, separate pieces of text and copy them to the clipboard in one operation.
I have no idea how long this has been a thing, and maybe every clipboard works that way, not just Plasma, and I never realized it. It also lets you do things like Rt-click on it and do the regular operations like Search in Firefox. Spaces aren't preserved unless you specifically select them but search engines seem to be able...
Is there any way to change this order in the Application Launcher? ( lemmy.world )
How to convert xdg/autostart processes to systemd services? ( discuss.kde.org )
Git repo where I put the current progress
How to get a reliable on/off toggle for kdeconnect?
Kdeconnect is very cool but also pretty sensitive. There are many reasons why people would like to turn it off....