Look! No ads!
Take back control. Choose Plasma.
https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/
(Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128640/microsoft-windows-11-start-menu-ads-app-recommendations)
- Daniele Pantaleo 🦥:verified: ( @ozone89@techhub.social ) 54•6 months ago
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social the ultimate jab would be shelling out an ad on Windows so to advertise the adlessness of KDE 😁
- Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) English2•6 months ago
I want to create some Ads that make fun of Ad platforms
- maniacalmanicmania ( @maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone ) English27•6 months ago
Can I pay KDE to put ads in all that empty space?
/s
- csolisr ( @csolisr@hub.azkware.net ) 5•6 months ago
@maniacalmanicmania @kde You could create an addon to include “suggested recommendations” in the app list, just saying!
- Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) English1•6 months ago
That would be funny as a joke.
- Björn Tantau ( @bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ) 18•6 months ago
- nlsmart ( @nlsmart@piaille.fr ) 12•6 months ago
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
Here are the percentages for Linux usage from January 2023 to March 2024 :
January 2023: 2.91%
February 2023: 2.94%
March 2023: 2.85%
April 2023: 2.83%
May 2023: 2.7%
June 2023: 3.07%
July 2023: 3.12%
August 2023: 3.18%
September 2023: 3.02%
October 2023: 2.92%
November 2023: 3.22%
December 2023: 3.82%
January 2024: 3.77%
February 2024: 4.03%
March 2024: 4.05%Indeed, this trend doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon !
The figures for open source for the months of February and March 2024.
- Triskelion ( @triskelion@floss.social ) 4•6 months ago
@nlsmart @kde @kde@lemmy.kde.social Steam deck :archlinux: :kde: is a major factor for this growth :D
- Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) English1•6 months ago
And people say Linux has a small market share.
- Jure Repinc :linux: :kde: ( @JRepin@mstdn.io ) 11•6 months ago
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Also no spyware and bloat. and all the source code freely available… Million times better. 💙
- cameronbosch :endeavourOS: ( @cameronbosch@fosstodon.org ) 9•6 months ago
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social If Windows 12 copies the floating Taskbar/panel I’d laugh at how much Windows 11 and later ripped off from KDE Plasma and how poorly it was done! 😂
- cameronbosch :endeavourOS: ( @cameronbosch@fosstodon.org ) 3•6 months ago
@triskelion @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Yep. Sounds about right! 😂
- Lexam ( @Lexam@lemmy.ca ) English9•6 months ago
Bought a laptop with Win 11. Finally couldn’t take it, and had to install Ubuntu.
So you wanted ads in your terminal instead?
- Lexam ( @Lexam@lemmy.ca ) English6•6 months ago
Great…
- Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) English4•6 months ago
Ubuntu somehow is still better
- NaoPb ( @NaoPb@eviltoast.org ) English9•6 months ago
Looks nice. Can you modify a lot of things?
- Sagittarii ( @Sagittarii@lemm.ee ) 12•6 months ago
It’s Linux, and KDE at that. Yes you can customize pretty much everything.
- melpomenesclevage ( @melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee ) 9•6 months ago
You can customize shit you didn’t even know existed.
- Zuberi 👀 ( @Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 10•6 months ago
The amount that you can customize is actually insane.
If you tinker at all, you would be floored at why you didn’t use it before.
It’s also really easy to move from Windows to a KDE distro
- melpomenesclevage ( @melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee ) 9•6 months ago
To a genuinely disturbing and annoying degree.
The default customization is ~windows levels, but radical Linux desktops have some completely insane shit going on, customizing things you didnt even notice existing in truly weird ways. Anybody want to post some?
- Eoin ( @Smythy41@mastodon.social ) 9•6 months ago
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
Using KDE Plasma on the Steam Deck is such a nice experience.
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social also no telemetry data! Unless yopu choose so, I did but only a little.
Love ♥ my KDE environment.- Allero ( @Allero@lemmy.today ) 4•6 months ago
Unless you literally opt in!
- namingthingsiseasy ( @namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev ) 4•6 months ago
Opt in??! Before you know it, you’re going to suggest that we start to respect our users!!
- Allero ( @Allero@lemmy.today ) 2•6 months ago
Protect our children from this monstrosity!
@Allero what I, said 🙂. I did opt in, but only on tier 2 or 3 of 8 or so. Idk exactly what I selected.
- Allero ( @Allero@lemmy.today ) 4•6 months ago
Just highlighted :) Tracking is opt-in, not opt-out, which is super cool and makes me actually wanna share that data. Just decided to switch from level 3 to level 4 out of 5.
- vaseline :verified: ( @vaseline@hachyderm.io ) 7•6 months ago
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social let’s see Paul Allen’s start menu
- toiletobserver ( @toiletobserver@lemm.ee ) 2•6 months ago
It even has a watermark
- Kevin Caccamo ( @Talon1024@social.linux.pizza ) 7•6 months ago
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I thought Windows already had ads in the start menu ever since Windows 8 and Windows 10.
- GManCool ( @GManCool@mastodon.social ) 7•6 months ago
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social i absolutely love KDE plasma and it’s gotta be my most favourite DE (and i especially adore krunner), but honestly, all of the DEs are good! (LXQt my beloved too)
- Eugen Neuber ( @euneuber@graz.social ) 6•6 months ago
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Maybe you should add an (removable) app showing adds linke Windows, so people coming from MS Windows feel more “at home” – later they can remove the ads and even be more happier then ever!
- in_sympathy ( @in_sympathy@mastodon.social ) 5•6 months ago
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social is there any distro for Raspberry Pi with KDE? I’d love to give it a try 🙌🏻
- Successful_Try543 ( @Successful_Try543@feddit.de ) 5•6 months ago
You can install KDE on Raspberry Pi OS (Raspbian). Just download the ‘Lite’ image, flash and install e.g. kde-plasma-desktop with apt.
- Triskelion ( @triskelion@floss.social ) 5•6 months ago
@in_sympathy @kde @kde@lemmy.kde.social I recommend Fedora KDE Spin
For installation instructions, checkout: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/raspberry-pi/
Note: Current stable release of Fedora only includes Plasma 5. Plasma 6 will be included in the upcoming stable release, Fedora 40, which is scheduled for release later this month.
- in_sympathy ( @in_sympathy@mastodon.social ) 3•6 months ago
@triskelion @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I guess that’s what I’ll try then 🙌🏻
@in_sympathy @triskelion @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I had a really really rough experience with Fedora on the Raspberry Pi 4. Explicitly Fedora Server. Imao I think the ARM build is unexpectedly unstable.
Don’t get me wrong I love Fedora I use it as my primary distro but on the Pi? Well I had a hell of a ride.
- Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) English1•6 months ago
How long ago was that. I think they improved the stability more recently
@possiblylinux127 I still had issues with F37. But it is explicitly to mention thst this was the Fedora Server build. Not a Workstation of Spin build.
- Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) English1•6 months ago
I think they have made it better since then but I haven’t tested it.
- Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) English1•6 months ago
Forget my other comment. This is the right answer
- melpomenesclevage ( @melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee ) 1•6 months ago
Isnt it the default for raspbian? Kind of the default pi distro?
- Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) English1•6 months ago
Theoretically you can install KDE on any distro. The bigger question is how new of packages do you want. Newer is less stable but has the latest features.