Bro666

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[–] Bro666@lemmy.kde.social 3 points 7 months ago

No ads, no spyware, no demos, as all software is fully functional and free. Also no subscriptions, no license fees, no unwanted communications.

A KDE-based system includes lots of customisation possibilities (i.e. you can change practically everything in you system and desktop environment), but is also perfectly functional as is, even if you do not change a thing.

KDE software will work on most hardware, even on older computers.

Note that a KDE system is a different experience from Windows. There are different apps -- instead of Microsoft Office, you would use LibreOffice, for example; instead of Photoshop, you would use Krita or GIMP, etc.. This requires you approach KDE system and its Plasma desktop with an open mind.

On the other hand, KDE brings you lots of interesting features you probably did not think possible, like near perfect integration between your phone and your desktop, plenty of tools to control your system, and easy and safe management of all the apps on your system.

Also, bear in mind that it is created by a community of users, not a company. We are not in it to make money off of you. In fact the community has organised itself as a non-profit charity. It is worth pointing out there is a strong community of teachers within the KDE community, as we produce quite a lot of educational software, including GCompris:

https://www.gcompris.net/

If you would like to learn more, start here:

https://kde.org/

Or just ask. We will be happy to guide you in your discovery of KDE, will be happy to answer your questions, and will appreciate your feedback and thoughts.

[–] Bro666@lemmy.kde.social 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We asked the project maintainers, but they lack the resources and time to moderate a community like that at the moment.

[–] Bro666@lemmy.kde.social 3 points 7 months ago

What about it?

[–] Bro666@lemmy.kde.social 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

(Psst! Show them this:)

[–] Bro666@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 7 months ago

Support of these kind of devices on Wayland is still a bit of hit and miss and WiP AFAIK. I have two devices: a cheapo Wacom Intuos something that didn't work at all a month ago, but now works out of the box, and an XP Pen tablet that is recognised, but I can't configure the drawing area.

I guess what I am saying is "patience". Things are improving every day, but not all devices are totally supported yet.

🤷

[–] Bro666@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 7 months ago

There are less obnoxious ways of pointing out a typo than what you did.

[–] Bro666@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 7 months ago

Ah Yes! Super-useful when combined with the KDE PIM calendar and a location, you get all your todos, events and a the weather forecast in one place. Still Plasma 5 only unfortunately.

[–] Bro666@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

That's because the rest have probably not been ported to Plasma 6. I am missing a bunch of widgets which still do not have Plasma 6 ports.

[–] Bro666@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 7 months ago

Like there is on Reddit. That's a good idea

[–] Bro666@lemmy.kde.social 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A Plasma developer told me that the NextCloud client would have to be ported (by NextCloud) to Frameworks 6 to get all its prior functionalities back. Apparently it is still using Frameworks 5.

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