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2023 will be the year of the linux desktop
You know, the Steamdeck's success might actually make that some kind of true
@troyunrau i think the greatest thing to come from the steam deck is that people are slowly realizing that the aura of elitism thats infected the linux community for so many years is thankfully dying
2024 will be the year of the kube
@stefano @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social yes i know, it was a simple jest
@ioletsgo @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I know, and think that KDE is the best DE available. I've been using it for more than 20 years.
@stefano @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social i love kde
@ioletsgo @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social KDE is a great choice - and has always been, IMHO.
FreeBSD support is good, so you're not forced to use Linux to enjoy it.
@stefano @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social xkcd 927 but yeah thats cool
This is a triumph. I'm making a note here, huge success. It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.
Yep, the 2000s are the next decade to come back, and I'm here for it.
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My favorite open source story:
I was at the #Educause Annual Conference back in the early 2010s running SLED11 with the cube enabled. I was spinning away when the person next to me asked what it was and what OS I was running. I replied, "Linux" he said, "oh, that's for you technical types."
Later, same scenario (different person), but when I replied, "this is is Windows Longhorn, the pre-release of Vista," the person was so impressed with Microsoft's innovation.
Fuck it I want the cube.
Terrific! I used the cube several times to show the power of Linux to several windows users. Two were interested enough to switch over to Linux permanently. I know the cube is just window dressing, but never underestimate the power of an interesting display.
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Compiz was like giving your computer LSD
Beside the Cube, the Wobbly Windows was my fav feature. It's frivolous, but also so natural to grab a titlebar and having the rest of the window sloshing around like a wet rag.
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social so does this mean I can finally stop complaining online that “Wayland isn’t ready” because the “mission critical software I use everyday doesn’t work” or am I missing something?
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Cool thing: now you can configure zoom and set your own skybox for the cube effect.
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Oh yeah, another cool thing worth noting: the original cube in QtWidgets had about 4500 lines of code, this new one in QML has about 1000.
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I still play Nexuiz, so, I'm cool thinking it's 2006 for a minute.
Do people find this useful as a desktop feature or is it just a meme?
As was foretold
A november fools joke?
No, no. Honest to God it is back and working. It has also already been ported to Plasma 6.
all hail the kube
@kde@floss.social
Yes. It's a terribly cool effect (terrible in all possible interpretations XD)
@kde@lemmy.kde.social
So cool!!!
@kde@floss.social
Wooooooooot !
That's what brought me to linux back 200...4 ? 5?
Then it disappeared because (not sure here:) canonical wouldnt support compiz/beryl... or was it gnome2 ?
But now you tell me it's back and you made my day
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