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Re: Plasma Bigscreen – 10-foot interface for KDE plasma

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Post by Imustaskforhelp »

jrm4 wrote: post #177

At the risk of whatever, I feel like there might be a "market" for something like the "OpenBox" version of this - or perhaps what I'm saying is even using something like Openbox to get the minimalist version of this thing. Seems to me a 10-foot interface almost by definition doesn't need the complexity of a KDE; you need to launch apps from "big rectangles on the screen" instead of like a Start Menu(and probably conf…

Joe's Window manager might be a better choice than Openbox (imo) if someone does want to work on it.

Maybe FLTK/FLWM can be interesting as well.

Re: Plasma Bigscreen – 10-foot interface for KDE plasma

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Post by xrd »

evolve2k wrote: post #173
xrd wrote: post #152

I can't for the life of me figure out if this is a way to put KDE on my TV by overwriting the existing OS, or if this is something to install on a computer which I then plug my TV into via HDMI. I'm not being lazy here but I have reviewed this site and outbound links. And, I have reviewed the threads there. I'm very interested in repurposing my LG Smart TV and have been hesitant about installing a software package on…

I could totally wrong, but my assumption is that you’d get a small dedicated box (mini PC) that has an display port/hdmi/lightning port and usb ports and plug that into your TV like you would an Apple TV. A remote control with wifi would work pretty easily by being connected into usb port, just like a wireless mouse. Something like an ASUS NUC comes to mind for me but it’s designed to work with anything that you can…

Ok. That makes sense.

I wonder if you can then use Netflix and other streaming services? I have a Chromecast device and could probably just switch the HDMI to use that. I can use Netflix on my Linux laptop but I haven't tried Disney and I would very much doubt Apple+ would work on KDE.

Re: Plasma Bigscreen – 10-foot interface for KDE plasma

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Post by Pxtl »

Oanid wrote: post #81
olivierestsage wrote: post #7

Big things from KDE lately. If you haven't tried it since the pre-Plasma days, I really recommend giving it a go. Fabulous as a general DE.

I'd have to disagree with you on that one. I recently migrated to Fedora from Windows 11, which gave me the chance to try Plasma, GNOME, and a couple other desktops. Plasma is exactly what I don't want in a DE. It’s extremely configurable, but also overwhelming, and I don’t think that’s something the average user would feel comfortable navigating. I ended up choosing GNOME. It feels visually cohesive, and the design…

Really? I found KDE plasma hit the perfect sweet spot between the slapdash nature of Cinnamon and the polished but restrictive Gnome.

Plus AFAIK it's the most multi threaded so it's the hardest to freeze.

Re: Plasma Bigscreen – 10-foot interface for KDE plasma

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Post by Pxtl »

ryukoposting wrote: post #113
Oanid wrote: post #81

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I'd have to disagree with you on that one. I recently migrated to Fedora from Windows 11, which gave me the chance to try Plasma, GNOME, and a couple other desktops. Plasma is exactly what I don't want in a DE. It’s extremely configurable, but also overwhelming, and I don’t think that’s something the average user would feel comfortable navigating. I ended up choosing GNOME. It feels visually cohesive, and the design…

I don't see how Plasma is any easier or harder to navigate than Windows. If you find the customizations overwhelming, then just... don't. It's fine in its stock form. I turn off the top-left corner thing and leave everything else alone.

Omg yes the top left corner thing is imho the only complete misfeature in stock plasma.

Re: Plasma Bigscreen – 10-foot interface for KDE plasma

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Post by Pxtl »

WD-42 wrote: post #174
monegator wrote: post #110

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Dude, default plasma breeze theme, remove rounded corners, you have the windows 10 interface. What else do you want?

Here’s an example: https://imgur.com/a/konsole-vs-ghostty-tR4Otmy Konsole on left, ghostty (which is gtk) on right. The latter has at least 3 additional lines visible outputting the same command. The giant copy paste buttons, tab bar which wastes a ton of space, are typical of kde apps. The klutter isn’t just visually annoying it makes the apps less useful.

Honestly this is the only complaint I agree with. KDE plasma desktop and its configurability looks and feels great... but all their in house actual windowed applications like Konsole and Kate are mediocre at best. All that duplicated effort seems wasteful.

Re: Plasma Bigscreen – 10-foot interface for KDE plasma

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Post by Pxtl »

brendyn wrote: post #57
simonask wrote: post #14

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Just did recently. I remembered KDE as flexible but cluttered. It’s still flexible, but they really cleaned up nice!

Try going in to edit mode you'll freak out if you not prepared

Good. The edit mode is exactly the place I want to be overwhelmed with options.

Re: Plasma Bigscreen – 10-foot interface for KDE plasma

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Post by iririririr »

jrm4 wrote: post #177

At the risk of whatever, I feel like there might be a "market" for something like the "OpenBox" version of this - or perhaps what I'm saying is even using something like Openbox to get the minimalist version of this thing. Seems to me a 10-foot interface almost by definition doesn't need the complexity of a KDE; you need to launch apps from "big rectangles on the screen" instead of like a Start Menu(and probably conf…

and after you launch the app, then what? are you rewriting chrome or firefox?

regular kde is usable enough on my tv from the couch, just bump font size and 200% scaling. done.

these ideas are reminiscent of a time people thought kiosk modes were a good idea.

what one call complexity most people can being able to do anything at all.

Re: Plasma Bigscreen – 10-foot interface for KDE plasma

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Post by bikelang »

pimeys wrote: post #153
jwrallie wrote: post #149

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I’m curious about which distros are working well with Plasma, as I had some trouble with stability in the past. I have the feeling Plasma works better with rolling release.

I've been running two distros with Plasma: Bazzite OS and CachyOS. Both very different, and stellar with Plasma. I use CachyOS in my ThinkPad and in my Framework Desktop, for work. A stellar OS, has great defaults, is very fast and prioritizes KDE although you can do other WMs too if you're adventurous.

Bazzite has been so good to use it has me consisting dropping PopOS as my dev distro for Bluefin

Re: Plasma Bigscreen – 10-foot interface for KDE plasma

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Post by ufmace »

jwrallie wrote: post #149
dboon wrote: post #137

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Yes! KDE is the only thing in the Linux world that legitimately looks better than the big competitors. Not always, and not all the time; programs that are really focused on design are still a cut above, but I truly believe that KDE looks (and feels!) better than macOS I don't understand why there aren't more folks like us shouting it from the rooftops. It's almost bizarre how good it looks.

I’m curious about which distros are working well with Plasma, as I had some trouble with stability in the past. I have the feeling Plasma works better with rolling release.

Fedora works well with it for me, no complaints. Though I haven't yet used it through a major version update.
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