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  • stiiixy
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    Originally posted by Jaxad0127 View Post

    There is opt-in telemetry (User Feedback in System Settings), but you an verify that's it's anonymous, as KDE is open source.
    My commentary being deleted again?

    Anyway, as I was saying, the Windows 10 built-in telemetry is so ingrained, you're ripping apart the OS to the core. If KDE has a single opt-in option by default that only reveals some simple agnostic data, well, I can live with that! As I said, KDE's progress is great, and it must be incredibly difficult keeping up with changes while also keeping yourself relevant, and 'cool'.

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  • Estranged1906
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    I think they should wait like a year or before they release 6.0. Get it ready before Kubuntu 24.04 LTS hits but not before. Plasma 6 MUST be as bug-free as possible. Get rid of all those 15-minute bugs, get rid of the Wayland showstoppers, get rid of as many papercuts as possible.

    KDE 4.0 was so buggy that it ruined KDE's reputation for over a decade and let GNOME become the more dominant desktop despite GNOME 3 being an absolute shitshow. Don't repeat that mistake.

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  • Termy
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    Nice to see the continued work on multi-monitor!
    With 5.27 my more major issues when activating/deactivating my TV to play on the couch were solved, so at least for me there are only little annoyances left - but i won't object them being solved

    I'm really curious if the transition to 6 will indeed be smoother than in the past. Let's hope for the best!

    Originally posted by scottishduck View Post
    opportunity for KDE to position itself as a major desktop again
    Most community-polls about DE-usage show Plasma on the first or second place, don't know how much more 'major' it could get

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  • stiiixy
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    Originally posted by Jaxad0127 View Post

    There is opt-in telemetry (User Feedback in System Settings), but you an verify that's it's anonymous, as KDE is open source.
    I was more thinking about the ever-increasingly built-in low telemetry that W10 and now W11 'offer's' users. It is literally EVERYWHERE.

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  • bug77
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    KDE Frameworks has improved the way sizes and positions of KDE app windows are remembered for multi-screen setups. The new manner should now be more robust and far better than the status quo for KDE multi-monitor desktops.
    It would be so nice if that meant the window positions can now be shared between X and Wayland sessions. One of the primary reasons I don;t care about testing Wayland is that it usually doesn't work for me and when I log back into X, my session (which is a bunch of windows open for a looooong time) is gone. Having to restore that is more work than it's worth just to confirm Wayland is still not an option for me. If I knew my session was safe, I'd try it more often.
    (And yes, I know monitors are handled differently between X and Wayland, then there's different scaling and everything. But there should still be way to abstract all that away and have a common session for both DEs.)

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  • Damnshock
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    Originally posted by scottishduck View Post
    As 5.27 is a defacto LTS release I hope they spend the time to really polish up 6.0 before they release it. A rebase to QT6 is a really good opportunity for KDE to position itself as a major desktop again, particularly with the valve backing.
    It is not de facto. It *is* an LTS

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  • Slartifartblast
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    Originally posted by stiiixy View Post
    It does my head in from the sheer range of factors involving dealing with a modern desktop.

    Any desktop.

    Obviously its more impressive when it's open-source and a XXth the budget of Apfel and EmmEsS, AND maintaing a massive amount of feature-set.

    Without telemetry.

    And less resource usage.

    With useful base apps.

    Edit: Bit about resources to usage
    Parkinson's Law, software expands to fill the available resource.

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  • Jaxad0127
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    Originally posted by stiiixy View Post
    Without telemetry.
    There is opt-in telemetry (User Feedback in System Settings), but you an verify that's it's anonymous, as KDE is open source.

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  • scottishduck
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    As 5.27 is a defacto LTS release I hope they spend the time to really polish up 6.0 before they release it. A rebase to QT6 is a really good opportunity for KDE to position itself as a major desktop again, particularly with the valve backing.

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  • stiiixy
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    It does my head in from the sheer range of factors involving dealing with a modern desktop.

    Any desktop.

    Obviously its more impressive when it's open-source and a XXth the budget of Apfel and EmmEsS, AND maintaing a massive amount of feature-set.

    Without telemetry.

    And less resource usage.

    With useful base apps.

    Edit: Bit about resources to usage

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