Progress on Plasma

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Post by jlpcsl » Sun, May 10, 2020, 5:13 PM UTC

Progress on Plasma
ubuntustudio.org

Re: Progress on Plasma

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Post by diminish » Sun, May 10, 2020, 5:55 PM UTC

I'm more curious if snap/flakpak-based installations will benefit Ubuntu Studio more than servers and other desktops.

Re: Progress on Plasma

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Post by Jonnax » Sun, May 10, 2020, 5:55 PM UTC

Personally I consider the KDE the only DE that feels like it can compete with an OS like Windows or OSX.

It's just a lot of small things that add up to make it feel cohesive. Like how the file explorer has a built in terminal that follows the folder you're in.

A lot of people call that philosophy bloat. But honestly I've got a PC with 32 GB of RAM and a laptop with 16GB.

Like the Ubuntu Studio people have said 50MB more ram usage compared to XFCE isn't a bother at all.

Re: Progress on Plasma

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Post by fit2rule » Sun, May 10, 2020, 5:56 PM UTC

As a longtime user of Ubuntu Studio on a very productive DAW, this is welcome news - XFCE has certainly been a great choice for the last few years, but KDE has a lot more to offer, especially now the resource usage is comparable.

I have a feeling it'll also sway MacOS DAW users to take a closer look at just what Linux has to offer pro audio users - amazing latency specs, even when compared to Mac, which has traditionally had better latency than Windows - as well as a full suite of excellent tools for Audio and Video production, out of the box. XFCE is functional but MacOS creatives get a bit snobby about it during the first OOBE - won't be so easily snubbed when KDE is on by default. I look forward to giving this new version of Ubuntu Studio a tryout in my studio ..

Re: Progress on Plasma

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Post by kevinherron » Sun, May 10, 2020, 6:01 PM UTC

I wish KDE had the same level of resources behind it as GNOME does.

I keep occasionally trying new versions of GNOME but it feels like a DE optimized to look good in screenshots and always falls short when actually using it.

KDE on the other hand looks relatively good and is infinitely more usable to me. It's got some rougher edges and a weaker application ecosystem but still comes out ahead for me.

I also vastly prefer using apps written in QT to those written in GTK and despise CSD...

Re: Progress on Plasma

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Post by squarefoot » Sun, May 10, 2020, 6:07 PM UTC

They write about negligible memory overhead by KDE over XFCE, but the measurement is done on a Live image just after a fresh boot, that is, not a real use case. I would ask them to take the same measurements after like half an hour of loading all XFCE accessories and their corresponding ones on KDE. Otherwise the test wouldn't take into account the impact of loading times and caching of modules and libraries, which KDE has in much larger numbers than XFCE.

Re: Progress on Plasma

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Post by andai » Sun, May 10, 2020, 6:09 PM UTC

People who use KDE, what's your favorite distro? I wanna give ita shot.

Re: Progress on Plasma

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Post by jbk » Sun, May 10, 2020, 6:09 PM UTC

It's quite nice that they managed to make the plasma version look the same as the Xfce version.

Re: Progress on Plasma

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, May 10, 2020, 6:12 PM UTC

Jonnax wrote: post #3

Personally I consider the KDE the only DE that feels like it can compete with an OS like Windows or OSX. It's just a lot of small things that add up to make it feel cohesive. Like how the file explorer has a built in terminal that follows the folder you're in. A lot of people call that philosophy bloat. But honestly I've got a PC with 32 GB of RAM and a laptop with 16GB. Like the Ubuntu Studio people have said 50MB m…

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Re: Progress on Plasma

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Post by Der_Einzige » Sun, May 10, 2020, 6:16 PM UTC

I don't know where all of the love for KDE is coming from. It's got so many graphical and UI bugs even in comparison to XFCE that I can't use it as my daily driver.