@bonkers @[email protected] @[email protected] if you can please report this on GitLab. Thanks!
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KDE is part of the #EndOf10 campaign and we are on a mission to convert as many users over to Linux as we can.
https://kde.org/for/w10-exiles/
This is the perfect time to ditch Windows and get the new and shiny Plasma 6.4 for your machine!
Check out the upcoming events where you can get Linux installed on your computer:
@[email protected] @Endof10 @[email protected]
This action finally spurred me to install vanilla Linux with KDE, and wow. KDE is so good nowadays. Thank you for your great work!
Good idea! Come and help us make it happen!:
@leeloo @[email protected] @[email protected] so you can use your Steam deck as a full blown PC with an external monitor, keyboard, if you want .. 2 devices in one.
On KDE's 28th anniversary, it is worth looking back to see how we got here. Check out our timeline 🕰️:
Note that due to unforeseen circumstances, we have been unable to ship the new wallpaper, "Reef", with this version of Plasma. However, a new wallpaper will be coming soon in the next 6.2 version of Plasma.
If you can't wait, you can download "Reef" from here:
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I support people trying new things! I hate Adobe!
However, all of the tools here, save for Blender and maybe Kdenlive, are lacking somewhat in either features or UX. Inkscape is not comparable to Illustrator in my recent experience, and even Krita, while decent, has some weird decisions that don't make much sense from a workflow perspective.
I commonly hear criticism met with either "Add the feature yourself, it's open source" (I am a visual artist with experience using digital art tools, not a C++ programmer) or "It's not supposed to replace <comparable software>" (then your software might as well not bother competing if it's not going to work much better than the other options). I have a necessity to switch, but I can't use these tools yet if they don't behave how I need them to, often how swaths of other competing software behaves. I'm willing to curb my expectations, I don't expect things to be *perfect*, but the amount of configuration I need to do to get similar workflows like comparable software is rough. I think once that gets addressed, more people will be interested in switching.
I'm so convinced it isn't even a feature issue, more of a look and feel with sane defaults sort of issue.
We would like to remind you that both @Krita and @kdenlive are currently running fundraisers:
#Krita :
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As I recall:
Microsoft Windows used to have good online help, circa 1991-1994 (Windows 3.1).
It was based on the Rich Text Format (RTF).
Then Microsoft added a web browser, and called it Internet Explorer.
Internet Explorer really wasn't very good for exploring the internet, apparently because its development had been rushed and it didn't display some things like other browsers would.
Then Microsoft argued in court that its web browser was an integral part of Windows, which Windows could not work without.
Then the judge removed the web browser from his own Windows-based computer and experienced no problems.
Then Microsoft changed its online help to HTML and made us use its web browser to access it.
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During the Clinton era Microsoft was a hair's breadth away from being broken apart for all its anti-competitive monopolistic shenanigans -- including the browser war thing that you mention.
But then Bush Junior got into power (I resist using the words "was elected") and he swept all that away.
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I remember decades ago when a US court convicted Microsoft to seperate their browser from windows. The court wrote the verdict that Microsoft ilegally tried to prevent competion . Since Microsoft lost it shouldn't be difficult to file the next suit .
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@[email protected] @[email protected] Also no spyware and bloat. and all the source code freely available.. Million times better. 💙
@[email protected] @[email protected] the ultimate jab would be shelling out an ad on Windows so to advertise the adlessness of KDE 😁
KDE provided the software that allowed to recover machines that had been obsoleted by the successive updates from Microsoft Windows, and this made possible for the CACD to carry out the program.
https://cacd.nationbuilder.com/programs_at_cacd
We provided support and advice so that the teens could familiarise themselves with open source software, saving them from being trapped in the proprietary cycle of buy new hardware, update, be forced to buy new hardware, update, rinse and repeat.
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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!
We are also nearing completion of the Supporting Members campaign. Only 16 more to go!:
https://kde.org/fundraisers/plasma6member/
We are completely floored by your generosity, and thank you for helping us keep KDE running and producing free software for the world.
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Please note that release candidates, although often called "sneak peeks", are still work in progress and must be installed and used with extreme care. They will contain bugs, some of which may still be critical. Do not use this software in production environments. Use for testing only.
... But many people are confirming that the current version is already very mature and quite stable. Ultimately it is your choice. Use at your own risk -- and report all those bugs to
The final release is only 10 weeks away!
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The bottom right is great. Modern, warm, enough contrast, ... . Imho going with plain blue or green backgrounds are becoming a cliche in KDE and tbh a little bit old-fashioned.
@justin @[email protected] @[email protected] oh LOL, I need to figure out a new nickname, as I don't want to dox this account :)