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According to nvtop, on both my nvidia and AMD computers, kscreenlocker_greet uses 200-400MB of VRAM while the screen is locked -- doesn't that feel excessive for a simple screen locker (I do realize that it's QML and thus in theory can use as much VRAM as say plasmashell).

This is kind of annoying as I was trying to set up a chatbot using my main desktop while it's idle, and would like that extra 400MB back for a higher context length.

Wasn't sure if this was a bug or just how software is nowadays so I opted to start a discussion rather than finishing filing a bug at bugs.kde.org.

Anyway, anyone know of an alternative screenlocker for kwin_wayland?

I thought I would disable kscreenlocker completely (by setting the screen to never lock?) and use something like swayidle and swaylock, but it doesn't look like kwin supports the wayland extensions required to use swaylock.

GujjuGang7 on Reddit found this, saying:

Found this link while looking through the upcoming theming engine (Union) repository. It has mockups for several core apps (dolphin, Kate, konsole and more) and general components such as modals and titlebars.

KDE contributor Manueljlin would like to remind you:

hey folks, it's really early still. we didn't even properly show it at Akademy. there's no design system to properly back it up yet - only some tokens and components that are definitely subject to change. please keep that in mind

I love this feature on macOS, I believe you can set something similar in Gnome, but couldn't reproduce it KDE. Someone suggest mapping spacebar to open the Information panel but it's definitively not as functional. Anyone knows a widget or any way to get something similar? Also, is there a way to save my theme and settings? Cheers!

This Week in KDE Apps

https://blogs.kde.org/2024/09/16/this-week-in-kde-apps/

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This week in Plasma: polishing like mad

https://pointieststick.com/2024/09/20/this-week-in-plasma-polishing-like-mad/

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ArchLinux and KDE are all rollingly updated to the latest version; black and white flashing dots will occasionally appear in the place where the mouse moves. This problem only occurs in wayland and does not exist in x11.

cross-posted from: https://mastodon.social/users/gcompris/statuses/113169422363593906

GCompris 4.2 is out! We have completed all translations to Latvian, improved the translations to several other languages and fixed some annoying bugs.

https://gcompris.net/news-en.html#2024-09-20

#education #kids #school

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I know how to do it in the battery section through the GUI, but I'd like to set it up through a command, for automation purposes, and particularly for KDE Connect commands.

I am trying to run a Plasma session as a different user from bash by running sudo -u $TARGET_USER dbus-launch --exit-with-session startplasma-wayland.

However, when trying to do so, I get an error "Could not create wayland socket".

My goal is to start a Plasma session as a specified user, wait for the user to log out and continue running the script.

• Does anyone know how I might be able to fix this error?
• Do you know of another way to start a Plasma session as a different user and wait for the session to exit?

I also tried to do the same using the sudo --preserve-env --set-home XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/users/$(id -u $TARGET_USER) switches.

When doing so, I get the following messages repeatedly:

No backend specified, automatically choosing drm
kwin_core: Failed to take control of /org/freedesktop/login1/session/_311 session. Maybe another compositor is running?
kwin_wayland_drm: Failed to open drm device at "/dev/dri/card1"
kwin_wayland_drm: No suitable DRM devices have been found

However, logging in to the tty with the $TARGET_USER directly and running dbus-launch --exit-with-session startplasma-wayland works properly as expected.

Here is the needed desktop file

Place it in ~/.local/share/applications/

Right click the Dolphin icon and select a profile!

Hi! I installed latest Plasma in Arch Linux recently, configured everything in Spanish from Argentina. I noticed the hour was in AM/PM format, and when I went to customize it and chage it to 24hr format, I now get a mixture of Spanish and what I think are default untraslated strings. I tried to change the language setting systemwide from the settings but without success. Any ideas on what is it that I'm missing?

Keep up with the exciting news coming out of the KDE apps projects with "This Week in KDE Apps"!

In this issue: NeoChat emojis, Itinerary seats, Gwenview speedups and Android support tweaks, among other things.

https://blogs.kde.org/2024/09/16/this-week-in-kde-apps/

Note that this week it is on Monday, but we will be posting about all KDE app news on Sunday from now on.

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#Kdenlive 24.08.1 is out and we urge all to upgrade. This version fixes recent playback and render regressions while fixing a wide range of bugs.

https://kdenlive.org/en/2024/09/kdenlive-24-08-1-released/

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Plasma 6.2 Beta has been released... Beta testers assemble 🦸‍♀️!

Please grab it, test it, submit bug reports. Final release will be on the 8th of October.

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.90/

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I have a few dodgy cheap SSDs, so I'm not surprised by slow I/O performance in general. But my Plasma desktop frequently freezes for 1-3 seconds (including the cursor!) whenever there is high IO load, for example while installing a Steam game.

Updating the screen should be completely independent from I/O, shouldn't it? Is there anything I could've misconfigured in my Arch Linux? I'm running Plasma 6.1.4 in Wayland.

cross-posted from: https://floss.social/users/akademy/statuses/113123668949310341

#Akademy2024 report: What happened during the Akademy of many changes.

We are wrapping up Akademy 2024 today, so no better moment to look back at all the new stuff the KDE Community came up with during the event. Discover the new KDE Linux, the overhauled looks coming to Plasma and KDE's apps, what the community as a whole will focus on next, and our renewed commitment to save the world.

https://akademy.kde.org/news/2024-09_akademy-2024-report/

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Plasma 6 has introduced rounded corners for the panels. I have a similiar idea, basically the same but in a very different way.

Rounded corners for the desktop. Instead of rounding the corners of the panel, there could be an option to round the corners of the desktop. The panel here is viewed as a background object, and the focused object that pops out is the desktop, which is a rectangle, with sharp uncomfortable edges at the moment.

This could be a new and unique way of viewing the desktop, and we could be once again be one step ahead of the windows designers if the rumours about windows 12 are true. There are 1 or 2 third party little projects already trying to achieve this or a similiar effect, but there aren't any major implementations.

Achieveing this effect could be best done in my opinion with an extra included svg with plasma themes, because this does not fit all styles, and the user should also be able to turn it of, because some might find this annoying. The effect should be turned on only for the corners that have panels touching them, and in fullscreen, it should hide with the panel.

The program I'm using to achieve this effect has the problem of it not allowing clicks trough even in the transparent area, but this has only caused one button to be slightly harder to be clicked in one application, and that is gimp if it's maximized(not full screen) and has the smallest icons enabled, so if it doesn't cut too big of a portion off the screen, all programs could run perfectly fine without any modification.

This could be a very good thing for thememakers, and it can be done with very little code and almost no bugtesting, and no compromises.

Is it just me, or are you folks running Wayland with no issues? I've even forgotten I was on Wayland until I looked at the settings the other day. I have all AMD, btw. I have zero issues so far. Anyone else?