This Week in Plasma brings file transfer progress graphs, per-virtual-desktop custom tile layouts, improved KRunner search result ordering, and much more to your favourite desktop.
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/03/15/this-week-in-plasma-file-transfer-progress-graphs/
I am looking for an #alternative to MS 365 email. Partner support is required. The data can be in the cloud, but it must be compatible with the desktop client. In addition, the client must be Linux. Which provider can I consider with over 1200 users? Next is to replace Teams and Office and switch to a Linux desktop
The whole thing is planned as a test first. A small introduction should be possible with the solution
Which provider should I contact?
Do you organize your desktop icons, or is it just a mess of screenshots and downloads? 
You're still in time to visit KDE's booth at #SCaLE22x!
Come see us at the #Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA, and don't miss the chance to try out the newest KDE software, grab some merch and chat with community members and contributors.
https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x
Last day today!
Here's a KDE Plasma 6 power feature you probably had no idea existed.
Hit Meta+T on your keyboard.
You can define tiles on each of your screens.
Now grab a window and hold shift - it will snap to the closest tile!
This way you can arrange windows on your screen(s) in a way that will keep them sharing your screen's area without ever overlapping.
Doing this manually always took so much time and was so fiddly...
You're welcome!
New 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗨𝗣𝗦 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 [Manage UPS on FreeBSD] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.
@eri even for a #Laptop or #Tablet I consider the #FrameworkDesktop a total "#WontBuy!" on my end, as it has less #Upgradeability and #Repiarability than a #Lenovo #X230Tablet or #Fairphone #FP3plus, mich less anything I consider "#Desktop" hardware.
It's really sad when #DIYperks put in more effort than an entire company at designing a Desktop!
"This week in Plasma" covers how KRunner now sees in color, the disk widget finds errors in your drives, Spectacle gets a spectacular overhaul, and much, much more!
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/03/01/this-week-in-plasma-great-stuff-for-6.4/
Framework Desktop: Is it for You?: https://boilingsteam.com/poll-framework-desktop-is-it-for-you/
#linux #linuxgaming #update #gaming #poll #survey #framework #desktop
My horribly old #desktop #PC is finally starting to die. Currently running a backup (using #zfs send/recv) to my server of one important local dataset.
Now I started looking for new hardware and to my surprise found a "modern" mainboard with a "real" parallel port (internal header, certainly good enough). This really helps with my retro hobby (#C64), years ago I soldered a simple interface cable that allows using a 1541 floppy on the PC, I even ported the #opencbm driver for that from #Linux to #FreeBSD. Without a parallel port, you'd need some complex USB interface instead including a microcontroller and "tons of shit", while the cable for the parallel port basically consists of a few diodes.
Now I wonder one thing: I'd also love to have a #FDC (#floppy drive controller) again. Is there any modern board coming with THAT as well or should I just forget about it?
@bastetfurry @janet_catcus the only thing cooler would be if they did a #transparent version, but I also know why they didn't and instead chose said muted colour pallet: As those are easily sourceable, child-safe (if not medical- or food-grade), and available as recycling plastics. Also said colours don't directly show ABS's yellowing under sunlight that distinctively.
Keeping costs down, compared to the high prices of optically clear, non-discoloured plastic ehich also tends to be more brittle, and also may not be an option due to the way they pulled a "#ThinkPadnium" style metal reinforcement of the chassis, as they clearly worked out a mix of elastic deformation (TPU), lightweight flexing and stiffening is the way to make a machine that is more forgiving in terms of abuse without designing it to be an unwieldy, heavy industrial appliance.
So yeah, I do want to see @frameworkcomputer release the #Framework12 and maybe some compact #Desktop case that is essentially allowing to shove a Framework 12 or #Framework13 mainboard and keyboard in and have a low-footprint unit like the #RaspberryPi #Pi400 & #Pi500 units. Or just some case one can bolt onto #VESA mounts at a screen (similar to a #ThinkStation Tiny / #ThinkCentre Tiny) and use those for #Classrooms.
