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Kdeconnect is very cool but also pretty sensitive. There are many reasons why people would like to turn it off.

I already tried placing an empty autostart file with the same name in ~/.local/share/applications/ (same with discovernotifier) and this didnt do anything.

Another option would be simply closing the firewall (which will be done by default) but I think this doesnt affect bluetooth?

# One time so systemd picks up the new file:
systemctl --user daemon-reload
# to start/stop:
systemctl --user start kdeconnect.service
systemctl --user stop kdeconnect.service
# to enable, which means it is started automatically when you login (and killed when you logout. The --now part also starts/stops it right away
systemctl --user enable --now kdeconnect.service
# and disable
systemctl --user disable --now kdeconnect.service
# output status and log (add e.g. -n 30, if you want to have more log lines)
systemctl --user status kdeconnect.service

Uninstalling is not an option, as on Fedora Atomic desktops users cant reinstall apps that were uninstalled in the image building process.

I am planning a uBlue variant with enhanced security and need to fix this issue. Especially using it via bluetooth is great, but of course also attack surface.

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Season of KDE (SoK) participants have improved translations, Kdenlive, LabPlot and more.

SoK is KDE's mentorship program that helps members of the public become active open source contributors.

This year, participants have translated apps into more languages, implemented multi-format rendering and keyframe curve editing in @kdenlive , ported @be4foss testing tools to Windows, added options for importing and exporting data to @LabPlot and much, much more.

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https://mentorship.kde.org/blog/2024-05-09-sok-conclusion/

I have a very cool Core 2 Duo laptop here that runs Linux Mint.

And it is pretty aweful. Would love to put Fedora Kinoite (Atomic KDE) on there, manual upgrades on shutdown, minimal set of apps.

But I dont know how well Plasma works on such old hardware. It is pretty bloated and messy sometimes, Dolphin and plasmashell are my biggest worries (the whole panel and widget stuff is sooo complex).

Has anyone tried Plasma?

An alternative would be LXQt with KWin once 6.1 comes out and it has full Wayland support.

I'm using task switcher with Recently used sort order, but I still feel unsure if it's the same behavior

Great to see that krfb-virtualmonitor is usable with wayland! So, kde is compatible with the wireless pc-on-tv feature on samsung tv.

My secondary head for my couch-office!

I was working on some stuff on my PC and stepped away for a bit, and on returning noticed notifications on it that some files had been downloaded via KDE Connect from my phone. I was using my phone at the time, and didn't send the files.

I know that you can quietly download files from a phone with its paired device (i.e. no notification on the phone, nor prompting permission) from allowed directories, but these files weren't from those directories, so...What may have happened here?

Glitched notifications, or something else?

Also, the downloaded files weren't anywhere on my PC, so... 😕

edit:
I found an issue report I think may be what I was seeing: KDE Connect spams the desktop with a torrent of old notifications.

This is an issue that I know for a fact that is not specific to plasma, but I came here to ask for help since I run Plasma and I'm hoping that there is something I can change on the DE to fix it. Caps-lock is very slow and causes THis ISsue, and it is driving me crazy. I'm the person who can never learn how to use the shift to capitalize my letters and use caps-lock religiously. I have been using this fix on xorg, but it doesn't work on wayland, and I'm now back to square one. Any kind soul here knows how I can fix this issue? Thank you

Does that exist ?

Thanks

MBition, the company that designs and implements infotainment systems for Mercedes-Benz, has become a KDE patron.

MBition uses KDE technologies and developers' know-how to create attractive and responsive interfaces that make Mercedes vehicles easier to drive and safer for their occupants.

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https://ev.kde.org/2024/05/07/mbition-becomes-kde-patron/

I've seen a lot of conflicting information on the topic, so I'm curious if there is an updated official policy that I haven't been able to find.

I wrote a blog post about my experiences on daily driving Plasma Mobile

So, I like working with tiled WMs sometimes though not always. And Polonium is working great for that in Plasma 6. But as I said, I don't want it enabled 24/7. And rather than open settings and toggling it on and off every time, it'd be wonderful if I could harness the power of KDE activities and automatically toggle it on in a particular activity and off on any other. Is it possible?

I'm moving from ChromeOS to Manjaro. I want to put the Task Manager on the right edge of the screen, but don't see how to do this. I'm pretty sure this was possible a long time ago.

Running KDE Plasma 5.27.11 and Wayland.

This week in KDE: Looking towards Plasma 6.1

https://pointieststick.com/2024/05/03/this-week-in-kde-looking-towards-plasma-6-1/

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#KDE #Plasma #KDEPlasma #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource

Kdenfun on Fridays - some timeline joy before diving into serious work.

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#kdenlive #videoediting #streamdeck #elgato

After a few months of using @archlinux with the @kde desktop I have moved back to @fedora don't get me wrong I love love Arch btw, but Fedora has won my heart over. It just works... Well besides the dual screen thing but that is a wayland issue. I guess I use X11 till that issue is resolved.

cross-posted from: https://floss.social/users/akademy/statuses/112330811960096279

#Akademy2024 awaits your voice! Don't miss the chance to present your application, ideas, or best practices. Submit your proposals by May 24, 2024.
https://akademy.kde.org/2024/cfp/

Be inspired by our past sessions from Akademy 2023: https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/p/fndy89wuSCGHhyujXR72e8

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsHpGlwPdtMp67EH84ljQohyCdqjCraU2&si=GoCWSL0lpB61Bvtc

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#Kdenlive 24.05 beta is ready for testing! Checkout new features like Group Effects and automatic subtitle translations. Other highlights include a huge performance boost to the spacer tool and improvements to multiple bins. Also, audio capture is back. 😉

https://files.kde.org/kdenlive/unstable

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#videoediting

KDE will mentor ten projects in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) this year. Congrats to everyone who got selected!

This year's wide range of projects includes Python support for the KDE Frameworks and Labplot, PDF Javascript forms support in Okular, more powerful subtitles in Kdenlive, and much more.

https://mentorship.kde.org/blog/2024-05-gsoc-2024/

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Jeremy Soller 🦀 (@soller@fosstodon.org) [System76 Principal engineer, Pop!_OS Maintainer, and Redox OS BDFL] writes:

If you are a #KDE developer, I want to talk to you about:

• How can COSMIC apps better fit in when running a Plasma session
• How can KDE apps better fit in when running a COSMIC session

The Adwaita Icon Theme no longer follows the FDO icon naming spec breaking KDE applications on Fedora 40 Workstation and Co. See the concrete state of the issue in the linked article.

I don’t use it and it keeps ruining my day. I recently got a vertical mouse that I’m still not 100% used to, and the paste triggers every time I press the wheel by mistake.

Since it just checked for updates already, hence the notification...

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