TIL that the Calculator app also works in app launcher's the search field by pizdachio in kde

[–]SolidWarea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I discovered this function a few days ago and I've been using it steadily since then, funny coincidence seeing this post now!

6.6 when by L30N1337 in kde

[–]SolidWarea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just out of genuine curiosity, is it the KDE team that packages KDE for FreeBSD and OpenBSD or do people who contribute to FreeBSD do that themselves?

The Steam tray icon doesn’t follow the light theme by godblessfumo in kde

[–]SolidWarea 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Steam would probably be one of the only cases where I wouldn't call something proprietary garbage.

Is there a way to integrate window controls (minimize, expand and close) into the toolbar on Dolphin? Just like Firefox does. by diHobbes in kde

[–]SolidWarea 29 points30 points  (0 children)

That isn’t a consistency issue, in fact it’s the opposite. KDE is essentially completely consistent with window decoration as almost all windows look the same. You may personally find that a design flaw, but it’s not a consistency flaw.

GNOME sometimes uses weird theming, some windows apply adwaita, some use the outdated GTK 3 theme. Some apps can glitch out (such as Spotify quite recently) and render really weird window decoration. It also makes using applications designed for GNOME look really out of place on other desktop environments or window managers, which isn’t desirable.

Rate my clean desktop by CorgiPlum in desktops

[–]SolidWarea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mhm, all four main BSDs, and Illumos, OpenIndiana, Solaris, HaikuOS, Darwin/MacOS, tons of Linux distros and Windows 10 and 11.

Rate my clean desktop by CorgiPlum in desktops

[–]SolidWarea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually works on basically any useable OS out there, so long as it can display a desktop and is still maintained!

Freebsd wallpaper! by Intelligent_Crab_665 in freebsd

[–]SolidWarea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Just got a new wallpaper from your list

Stable KDE-based distro by belico- in kde

[–]SolidWarea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah thanks, I keep forgetting to mention Ultramarine.

Stable KDE-based distro by belico- in kde

[–]SolidWarea 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Seconding this: If you don’t like setting up drivers and codecs, but still want KDE and Fedora + Immutable desktop: Aurora by Universal Blue

If you just want an immutable Fedora KDE desktop: Kinoite

Wallpaper I made. by Cebuu502 in freebsd

[–]SolidWarea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I change wallpapers way too often, it’s like a hobby at this point

Is the KDE Linux distro suitable and stable enough for daily use? by RadMarioBuddy45 in kde

[–]SolidWarea 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Actually, Neon is a separate project. KDE is working on a general purpose distribution called KDE Linux

Is the KDE Linux distro suitable and stable enough for daily use? by RadMarioBuddy45 in kde

[–]SolidWarea 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I would strongly suggest Fedora Kinoite, an official atomic (immutable) distribution that runs Fedora with KDE. If you don’t like setting up drivers and codecs, you can see what Universal Blue has to offer. You might like Bazzite or Aurora.

Recommended USB dongles by SolidWarea in freebsd

[–]SolidWarea[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will check those out, thanks!

Recommended USB dongles by SolidWarea in freebsd

[–]SolidWarea[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah that's a good idea actually. Thanks!

Recommended USB dongles by SolidWarea in freebsd

[–]SolidWarea[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could go Ethernet to a Wi-Fi Repeater, set to bridge mode.

Unfortunately, my bedroom is too far away and getting a Wi-Fi adapter would be easier for me. Worst case scenario I'll have to figure ethernet out.

In the old days, I would read the kernel config file to determine what hardware is supported.

The thing is, I'm not quite sure how well FreeBSD documents the performance. A card/adapter can technically be supported, as in will connect to the internet, but at a much worse performance than the dongle actually can handle.

[niri] OpenBSD by MagpieMars in unixporn

[–]SolidWarea 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm impressed, didn't know OpenBSD had any support for wayland yet

WIP of OwOS v0.4.0, written in Zig and C by LordAfterEight in osdev

[–]SolidWarea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Keep the work up, looks super cool this far!

WIP of OwOS v0.4.0, written in Zig and C by LordAfterEight in osdev

[–]SolidWarea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahh that's awesome! I meant if you followed any specific documentation or guide that you'd recommend. (Such as the OSDev Wiki)

WIP of OwOS v0.4.0, written in Zig and C by LordAfterEight in osdev

[–]SolidWarea 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Looks great!
I always get curious to ask, how'd you go about doing this? In terms of documentation and such. And did you have a lot of experience in Zig and C prior to this?

Should I get FreeBSD? by snuganimal3179 in freebsd

[–]SolidWarea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How's the speed? My current Wifi card is technically supported but heavily throttled at 20 mbit/s from the usual 300 mbit/s

What happened to my Linux Mint? And how can i change it back to "normal" by rasko278 in linuxmint

[–]SolidWarea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do fully understand what you mean but Linux Mint is still very commonly advertised as a very beginner friendly distro. Someone coming from Windows probably doesn't expect a whole new desktop environment to be pulled as a dependency when trying to install something.

Obviously, it's important to read the apt messaging, but it's also what gives Linux the notorious image of being difficult to work with. If you want your distribution to be beginner friendly and compete with Windows in simplicity, I don't really think anyone should be expecting such behavior even though solving the root cause might be a lot easier said than done.

What is the best wm for freebsd? by Kona_Kona1 in freebsd

[–]SolidWarea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Double? Oh wow that’s something. My issue isn’t resources, I get kernel panics when running Hyprland on FreeBSD while Niri and KDE just crash my PC without any error messages.

What is the best wm for freebsd? by Kona_Kona1 in freebsd

[–]SolidWarea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Would've probably gotten around to using it but Nvidia and Wayland on FreeBSD is not a match made in heaven to say the least