[-] penquin@lemmy.kde.social 34 points 3 months ago

No one should buy a laptop with every single fucking component soldered on. Fuck Apple and every company that does what they do. Get yourself a Framework laptop or one from an actual Linux vendor like System76, Tuxedo, Starlabs......etc. That way you're able to upgrade your shit down the road when you need to. Apple shit is you get what you get.

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submitted 6 months ago by penquin@lemmy.kde.social to c/firefox@fedia.io

All I see is crypto bullshit scam posts

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Caps lock is slow on linux (lemmy.kde.social)
submitted 6 months ago by penquin@lemmy.kde.social to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Hi all, I have already asked this question on the KDE forum and didn't get many responses really, so I'm coming here for help. Any idea how to fix the caps lock key and make it work faster instead of THis? Thank you

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by penquin@lemmy.kde.social to c/kde@lemmy.kde.social

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

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I got an update today for qt5 webengine and I was wondering if I should update it or just remove it since we are on qt6/plasma 6?

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I have recently upgraded to Plasma 6. It's has been riddled with issues. One major issue is that when I let the PC sit for a while, the screen turns off (as it should), then the pc just either freezes indefinitely, or wakes up, but nothing is responsive. I can't even enter my password to log in. For now, I have disabled auto suspend and turn off screen and all that. I suspend it manually when I am done working. I really don't want to reinstall, as I have had this set up for over a year and I will need to do a ton of work to get it back working. I do have root and home partitions separated, and I can reinstall, but if I absolutely had to. Is there anything I can do to remove all of plasma 5 leftover things without breaking things? Is there such thing as resetting plasma to its defaults without reinstalling? PS. I have submitted several bug reports and I will get back at it when I have time

Operating System: EndeavourOS KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0 Qt Version: 6.6.2 Kernel Version: 6.8.1-arch1-1 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with Radeon Graphics Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 580 Series Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Product Name: A520I AC System Version: -CF

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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by penquin@lemmy.kde.social to c/kde@lemmy.kde.social

Hello all,

I have created a post on reddit to fix the issue where SDDM doesn't scale well on plasma 6, and wanted to share it here in case anyone is having the same issue

I have two monitors that are 4k and SDDM wasn't scaling correctly on either of them. It was too small and was very annoying. I tried many ways to fix it, but nothing helped. Applying plasma settings to SDDM from the settings didn't help either. Some kind soul recommended an Arch wiki piece that helped me fix it. I want to share with everyone just in case. And here is the screenshot on what to do in case the wiki is not clear enough. Navigate to /etc/sddm.conf.d and create a new file and call it hidpi.conf (in case you don't have it), then add the following lines to it and save:

[Wayland]

EnableHiDPI=true

[X11]

EnableHiDPI=true

[General]

GreeterEnvironment=QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORS=2,QT_FONT_DPI=192

You can change the QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORS=2 to any number to fit the size of your screen. I set mine to 1.75 since it is the perfect scaling for my 27" monitor. Hope this helps. Have a good day

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Posted about it on reddit, and I'm bringing it here. Anyone has this issue?

https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/1b9nn69

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by penquin@lemmy.kde.social to c/kde@lemmy.kde.social

There is this useless feature where the lock screen tells you that the account is locked for 10 minutes because of three failed attempts to log in, but then I can just bypass it by forcing my computer off then powering it back on. Then what's the point of having it? I just got a new mechanical keyboard and I don't know if it has an issue or something, but it happened twice today without me doing anything while the pc is asleep, and it is annoying AF having to force shut down my pc by holding down the power button. This might also cause data loss for me. Is there a way to disable this thing?

Thanks

[-] penquin@lemmy.kde.social 29 points 10 months ago

This is way too long and complicated for just a bios update. Dell laptops actually have a "update bios from flash" option in the boot menu. So all you need is a USB stick formatted to FAT32, copy the bios update file (that you download from their website) into it, boot into boot menu and choose "update bios from flash". I have done this so many times and even made a YouTube video about it.

[-] penquin@lemmy.kde.social 28 points 11 months ago

Will our government ever care about this shit and make it illegal one day?

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by penquin@lemmy.kde.social to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

EDIT: so I was able to get it to work with the "unnamed launcher", but now I'm wondering if I should log in using my current credentials or just create a new account for this game with a new email just in case they ban me?

