KDE Reviews and details

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• Anyone using the KDE webchat?

  I am trying to use the KDE webchat on element at https://webchat.kde.org/#/login. I made an account at identity.kde.org, but it does not let me log in to the chat client. Create an account does not work and asks me to create an account at kde.org. Does anyone know how this is supposed to work? Thanks. Source: 6 months ago

• Looking for user-friendly personal computing oriented distro

  This is a hard one, but after giving it a decent amount of thought I've narrowed it down to openSUSE Tumbleweed with either GNOME or KDE as the desktop environment. Source: 10 months ago

• KDE/XMonad work laptop

  You need to be running xorg, not wayland, first of all. You can follow the tutorial at kde.org: https://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/Using_Other_Window_Managers_with_Plasma. Source: 10 months ago

• Should i switch?

  I'm glad to hear that you use Krita (and I may assume you use Blender for animations). Both are free and open source software that is available on Linux (even better, Krita is made by the KDE project, makers of all sorts of open source projects, including Plasma, one of the most complete user interfaces for Linux out there). Source: 11 months ago

• KDE publishes the new "KDE for developers" page, where you can find advice on and links to tools, frameworks and libraries that will help you build powerful and cool-looking apps using KDE technologies

  I like the concept of these "KDE for ..." pages, I think the whole https://kde.org/for/ collection should be promoted way more prominently on the front page https://kde.org/. Also, a lot of regionalized "/for" pages lists only 3 (out of 4) subpages, and some even list only a single one, this seems like a major oversight (at least list them in English if their entries weren't translated to other languages). Source: 11 months ago

• Questions I have about Linux, from someone who wants to switch from Windows 10

  KDE Plasma is developed by KDE, another international group of developers that make all sorts of cool software for Linux, macOS, Windows, and mobile platforms. Plasma is their flagship project. Their motto is "simple by default, powerful when needed". At first glance it may seem a copy of Windows, with a bottom panel sporting a start menu on the left and a system tray with a clock on the right, but don't get... Source: 11 months ago

• Red Hat cuts Fedora Program Manager

  Imo if we want Desktop Linux to succeed we should focus on KDE as a desktop environment. As opposed to Gnome, they don't act hostile towards their userbase and actually listen to feedback. Check this article about Gnome's problems. It's insanity (although I don't like the author's stance on many other topics, I agree in this caes). Also, with KDE you get a somewhat Windows-ish experience and, anecdotally, I... Source: 11 months ago

• Matrix (kde.org / kde.modular.im) status

  Does KDE's matrix homeserver have a status website? The kde.org homeserver, which my account is registered in, has been consistently down for more than two hours. I've been looking all over the internet for some kind of status page or update page (like status.matrix.org, but for KDE), but have come up empty. Source: 11 months ago

• Steam Deck user wants to try out Linux on PC

  Try Fedora. It's very polished, it ships recent software, and it should work out of the box. You should consider either Fedora Workstation (which uses the GNOME desktop) or the Fedora KDE spin (which uses the KDE Plasma desktop, which is what the Steam Deck uses as well). Source: 11 months ago

• I tried to create acct on https://webchat.kde.org/ but cant. any idea on this ?

  Please tell us why did you try to create a Matrix account on kde.org? Did you follow instructions from a wiki page? Maybe we should update old instructions on a wiki page. Thank you. Source: about 1 year ago

• A few problems/qustions that I personally have regarding linux as a noob user.

  That's neither a distro nor a linux question TBH and yes, of course you can remove a distro theme. Just use the configuration tools available. Documentation for the desktop environment can be found on the development websites of said DE's so kde.org gnome.org xfce.org etc.etc. Ad nauseam. Source: about 1 year ago

• Does anyone knows any epub reader that shows the book like in the example image when reading?

  It's available for Windows and Linux for free as OpenSource software through the KDE Project, is very light on resources and supports a wide range of formats such as EPUB, PDF, Markdown, DJVU, CBR/CBZ comics, images such as WebP, PNG, TIFF, JPEG, etc. Source: about 1 year ago

• Can't reset my password at kde.org BC I can't remember my username...

  Furthermore, I can't reset my password because I can't remember exactly how I spelled my username. However, kde.org won't let me make a new login because my email address is already in use on their site. Source: about 1 year ago

• What are YOUR plans once you reach FI/RE?

  Help the KDE community to become popular and hand control of personal computing back to the user. Source: about 1 year ago

• I'm so undecided about desktop environments, which one should I choose and why are you recommending it? I need a stable, customizable one.

  KDE is good if you want a lot of options for customization without editing files. Source: about 1 year ago

• Does KDE Neon have a support forum?

  I would strongly recommend Askubuntu for any non-KDE related problem you find, tho; as Ubuntu is at Neon's core, 90% of those issues would have an answer in Askubuntu already. For the KDE related questions, the Telegram group, Reddit and the kde.org forums have worked well for me. Source: over 1 year ago

• An explanation of what we're talking about over here

  First, what is a distro? Distro, is short for distribution. A Linux distribution is basically an operating system, with added software (for example LibreOffice. In Linux there are a lot of distributions. This is because each distribution has a different idea on how things should be done. For example: one distribution uses the GNOME desktop, while the other uses KDE/Plasma, for example. There are a lot of ways in... Source: over 1 year ago

• Too many for my dumb windows brain

  The 2 biggest ones are GNOME and KDE, with KDE being more customizable and more similar to Windows, and GNOME having its own workflow and design. Source: over 1 year ago

• I use Linux Mint 21 Cinnamon. How can the password box be put in the center of the screen? The Linux Mint form has been very aggressively offered to use windows.

  Mint is very restrictive in what it lets its users do and customize I would personally reccomend just going to kde.org and downloading the kde neon distrobution as it offers a windows style look like linux mint does but it has the centered log in screen like you want and it allows for a lot more customization than mint does. The only downside to kde neon that I have found after 3 years worth of use is the settings... Source: over 1 year ago

• Daily General Discussion - November 17, 2022

  The KDE folks are incredible opensource badasses with all sorts of useful free software. Not just for linux either. They even have an ubuntu based distribution which is very nice but often buggy due to it’s “on the edge” update cycle. Source: over 1 year ago

• Anyone install custom OS on the WM/WM2?

  I haven't installed any of these "steam os likes" but I use Linux. These steam os versions have access to the KDE plasma desktop same as switching out of big picture mode on windows and you can use that for productivity. Idk what apps you need. If you just need a browser, chrome is right there and all it's web apps. There's tons of other apps. At this point when I get mine, I'm going to install holoISO while... Source: over 1 year ago