I hope they have some nice #Stylus slot & lanyard option similar to the #X230Tablet I still daily-drive today.
Framework Desktop: Firma der modularen Notebooks überrascht mit AMD Strix Halo https://www.computerbase.de/news/pc-systeme/framework-desktop-firma-der-modularen-notebooks-ueberrascht-mit-amd-strix-halo.91559/ #Framework #Desktop
Learn about new features in @kde latest release of the Plasma desktop
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Plasma-6.3-Now-Available
#Plasma #desktop #Linux #OpenSource #KDE #FOSS
I'm #bisexual & likely #aromantic as well as rather certainly #nonbinary.
Pronouns are they/them in English tho it gets tricky in languages with grammatical gender.
I've switched to #Linux on #desktop before getting sniped by Copilot but my phone's still in Android's & Google's grasp.
The #cuneiform to the left of my name reads "Child of the cosmos" in #Sumerian & the #hieroglyphs to the right read "primordial" in #AncientEgyptian.
#Introduction
#NeuHier
Wenn sich im #Fediverse Instanzen über das Protokoll #ActivityPub unterhalten, wird als Zeichenkodierung #Unicode in der Form UTF-8 genutzt. Unicode definiert über einhunderttausend verschiedene Zeichen, so daß neben den Sprachen des Planeten #Erde auch Symbole oder Emojis darstellbar sind: Neben den üblichen Sonderzeichen europäischer Sprachen (#Stichwort #Umlaut) also auch etwa Japanisch.
Beim Thema #Emoji & Co. stehen den fediversalen Beitragsverfassenden also jede Menge #Emojis zur Verfügung, die über Unicode definiert sind. Wie man so ein Emoji (japanisch 絵文字) in einen Beitrag hineingefummelt bekommt, hängt vom Endgerät und der genutzten #Software ab. Es kann ein Menüpunkt sein oder auch eine Sonderfunktionen auf einer Bildschirmtastatur (Stichwort #Smartphone).
Gibt es Haken bei der Sache? Natürlich, wie üblich.
Zu beachten wären zumindest einmal folgende Punkte:
* Nicht jedes Gerät unterstützt alle aktuell definierten Unicode-Zeichen. Es kommen im Laufe der Zeit neue Zeichen hinzu. Je nach genutztem #Betriebssystem und dessen Version können daher Zeichen unbekannt sein. Dann fehlen diese Zeichen in der Anzeige bzw. werden durch Platzhalter ersetzt. So kennt etwa ein älteres #Android weniger Unicode-Zeichen als ein aktueller #Linux-#Desktop.
* Das genaue Aussehen von Symbolen und Emojis variiert. Unicode gibt etwa "Gesicht mit Schutzmaske" (FACE WITH MEDICAL MASK, U+1F637 (128567), 
) vor, aber nicht die exakte grafische Umsetzung. Daher kann das Emoji auf empfangender Seite anders aussehen (bzw. dargestellt werden) als auf absendender Seite.
* Das Verhalten von Vorlese-#Software (auch "#Screenreader" nach dem englischen "#screen #reader") ist unbestimmt. Ob und wie grafische Unicode-Zeichen in Sprache umgesetzt werden, ist also eher als ungewiß zu betrachten.
Und jetzt einen Daumen hoch und ein cooler sonnenbebrillter #Smiley: 
Zum Schmökern ins Thema bietet sich etwa die #Wikipedia als Einstieg an:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_Transformation_Format
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoji
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicodeblock_Smileys
On the Desktop HDD Front:
I ordered a PCIE card and an NVME SSD card. No way I can add an internal SSD in the machine so this should do the trick. Fingers crossed.
(I can tell I'm very much out of the loop with the new hardware. All those codes are gobbledegook!)
Qwynnyx
𓅮𓅱𓏏𓏭𓏖𓏞 
