151

This week in KDE: real fake session restore (pointieststick.com)

submitted 7 months ago by OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

16 comments fedilink hide all child comments

top 16 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'm so glad that work is being done on session restore on Plasma. So many of my issues with Plasma have been fixed over the years, but this one has always been a big showstopper for me.

Kwin crashing and taking everything down with it is not something I want to happen on my work machine. Most of KDE's bugs I could deal with, but not that one. Losing hours of work is an absolute no-go.

Session restore is probably the biggest thing that I've been looking forward to for Plasma 6

I'm still not sure it'll become the desktop I'll use all the time, but I'm wanting to give it a try again to see how it goes.

[-] semperverus@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

Ohhh jeeez Rick

[-] 0oWow@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Still no fix for the confused half-rounded, half-squared window decoration? Looks tacky.

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago

You can select different window decorations.

[-] 0oWow@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

They don't work as well with Firefox, and with window decoration shadows. Also, rounded window decorations that are out there don't do Firefox well. (I get that that's also on Mozilla some).

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

Well, those sound more like issues that should be fixed. You not liking the way Breeze looks, is not a bug...

[-] leopold@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 7 months ago

Firefox uses CSD by default, so that isn't an issue that can be fixed (unless you turn off the CSD in Firefox's settings).

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

Which one are you referring to?

[-] leopold@lemmy.kde.social 4 points 7 months ago

presumably the default Breeze decorations

[-] 0oWow@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Breeze.

[+] tsonfeir@lemm.ee -27 points 7 months ago

I wonder if you took all the development time that went into the fake way, and put it into the real way, would the real way be finished by now?

[-] carzian@lemmy.ml 57 points 7 months ago

The "real" way needs the corresponding Wayland protocol in order to work. The protocol is under development/review, but involves a lot more moving parts that requires coordination and approval from multiple people. This "fake" way was able to be implemented faster and by fewer people as a stop-gap measure

[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Ah, Schrödinger's desktop development.

Refuse to implement something until there's a robust open standard to use it with, without hacky workarounds, a la Gnome? Get shat on for not implementing a feature immediately.

Implement something quickly, but in a hacky roundabout way, hoping a standard comes soon and you can phase out your sub-optimal solution, a la KDE? Get shat on for wasting time on a solution that will be short-lived.

[-] qaz@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Get shat on for wasting time on a solution that will be short-lived.

Well, nothing is as permanent as a temporary solution

this post was submitted on 24 Feb 2024

151 points (96.9% liked)

Linux

47559 readers

493 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
No misinformation
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, etc

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

nooter692@lemmy.ml

AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml

MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml

cypherpunks@lemmy.ml

cyclohexane@lemmy.ml

d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz