2mo ago

KDE for Windows 10 Exiles

Upgrade your software, not your computer

In this post #KDE presents Plasma as one of many great interfaces available in #Linux, and they include some tricks for making the migration from #Windows 10 easier.

@kde @be4foss @kdeespana and @kubuntufocus support #EndOf10 to prevent #eWaste!

https://endof10.org/

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

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FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #GNU #GNUlinux #Sustainability #Win10 #Win11

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KDE for Windows 10 ...
That title got me very surprised for a moment
- even that would not be false, plenty of KDE software can run on Windows 10
  (remember that "KDE" is the name of the community, not of the desktop environment "Plasma")
  
  Then what does the DE in KDE stand for?
  (Edit: it was more of a joke, but I guess I am serious. Has it officially become not an acronym?)
  
  I know, but plenty of people call Plasma just KDE, and the thumbnail is Plasma desktop.
  
  Funnily enough there was an unfinished port of plasma to windows
  
  Yeah, I use Okular for viewing my PDF engineering documents because fuuuuuuck adobe. IT makes my computer slow enough as it is, I don't need adobe making it worse.
- That was, at some point, an ongoing project. You can still install individual KDE Gear apps separately, but a whole Plasma shell to replace explorer.exe would have been fun
- Apologies for the YouTube link, but it's the only source I can find referencing it at the moment
  https://youtu.be/MVXMcrRANC8
  https://archive.org/details/kdewin4
KDE instead of windows 11*
@Endof10 @kde @be4foss @kdeespana @kubuntufocus @kde@lemmy.kde.social The Cube! 😍
How do they enable the cube desktop preview? 😍
- Go to System Settings -> Desktop Effects and search for cube
The spinning 4 walls Beryl thing... It needs an upgrade. Something that requires AI and a massive graphics card. Maybe it could be any shape like a spherical desktop? Or a single face surface infinity desktop? The 4 walls is still pretty cool though.
- i agree. It works just fine on my gtx1080... in 2025! Shameful, I tell you!
I know it's probably a setting you can change but it makes me sad that every OS seems to have moved to taskbars that don't show program titles
- It's a setting you can change.
  I'm glad titles can be hidden. They eat up all horizontal space so damn fast.
- As mentioned, this is indeed quite easily changed. Infact that is one of the best points of KDE, has defaults similar to those a windows user are familiar with, but can be changed and customized a LOT
Looks more like a cheezy vista

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