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   SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 19:42:55 JST SuperDicq

   KDE 6 got the real game changing features right there.

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     garfieldairlines.net (garfieldairlines@fedi.garfieldairlines.net)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 19:50:12 JST garfieldairlines.net

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     @SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo > opportunity to call it the Kube missed
     KDE, I am disappointed.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 20:01:00 JST 翠星石

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     • Neko McCatface v2023 :verified::makemeneko:
     @roboneko You can get a program for Xorg that auto-maximises windows and then you can just alt-tab between windows - posted from i3.
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     Neko McCatface v2023 :verified::makemeneko: (roboneko@bae.st)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 20:01:01 JST Neko McCatface v2023 :verified::makemeneko:

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     • Zergling_man
     @Zergling_man @SuperDicq I don't think I could ever willingly give up a tiling window manager at this point. how do people not just want to rip their hair out when juggling floating windows using a mouse? :blobwoozy:
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     Zergling_man (zergling_man@sacred.harpy.faith)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 20:01:02 JST Zergling_man

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     @SuperDicq >Windows still can't manage workspaces as smoothly as even fucking gnome can
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 20:03:13 JST SuperDicq

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     • Neko McCatface v2023 :verified::makemeneko:
     • Zergling_man

     @roboneko@bae.st @Zergling_man@sacred.harpy.faith I'm totally fine with KDE

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 20:04:49 JST 翠星石

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     @SuperDicq KDE is just too buggy and breaks every time you're compiling an update to Qt I found.
     
     xfce4 and i3 is much better, as they don't break.
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 20:08:11 JST SuperDicq

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     • 翠星石

     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com I think KDE is great on a distro like Debian that just maintains a stable version for you.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 20:09:11 JST 翠星石

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     @SuperDicq >maintains a stable version for you.
     If it isn't compiled with -O3 and -march=native, I don't want it.
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 20:09:21 JST SuperDicq

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     • 翠星石

     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com I really like XFCE and I use it on my X200. However on other devices that have high resolution screens I want to use Wayland which is not supported on XFCE so I use KDE instead.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 20:10:16 JST 翠星石

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     @SuperDicq I tried to use wayland with sway, but ibus was broken, among other things, so I went back to Xorg/X11.
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 20:55:57 JST SuperDicq

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     • 翠星石

     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com If you use high resolution monitors and want to use scaling or if you have multiple monitors with different refresh rates or things like that I feel like the experience on Wayland is currently much better than Xorg, at least for KDE.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 20:57:35 JST 翠星石

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     @SuperDicq >you use high resolution monitors
     Works on my machine.
     
     >want to use scaling
     Why would I do that? I just set the text size as needed.
     
     >you have multiple monitors with different refresh rates
     I don't have that, but multiple monitors with different resolutions work fine.
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 21:00:07 JST SuperDicq

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com Just setting the text size in your terminal only gets you so far.
     
     If you use scaling it automatically adjusts the size if you drag a window from one screen to another. You would have to do this manually if you relied on text size. Changing text size also does not change the size of buttons in GUI applications, your cursor and other things.
     
     And yes having two monitors with different refresh rates is terrible in XORG. As it will always default to the refresh rate of the slowest monitor...

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 21:02:27 JST SuperDicq

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com On my desktop computer I have two mointors, one is 75hz and the other is 144hz. If I boot into XORG both monitors would run at 75hz which is not ideal, I want to use the 144hz capabilities of my 144hz monitor.

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 21:12:04 JST SuperDicq

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     • Straw (God) :lain_bearpajamas:

     @straw@comp.lain.la Yeah I think the Cube is a great feature.
     
     Not because it is a feature that you would actually, but it's amazing to use it to show off when you're showing other people what your computer can do. And I think that has value, especially when trying to convince people to start using free software.

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     Straw (God) :lain_bearpajamas: (straw@comp.lain.la)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 21:12:05 JST Straw (God) :lain_bearpajamas:

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     @SuperDicq KDE is the only thing keeping the sovl of linux alive at this point. it used to be COOL and shit and youd show off your compiz effects and say oh can winblows do this? and they got rid of it stuck in poeterringware everywhere and now its utter shit
     except if you run KDE to some level
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 21:19:42 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     • Straw (God) :lain_bearpajamas:
     @SuperDicq @straw Yeah, for me it's like the cool stuff you see in movies, which sometimes is literally just a Unix (Jurassic Park being a well known example).
     Polychrome :blabcat: repeated this.
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 21:25:47 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
     • Straw (God) :lain_bearpajamas:
     @SuperDicq @straw Speaking of which, Summer Wars has the cube (and a very fast one).
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     Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 21:47:04 JST Polychrome :blabcat:

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     @garfieldairlines @SuperDicq I'm just going to do that unofficially.
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 21:48:31 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     • Jijicéka
     • Straw (God) :lain_bearpajamas:
     @jeanjack @straw @SuperDicq Well gets kind of boring / annoying if you'd actually daily drive with it.
     I used compiz quite few times between 2008~2012 but I wouldn't switch of workspaces as frequently as like now.
     
     And I guess some people would rather have devs be entirely productive rather than make sort of easter eggs. That's not really me though, easter eggs are fun both for users and devs.
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     Jijicéka (jeanjack@pleroma.interhacker.space)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 21:48:33 JST Jijicéka

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
     • Straw (God) :lain_bearpajamas:
     @lanodan @straw @SuperDicq well https://compiz-fusion.org/wiki_subdomain/plugins/cube.html with fire effects was super cool to burn everything virtually. Cool since 2010 and even before. why someone wouldn't want that ?
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 21:57:16 JST SuperDicq

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
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     • Straw (God) :lain_bearpajamas:

     @lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me @jeanjack@pleroma.interhacker.space @straw@comp.lain.la Developers who are all "productive" don't often how productive making demo features like this can actually be.
     
     Eye catching features like these are a very powerful tool for marketing your software, very often underestimated in my opinion.

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     Straw (God) :lain_bearpajamas: (straw@comp.lain.la)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 22:30:20 JST Straw (God) :lain_bearpajamas:

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
     • Jijicéka
     @lanodan @SuperDicq @jeanjack to this day linux mint mate and xfce still ship with compiz and i think it's definitely gives me more confidence in that project to recommend to new users
     it's not enabled by default but hey, it gives that underrated and important feeling of a system being not just usable but almost fun or interesting in a way, and i think that really helps drive adoption
     atleast when i find out of ordinary or playful feature like that that's how i feel, even since i would poke around 98 or xp as a kid and find little details like that
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     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 00:12:32 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

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     @SuperDicq Living like it's 2007. :blobfoxmlem:
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Saturday, 02-Mar-2024 01:58:37 JST iced depresso

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     • Straw (God) :lain_bearpajamas:
     @straw @SuperDicq probably because sun died and they were the only ones pushing desktop other than red hat.
     
     red hat developers are notorious idiots by every account.