FreeBSD in VirtualBox on Kubuntu
vt(4) is no longer visible when switching away from desktop environments at ttyv8
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Bugged environments include KDE Plasma and Cinnamon.
#FreeBSD #desktop #bug #VirtualBox #Linux
Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 6, versioned 6.6.6.
Plasma 6.6 was released in February 2026 with many feature refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience.
This release adds two months’ worth of new translations and fixes from KDE’s contributors.
View the full changelog here:
kde.org/announcements/changelo…
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as I am finding myself using the #foss #desktop more and more; such #opensource #tools are becoming more handy with each iteration.
So, although I often prefer #cli 9/10 cases, I'll give these #search tools a try too for my graphical interface on my workstation.
Thanks for compiling the list and sharing!
And Oxygen and Air are back, baby!
kde.org/announcements/plasma/6…
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Plasma 6.7 brings powerful new features to KDE’s classic desktop, and refines its user experience to new levels.Plasma 6.7
Plasma 6.7 is out and landing soon on your distro of choice!
You can look forward to easier menu customization, better control over your mics, and, as for virtual desktops... Well, well, well! You get keyboard navigation and the much anticipated feature of having separate virtual desktops on different monitors.
Find out about all the new stuff packed into Plasma 6.7 here:
kde.org/announcements/plasma/6…
#Plasma6 #desktop #FreeSoftware #OpenSource
Plasma 6.7 brings powerful new features to KDE’s classic desktop, and refines its user experience to new levels.Plasma 6.7
Guide about how to install FreeBSD, the minimum hardware requirements and supported architectures, how to create the installation media, etcFreeBSD Documentation Portal
Tip: you can reduce the heat your laptop/desktop computer generates by limiting its CPU frequency.
To restrict all cores to 800MHz on Linux, run one of these two commands as root:
cpupower frequency-set -u 800MHz
echo 800000 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq
#heatwave #laptop #desktop #computers #downclocking #EnergyEfficiency #Linux #shell
KDE will be 30 years old this year and Katie updates her look!
KDE is all about innovating and moving forward, but Katie hadn't changed her apparel in more than 10 years.
Now, sporting an orange hoodie and leggings, she's ready to spring into action and stomp on all those pesky bugs!
#katie #dragon #women #anniversary #desktop #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #kdeAt30
Filip Fila and Nuno Pineiro are bringing the classic #Oxygen #theme back to Plasma
Tastefully colourful icons, shadows, transparencies and shiny buttons are all part of the spectacular reimagined themes Air and Oxygen being painstakingly reconstructed from scratch by the designers.
Filip includes download links in his blog post so you too can trial-run both themes now:
filipfila.wordpress.com/2026/0…
#Plasma6 #desktop #FreeSoftware #OpenSource
The last post regarding work on fixing Oxygen was a month and a half ago. With all that’s happened in between, it feels like so much more time has actually passed. With this post, I’d l…Filip Fila (Filip Fila's blog)
Finally, I managed to install and configure a graphical environment directly during a #FreeBSD installation session 🎉
Most of the friction was around GPU drivers, but the feedback and suggestions I received were incredibly helpful. A lot of people want to use FreeBSD on their laptops and desktops, and that really shows.
For now, the goal was to provide a simple option to install #KDE Plasma. If there’s interest and more requests, we can definitely expand this in the future with additional desktop environments and options.
Special thanks to the FreeBSD Foundation for their support 🙌
#RUNBSD #FreeBSDDesktop #FreeBSD #BSD #OpenSource #Unix #KDE #KDEPlasma #DesktopEnvironment #GUI #Laptop #Desktop #FOSS #Tech #SysAdmin #DevOps #OperatingSystem
Different #Linux Fans and their Statement ...
#linux #meme #software #os #fans #love #distro #foss #floss #opensource #gnu #gpl #freedom #desktop #nerd #humor #just4fun #school #laptop #notebook #statement #quote #wisdom
The call for proposals deadline for #GUADEC, #GNOME's developer and user conference, is tomorrow, March 13!
Submit your proposals at events.gnome.org/event/306/abs…. More information at discourse.gnome.org/t/the-guad…
#opensource #linux #desktop #GUADEC2026
The GUADEC 2026 call for participation is open! You can submit your talk proposal at: https://events.gnome.GNOME Discourse
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Calling all #mac #macos #osx #windows #linux #FreeBSD #bsd #openbsd #netbsd #desktop & #laptop users!
On your personal computer, what is your go to when you leave your machine unattended for long periods of time:
»Ein Kalendereintrag reicht — Schwere Sicherheitslücke in Claudes Desktop-Erweiterungen entdeckt:
Sicherheitsforscher haben eine kritische Schwachstelle in Anthropics Claude Desktop Extensions gefunden. Ein manipulierter Google-Kalender-Eintrag kann ohne jede Nutzerinteraktion beliebigen Code auf dem Rechner ausführen. Anthropic will das Problem vorerst nicht beheben.«
Aha… so sicher ist also KI oder ist es Google?!??
#endof10 #windows #microsoft #surface #laptop #computer #software #meme #os #linux #floss #foss #desktop #freedom #revolution #riot #resistance #economy #opensource #change #iusearchbtw #future #business #protest #update #upgrade #win #tux #penguin
The year of #Linux #desktop has begun: 87% new Linux #users changed from #Windows!
watch: youtube.com/watch?v=LCTEoYTKoS…
#Steamdeck #gamer #games #game #micosoft #computer #console #notebook #laptop #foss #floss #performance #hardware #install #steam #linuxGaming #gaming #gamers #win10 #windows10 #endof10 #distro #distribution #news @End Of 10 Campaign
Bill Gates SHOCKED as Windows Users ABANDON Microsoft for Linux!A growing number of Windows users are switching to Linux as frustration mounts over forced up...YouTube
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Call for testing KDE installer dialogs
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Cc @kde @kdedude @FreeBSDFoundation
#CFT #KDE #Plasma #desktop #FreeBSD #installer #install #bsdinstall
Contribute to alfonsosiciliano/kde-installer-dialogs development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
3d sunglasses...
#3d #sunglasses #desktop #perspective #notebook #baseball #globe #typewriter #books #animatedgif
Markdown-Import via Collabora Desktop
Mit der gerade erschienen Collabora-Desktop-Version können Markdown-Dateien auf einfache Weise importiert und ergänzt werden.
#Markdown #Collabora #Desktop #Collabora_Office #LiebreOffice #Linux
Collabora Office für den Desktop
Jetzt gibt es die Office-Suite für den Desktop. Kann diese Anwendung die Lücke im Mittelfeld der Office-Anwendungen schliessen? Dieser Kurztest verrät es.
#Office #Collabora #Desktop #Textverarbeitung #Tabellenkalkulation #Präsentation #Linux
Cryptomator-Desktop 1.18 - Recovery Key für den Fall des Falles
In der neuen Cryptomator-Desktop-Version 1.18 spielt der Recovery-Key eine wichtige Rolle. Sollten bei der Übertragung oder Speicherung Fehler entstehen, so kann damit der Tresor in bestimmten Fällen gerettet werden.
Ich habe für #Web- und #Desktop Präsentationen vor gut 15 Jahren das Programm #Ludwig benutzt um eigene Sounds zu erstellen.
Eine Datenbank von 450 GEMA-freien Liedern wird mitgeliefert.
Die Software ist hier herunterladbar: ludwig.chessbase.com/functions…
Musiksoftware Ludwig: Kostenlose und kostenpflichtige Funktionen.ludwig.chessbase.com
Gestern mal kurz #kubuntu unter den Fingern gehabt.
Ich empfand den #Desktop, Desktopp-Menü, #Dolphin und das Einhängen eines #USB-Sticks kompliziert und unübersichtlich, so ähnlich wie bei Windows.
#Gnome erscheint mir dagegen aufgeräumt und simpel in der Bedienung.
Ist natürlich persöhnliche Geschmackssache.
Plasma 6.5 is out! Look forward to cool interface re-designs (rounded corners! Automatic smooth light-to-dark transitions!), features (smart KRunner searches! Pinned clipboard items!) and tons of usability and accessibility improvements:
kwin_wayland will give a fantastic options to LXQT v2.3
Go read and learn
LXQT is the lightest Desktop Environment I Love to work with
#LXQT #Wayland #Desktop #Environment #OpenSource #UI
An in depth article by LXQT on Wayland integration. A very informative read, really well laid out and clearly formulated
Important LXQT is modular and shall remain that way.
I Love that
#LXQT #Wayland #Desktop #Environment #OpenSource #UI
lxqt-project.org/blog/2025/09/…
One way is to offer a fully integrated Wayland session, but only well funded desktop environments that do not emphasize modularity go this way: mainly Gnome,...lxqt-project.org
This site does considerably better than just asking "Is this the year of the Linux Desktop?".
