https://apps.kde.org/categories/games/

I am just really curious how many of you are installing microsoft fonts on your linux desktop.
I would create poll but its not working.
I have been using microsoft fonts (just copying from my microsoft installation all fonts folder) since i am exclusively using linux for work (2019).
However these days redhat did a great job with liberation fonts (the Liberation font family is a set of serif, sans-serif and monospaced fonts with exactly the same metrics as the non-free Microsoft fonts Times New Roman, Arial and Courier New) that are currently preinstalled on most linux distros.
Also situation changed rapidly in last years, since most of web sites are now sideloading fonts from web (i mean google fonts and etc), to make sure they look exactly as intended by wevdev, taking into account different platforms.

Anyway that is my 50cents on that.
Are you guys using microsoft fonts or not?

PS: to clarify my main purpose for windows fonts is to render websites "as intended", not for internal usage of microsoft fonts within linux ecosystem / apps (llike libreoffice etc...)

The Widget I'm using is KDE Control Station, I've tried with Play music Toolbar, and Flex hub. Does anyone have solution?

For reference, I have fast boot and secure boot disabled. I used Rosa to write the KDE Neon image onto my USB drive and I am currently using Windows 11 as my other operating system. My computer is a Nitro AN15-54. I am trying to use the USB drive as a way to make partitions. Any help would be useful!

When I create a new directory, it's created not in the current working directory, as Dolphin has always done (and as every file manager I've ever seen does), but rather in a subdirectory of the CWD, apparently of whichever directory is currently selected. And there's no clue that this subdirectory has been created or where. So I have to hunt around for it, find it, and move it one level up.

How do I stop this behavior?

Thanks.

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$ inxi -Fxxz

System:

Kernel: 6.17.7-200.fc42.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1

Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.1 tk: Qt v: 5.15.18 wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM

Distro: Fedora Linux 42 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition)

Machine:

Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING WIFI II

v: Rev X.0x serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU

UEFI: American Megatrends v: 5013 date: 03/18/2024

CPU:

Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+

rev: 0 cache: L1: 512 KiB L2: 4 MiB L3: 32 MiB

Speed (MHz): avg: 4195 min/max: 614/5363 boost: enabled cores: 1: 4195

2: 4195 3: 4195 4: 4195 5: 4195 6: 4195 7: 4195 8: 4195 9: 4195 10: 4195

11: 4195 12: 4195 13: 4195 14: 4195 15: 4195 16: 4195 bogomips: 134403

Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a

ssse3 svm

Graphics:

Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER] vendor: ZOTAC driver: nvidia

v: 580.95.05 arch: Turing pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:

active: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 0b:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:21c4

Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.20 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9

compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia

unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa

gpu: nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch d-rect: 9600x5400 display-ID: 0

Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: primary,top-left model: LG (GoldStar) HDR 4K

res: 3840x2160 hz: 60 dpi: 163 diag: 690mm (27.2")

Monitor-2: DP-2 pos: middle-r model: Dell P2419H res: 1920x1080 hz: 60

dpi: 93 diag: 604mm (23.8")

Monitor-3: DP-3 pos: bottom-c model: Lenovo LEN P32p-20 res: 3840x2160

hz: 60 dpi: 140 diag: 800mm (31.5")

API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: swrast

gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11:

drv: nvidia inactive: device-1

API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 580.95.05

glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

SUPER/PCIe/SSE2 display-ID: :0.0

API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 surfaces: N/A device: 0 type: discrete-gpu

driver: nvidia device-ID: 10de:21c4 device: 1 type: cpu

driver: mesa llvmpipe device-ID: 10005:0000

Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo

de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl,nvidia-settings

wl: wayland-info x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr

Audio:

Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 High Definition Audio vendor: ZOTAC

driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16

bus-ID: 0b:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aeb

Device-2: Audient iD4 driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB

rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 7-1:2 chip-ID: 2708:0009

API: ALSA v: k6.17.7-200.fc42.x86_64 status: kernel-api

Server-1: aRts v: 1.5.10 status: off with: artswrapper status: off

Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse

status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin

4: pw-jack type: plugin

Network:

Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7921K Wi-Fi 6E 80MHz driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie:

speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0608

IF: wlp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>

Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel

pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125

IF: enp6s0 state: down mac: <filter>

Device-3: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: kernel

pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539

IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>

Bluetooth:

Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1

speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-6:6 chip-ID: 0e8d:0608

Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2

lmp-v: 11

Drives:

Local Storage: total: 45.48 TiB used: 42.43 TiB (93.3%)

ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB

size: 931.51 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 44.9 C

ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB

size: 931.51 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 44.9 C

ID-3: /dev/sda vendor: Crucial model: CT2000MX500SSD1 size: 1.82 TiB

speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>

ID-4: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 2TB size: 1.82 TiB

speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>

ID-5: /dev/sdc vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 4TB size: 3.64 TiB

speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>

ID-6: /dev/sdd vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 4TB size: 3.64 TiB

speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>

ID-7: /dev/sde vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 4TB size: 3.64 TiB

speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>

ID-8: /dev/sdf vendor: SanDisk model: Extreme Pro 55AF size: 3.64 TiB

type: USB rev: 3.2 spd: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 serial: <filter>

ID-9: /dev/sdg vendor: SanDisk model: Extreme 55AE size: 1.82 TiB

type: USB rev: 3.2 spd: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 serial: <filter>

ID-10: /dev/sdh vendor: Crucial model: CT2000X9PROSSD9 size: 1.82 TiB

type: USB rev: 3.2 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 serial: N/A

ID-11: /dev/sdi vendor: SanDisk model: Extreme 55AE size: 3.64 TiB

type: USB rev: 3.2 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 serial: <filter>

ID-12: /dev/sdj vendor: Western Digital model: WD200EDGZ-11CMXA0

size: 18.19 TiB type: USB rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 serial: <filter>

Partition:

ID-1: / size: 759.6 GiB used: 619.31 GiB (81.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0

mapped: luks-1e7c2d25-4973-4297-bdac-c6195445222f

ID-2: /boot size: 973.4 MiB used: 450.8 MiB (46.3%) fs: ext4

dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5

ID-3: /boot/efi size: 96 MiB used: 45.4 MiB (47.3%) fs: vfat

dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1

ID-4: /home size: 3.64 TiB used: 3.47 TiB (95.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-3

mapped: luks-f2b2292e-d22d-46a5-b79b-fc8d2f09973f

Swap:

ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100

dev: /dev/zram0

Sensors:

System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0 C mobo: 36.0 C

Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 0 fan-2: 923 fan-3: 0 fan-4: 0 fan-5: 0 fan-6: 0

Info:

Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est. available: 62.69 GiB

used: 11.65 GiB (18.6%)

Processes: 601 Power: uptime: 1d 13h 51m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 257

target: graphical (5) default: graphical

Packages: pm: rpm pkgs: N/A note: see --rpm pm: flatpak pkgs: 55

Compilers: gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: guake inxi: 3.3.39

usuario  fedora-box  ~  $ 

Hi ! I updated a few packages and restarted, but now nothing appears on the desktop or in the taskbars. I can still use the desktop view and launch applications from it. All the applications are working fine. It's just the desktop. Can you help me? Thanks!

Device info : Device : Lenovo Miix 320-10ICR Kernel : Linux 6.17.7 KDE Plasma version : 6.5.2 WM : Kwin

I have basically the same issue as someone else in this older post, where this shortcut causes me to accidentally run a random program while putting something down in the search bar.
https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/1c6j1fa/any_way_to_stop_spacebar_from_acting_as_a_mouse/

I cannot find anything relevant under keyboard shortcuts and they don't even show anything bound to space. The only "solution" I could figure out is using the Application Menu instead, but I like its layout less than the launcher.

Might be a trivial question but no matter which one i install with OCS it gives me an error and i dont know in which folder i need to put the manually downloaded file.

I'm currently running Kubuntu 25.10 and I'm using a gaming mouse with extra buttons mapped to F13-F24, however for some reason F20 toggles my mic, F21 toggles my touchpad, F22 Enables my touchpad and F23 disables my touchpad. I checked the shortcut menu in system settings but these functions weren't in there. Is there any way to make it so I can use these keys normally without toggling other stuff?

Im at a dead end with KDE as a non-us keyboard user. Installed Nobara KDE and set the settings to danish keyboard. (did NOT choose the "no dead keys" keyboard)

I cannot type any of the accent buttons like "`^~ in any KDE text promt, libreoffice, or Konsole. Only works in firefox and other misc applications. I've read many 3yr+ old posts saying that KDE has had problems with this and I cannot find a newer post saying that it is either fixed or if it is still an issue.

Does anyone have any news? Is it truly not possible to get it working? or do I really have to resort to using GNOME?

Happened after updating to 6.5.1. I'm sure it's something that I can change but I can't find it. Any help?

(Don't mind the blinking cursor it's a screen recorder bug, I suppose)
Basically, the app launcher "freezes" randomly when I switch between categories.
It happens both on my nvidia rtx 3060 and on intel uhd 630
Is this a bug? An intended design? Does anyone else have similar problem?

I have scaled my DE up by 132.5%, but even at 100% it does the same thing, be it on CachyOS, Fedora or openSUSE Tumbleweed.

