I would like to collect some opinions of Plasma users, just for fun, to get a better image. poll poll A big cause of issues that only occur on the user’s side is “changing settings away from the default”. It would be impossible to test all these cases. poll A desktop with a few bugs may be very fine for an advanced user, but problematic if the administrator is not around to help. poll Last question: poll

I am not a KDE dev, but interested in that topic.

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  • bitwolf
    1•5 months ago

    I don’t have a stable experience with Plasma.

    I also find a lot of the defaults frustrating.

    One example is no easy option to replicate Windows / Gnome window management shortcuts. I want to be able to super + down to always minimize.

    That said I would love for a focus on stability.

    • boredsquirrelOP
      1•5 months ago

      Yes me too. For me they are mostly:

      • the useless start animation (it is not an overlay but just delays the system start)
      • the panel, “icons only taskbar” using middleclick to spawn another window, while I want to close
      • the sounds
      • the touchpad not being “natural scrolling” · the system monitor not starting with the page didsplaying running programs, and having a warning message when closing an app (like, you only do this in edge cases where it might be time critical)
      • set animation speed to fastest
      • set Konsole, Dolphin and okular to always use tabs instead of windows (konsole needs a modded desktop entry for that)
      • extend the screen lock duration, reduce the screen turnoff duration, remove the dim duration
      • set power profiles to auto switch depending on charging state
      • enable some effects, disable some others
      • disable baloo at it is a crashy memory hog causing tons of trouble for reasons that dont make sense
      • enable full tememitry
      • disable the tiling editor and possible workspaces, to save resources?
      • change keyboard shortcut for “print” to select rectagle selection in spectacle
      • some different standard programs (like Gapless, SimpleScan and Celluloid instead of Elisa, Skanpage and Haruna/Dragonplayer)
      • disable floating panel and adaptive opacity