It lists and breaks down the current status of major software support in Linux, so you can decide whether the switch is right for you at the current moment, as well as a guide to help you make an informed choice on distro and know what else you might be getting into.
This is a vid I bookmarked to watch when bandwidth is left at the end of this session of a few days
FreeBSD: The Really Alternative Desktop OS
#freeBSD #OpenSource #Desktop #Desktop2025 #POSIX #BSD #Licence #distro #noLinux #Linux
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FreeBSD desktop operating systems, including GhostBSD, MidnightBSD, helloSystem and NomadBSD.You can find more ExplainingComputers videos about alternative o...YouTube
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Windows 11: TPM 2.0, UEFI, Secure Boot…
Linux Can it breathe? Good enough. 🐧
#Linux #Desktop #FOSS #Privacy #Security #OpenSource #Microsoft #Windows #TechNews #CyberSecurity #UserFreedom #Freedom #Tech #Technology #AI #OS
For the first time ever, I upgraded my desk setup to a > 30" monitor. This is just absolutely amazing 😀 (My previous Dell S2721DS 27" was broken and had a flickering backlight)
It's now a Lenovo T 32H-30 USB-C monitor with included hub.
My (Fedora Linux based) Laptops are connected via a Lenovo Thunderbolt 4 Dock and that is daisy-chained via USB-C to the new monitor.
Soo much ports 😀
Very satisfied with that desk setup. For Productivity, work *and* gaming 😀
Questo l'OSCENA nuova icona di puntamento #onmouseover che mi ritrovo dopo l'ultimo aggiornamento di #Telegram per #Desktop che ovviamente NON riesco a cambiare
Mi domando cosa passi per la testa degli sviluppatori a volte 😞
[se qualcuno avesse idea di come cambiarla magari in un settaggino nascosto che non trovo se non sfracellandomi per palle alla ricerca per 8 ore, mi farebbe cosa molto gradita 😃, grazie😉 ]
I've easily & smoothly configured KDE Konnect to work in Fluxbox WM
#FluxBox #KDE #Xorg #Desktop #Environment #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #is #not #UNIX #Linux #freeBSD #KDEKonnect #Android
Reading up on the functionality of the xsettings daemon xsettingsd
#Xorg #GTK #KDE #Gnome #DM #WM #Desktop #Environments #fonts
codeberg.org/derat/xsettingsd/…
xsettingsd - Configure X11 applications via XSETTINGS specificationCodeberg.org
At this moment I'm roughly tuning a very nice FluxBox Desktop in an OpenSource POSIX driven OS.
I'm working on tuning my Desktops Environments in such a way that it doesn't matter whether I run them in Linux or *BSD
That way I'll just fire up the Operating System inject my own configuration for the desktop environment fire up X.org and then start working
FluxBox has been a favorite window / desktop manager of mine a couple of decades ago.
Since it has been written efficient it's blazingly fast
I combine tools that I love from Xfce with FluxBox so that my muscle memory for shortcuts can be used in a super smooth manner
#FluxBox #Xorg #Desktop #Environment #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #is #not #UNIX #Linux
Since this command...
`xfce4-screenshooter -S -d 2 --window -s "$HOME/Pictures/$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S)_Screenshot2.png"`
...segfaults in fluxbox atm I did not bother with a screenshot, because xfce4-screenshooter rocks way too much to use another one
#FluxBox #Xorg #Desktop #Environment #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #is #not #UNIX #Linux
I've been able to configure KDE to my liking so that I feel at home again in the K Desktop Environment.
This is critical because it means that everything from way back in the beginning, decades ago when KDE was released, is still in the current new and fresh version of the K Desktop Environment
It means that the teams which have worked on KDE for the past decades have kept the core of KDE alive
It means that we have an excellent group of programmers, before and current, who have worked on KDE and who have kept KDE beautiful fantastic and magnifique for a wide range of people all over the globe
@kde
#KDE #Xorg #Desktop #Environment #programming #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #is #not #UNIX #Linux #freeBSD #Konnect #Android
I still haven't found the answer yet
This seems to be a rabbit hole
I ended up here at KDE frameworks
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE_Fr…
#Xface #GTK #UI #KDE #frameWorks #GTK_plus #DM #WM #Desktop #Environments
Currently reading KDE GTK config to get myself up to speed.
KDE is **not** using GTK as its default UI Engine. I had clearly forgotten that after not having played with KDE for so many years
#Xface #KDE #DM #WM #Desktop #Environments #GTK
Syncs KDE settings to GTK applications. Contribute to KDE/kde-gtk-config development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