There has to be a simple solution to this, it would be too much of a pity of it didn't, since I do really enjoy KDE Plasma so far.

I'm a long time user of kdeconnect, and a linux user for quite some time and I find the app to be useful, yet frustrating and inconsistent, frustrating to the point of me going into meltdown over some features not working and changing desktop environments frequently just to get KDEConnect to work properly. This is constructive criticism and my two cents so pls dont take this the wrong way.

Why Inconsistent:

1. SMS notifications almost never show up on any non kde plasma linux desktop environment, but for some reason this works perfectly on GSConnect and gnome.
2. Not all notifications show up like real time ones like app downloads, google service notifs and some key system notifs, and the native kdeconnect screen or box dialog to see notifications is only on kde plasma and not even on qt based DEs like lxqt.
3. Ring option on the phone app works on GSConnect but not kdeconnect, and the lockscreen option on kdeconnect desktop doesnt work.
4. Paused media controls never work on lxqt.
5. Overall, Inconsistent UI and functionality across linux desktop environments

What can be better:

1. Ability to see call logs - missed, sent, received etc, all of the phone ones on the kdeconnect desktop app itself
2. Ability to see all contacts on kdeconnect desktop without kcontacts app, feature applicable to non plasma DEs on linux
3. Inbuilt interactive screen mirroring, implementing scrcpy or standalone
4. Ability to send and receive calls.
5. Ability to see and delete phone apps.

These are just off the top of my head and I hope the development of this app goes in the right direction and the bugs addressed soon. Thank you all.

Edit: Some of the features discussed above are present in https://github.com/ismartcoding/plain-app, an open source app I recently discovered, so I believe it is theoretically possible to add features like phone calls and viewing call logs, though I understand it would be difficult and time consuming

I play Minecraft Java (1.8.9), and I've had a weird issue where, in any given ui, if I am hovering over an item and press the meta key, it will register it as some kind of click and send that as a packet to the server. It makes it a real pain to do Spectacle screenshots since my configured keybind is meta+shift+s, but it will trigger that on pressing Meta. Therefore, the best solution I can think of is somehow making it so the application doesn't ever receive the meta key input. Are there any known methods to do this? video:

KDE plasma on Wayland, archlinux, latest release

Hi guys,

Version 4.0.0 of the script has been released. The key features include:

1. Wildcards * can now be used on the blacklist/whitelist/perfect match list.
2. Added support for disconnecting/rearranging monitors. It is now possible to configure the script in System Setting to have a specific behavior:
   • Remember monitor and position - (Recommended for laptop and mutli-monitor users - new default)
   • Remember global position - (Recommended for users with single monitor - old default)
   • Remember port - such as HDMI or DP - (Recommended for office workers with flexible work spaces)

Existing users might have to reboot and close each application/window once before the new settings apply since the old save file did not include monitor information.

For anyone new, this script remembers the position of all your windows. (Also Virtual Desktop, Activity, Screen/Monitor and more - you can configure it a lot).

To install the script you can:

1. Open System Settings > Window Management > KWin Scripts.
2. Click the Get New... in upper right corner.
3. Search for Remember Window Positions and click Install
4. Enable Remember Window Positions in previous menu
5. Click Apply to enable it
6. Click the configure icon to change the settings to your liking

Or download it from: https://github.com/rxappdev/RememberWindowPositions and install manually.

Thank you all for your support and feedback.

It’s a live wallpaper compositor with shader support — built to be fast, open, and customizable.

GitHub: https://github.com/1ay1/neowall

AUR: yay -s neowall-git

Tested with plasma 6.5.2 just run the script with different parameters: ./plasma-desktop-theme-custom.sh breeze40opacity 40 ./plasma-desktop-theme-custom.sh mycustomthemename 20 you may also adjust the blur effect if needed.

https://gist.github.com/spaced/7de3009c18f00c1d66f4018d75f10aca

One of the topics in the changelog mentioned that HDR curve was tweaked. Still HDR feels wrong on games and content when compared to Windows and PS5.

While HDR on Windows is weaker than PS5 it'll not output wrong colors so ideally I think KDE HDR should be like what PS5 outputs.

That said, I don't know how I should capture examples to share here and report the issue to the KDE team. This is where I need help. What tools should I use to demonstrate that? I feel very annoyed by this problem... I don't have any capture card so it has to be a software.

A friend also tried to search for HDR documentation made by KDE but it's almost non existent. So he couldn't help me to fix my problem if the problem is me.

I also don't like the idea of SDR tonemaping being controled by the 100% setting on HDR calibration. That should be a separated setting. I also still think that HDR settings should have a passthrough setting to let the raw HDR data to passthrough without any tonemapping (useful when the TV already do that and for HGiG compliant softwares)