Like the title says. I've been playing Genshin no problem through Heroic, but HSR just doesn't launch. Tried it with steam by adding a non-steam game and changing some settings. Tried through heroic. Best so far is the music of the game, but just a black screen then crashes on Lutris through honkers launcher. Are there any arguments/launch options I'll need to add to steam or Lutris? I really want to play this game. Thank you.

[-] penquin@lemmy.kde.social 90 points 11 months ago

They use a Mac mini somewhere to route these messages. So you're logging into that Mac mini with your iCloud credentials. Sounds like a privacy/security nightmare and creepy as fuck.

[-] penquin@lemmy.kde.social 69 points 1 year ago

People actually change fonts in their IDE? I've always used whatever the default is and never even thought about it.

[-] penquin@lemmy.kde.social 30 points 1 year ago

Gnome is getting prettier by the day, I'm worried that, one day, it'll make me cheat on KDE Plasma.

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This is now the only thing standing between me and using Wayland as my daily driver. I have an all AMD PC running on two 27" 4k monitors. Setting them up to 200% is good, but too big. Setting them to 175% causes the font to be blurry. Not too blurry, but I can tell and it's not comfortable to look at for too long. Also, other UI elements are blurry, too regardless of the scaling. Although those elements aren't defaults, but still blurry and look out of place. For example, the oxygen window decoration buttons are very blurry. Hovering over those buttons shows a big blurry and empty box.

Anywho, I'm pretty sure the whole KDE team is aware of this, but my question is, is this being addressed in plasma 6? This is literally the only thing holding me back from Wayland. I love how snappy it is. Things are way quicker than x11. I want to use it. Thank you

[-] penquin@lemmy.kde.social 38 points 1 year ago

But when we ask for help as citizens, "how are you gonna pay for it, huh?"

[-] penquin@lemmy.kde.social 36 points 1 year ago

I've just built a PC last month and it's where I'm going to be from now on. I'm so sick of console's going the extra mile to squeeze every last penny out of us with their PS+ bullshit. I'll just use steam for the new games I like playing and emulate all the old games. It's been so much fun figuring things out. Better picture. Better FPS and the mouse and keyboard are much better than a controller. I can't believe I've missed out on PC all these years.

[-] penquin@lemmy.kde.social 28 points 1 year ago

Germany will keep simping to Israel till the end of time. lol Isn't Bernie Jewish himself?

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Hi all, I just installed Ubuntu 23.10 and it comes with gnome 45. Installed gnome web 45 and I was thinking that I can install ublock origin, but the option is not there. I thought this was there since gnome 43? Gnome isn't my daily driver, so I don't know much about its latest updates. So, is there a way I can add extensions to the browser? Or is it hidden somewhere? I remember it was on the beta 43 and 44, but this is 45, so shouldn't it already be there? Thanks

[-] penquin@lemmy.kde.social 53 points 1 year ago

4th year in college in a 3rd world country. Final exams. Last exam. About to graduate after an agonizing year of microbiology. I don't remember exactly what I did, but he saw me and thought I was cheating off of another student. I was not. Starts yelling at me. I start yelling back. Fails me on the last test on the very very very last day of the last year of college and I was about to go on with my life. I had to repeat the whole year because of him. College is different in my country. You fail one class, you fail the whole year. I still hate him to this day. When he dies, I'll go shit on his grave.

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submitted 1 year ago by penquin@lemmy.kde.social to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Hi all, Not sure if this is a distro specific, DE specific, a monitor brand specific or just linux/AMD in general. So, I have an RX580 GPU. It is an older one, but does just for what I do on my PC (emulation). Everything works fine until I start one of the emulators and play a game. I have two 27" 4k monitors, a dell and a sceptre. Once the game starts, the sceptre monitor starts going black every couple of seconds, then comes back up. This continues until I stop the game. Both monitors are connected through DP to the GPU. Not sure what to do, to be honest. All drivers are there when I checked (as far as I know). This happens on both wayland and xorg. Any input is greatly appreciated! If anyone needs more info, please let me know. Thank you

System is:

Operating System: EndeavourOS KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.8 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.110.0 Qt Version: 5.15.10 Kernel Version: 6.5.5-arch1-1 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with Radeon Graphics Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 580 Series Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Product Name: A520I AC System Version: -CF

[-] penquin@lemmy.kde.social 127 points 1 year ago

Having kids. I love my kids, but if I could go back and not have them I absolutely would. Never have kids until you're financially comfortable. Fuck, the struggle is fucking real.

[-] penquin@lemmy.kde.social 31 points 1 year ago

FRACTIONAL SCALING!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!

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