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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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...and they assume that the pointing device is a mouse.

inspiration: I'm using a trackball with my left hand because of a broken button. The pointer shape doesn't make sense since i'm not clicking with my right index finger.

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[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 14 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

The mouse cursor should be almost invisible, not draw attention to itself.

Linux solved a problem I didn't really know I was having. getting old, lose the cursor because old. Wiggle the mouse around and the cursor grows like the grinches heart long enough for me to see it, then it goes back to normal.

ms.. they put a white circle which you can't see if you press some weird ass keyboard combo that may or may not also open edge and attempt to create a ms account (I dunno if this is true, they just suck)

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 points 2 hours ago

You can set a tap of ctrl to make a circle around the cursor

[–] homes@piefed.world 6 points 12 hours ago

macOS does the mouse-wiggle thing, too. super-useful!

[–] moody@lemmings.world 3 points 12 hours ago

Keep wigling the mouse and eventually there's nowhere the pointer can possibly hide from you.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

Which distro/desktop environment? I have only seen that on macOS.

[–] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 hours ago

As others told you, it's a KDE thing, and it's imitating MacOS's feature.

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 2 points 9 hours ago

Does it on KDE for me, not sure about OP

[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago

this was specificLly on bazzite. I am changing from it since it's kinda restrictive but works good overall

[–] charizardcharz@piefed.world 1 points 9 hours ago

KDE has it, I believe it was added in either Plasma 6 or 6.1.