klangcola @ klangcola @reddthat.com

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Another good option on Windows is PDF XChange Editor, though I'm using an old version so I can't vouch for how much or little enshitification has happened in newer versions

That's brilliant! I always forget KDE Connect also works fine PC <--> PC, not just PC <--> Mobile

Depending on what you need, you might get away with any old small PC (like 1 litre office PCs or old thin clients), or an SBC like Raspberry Pi.

For Operating system, instead of Android, try LibreELEC, or any Linux distro starting straight in to Kodi could work, for Firefox in Kiosk mode opening your Jellyfin.

Bazzite is a version of Fedora initially started as a steamOS alternative for the steam deck. So if you install the Deck version of Bazzite it boots straight in to Steam Big Picture intended for the TV.

KDE Plasma also has a Plasma Big Screen version, but I'm not sure how ready that is yet, or if it's easy to install.

This was just an extra bonus update :) A fun little celebration 🎉

It doesn't exactly replace normal big updates

EDIT: Maybe not so little with how OP the flar gun is xD Hopefully it gets nerfed soon if it hasn't been already

I'm glad to see more manufacturers making non-SUV EVs :)

I did this too :D I used to have 20 pairs of non-identical black socks, which made matching hard and it felt wrong to wear socks of slightly different type or size. Much easier now

I keep getting socks for Christmas though, which I never wear cause they'd mess up the simplicity

2nd for Kobo! It's a good device, supports more standards, and doesn't fund any of the Too Big Tech Giants

I see. It makes sense when you say it.

Yet I only encounter torx on low-medium torque stuff. Applicances, not cars.

What is the reason to use torx over Internal hex (Allen key)? Surely there must be a reason why it's used

When growing up it used to be that (internal) hex was for high strength but needed exact tool size, and Phillips/flat blade for low strength application with the benefit of any approximately sized tool will work.

Seems to me torx is in this awkward in-between where it's used for low-strength applications, but require exact tool size. Or it's used interchangeably with hex, requiring two sets of tools available at the work site (not fun if the work site is 30 meters up some ladders)

+1 for SSH and FileZilla (or WinSCP)

So it's not a showstopper for KDE Wayland default because the fix is outside KDEs control?

It doesn't really matter to end users though. So making the may-suddenly-loose-hours-of-work option the default seems unwise

It actually was https://web.archive.org/web/20231023140410/https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Wayland_Showstoppers

I like the blue square, it's pretty :3 But I'll learn to live without

Yeah... This one actually is a showstopper. And I thought it was fixed, didn't realize it was fixed for QT apps only

Boiiiinggg goes the spring

That's very strange, which distro and GPU was this? So I don't recommend that to anyone?

I'm assuming the GPU in question was Nvidia, since AMD and Intel make their driver opensource and baked in to the kernel. Sadly nVidias latest kernel (535) has been troublesome, so I'm still on the previous 525. nVidia is about to release 545, which looks to be very promising.

Luckily on Ubuntu changing driver is as easy as opening the Additional Drivers application, selecting the driver version, hit apply and reboot. PopOS, Bazzite, and a few others comes with Nvidia drivers preinstalled.

Best of luck if you try again in the future

Color temperature is actually quite OK with simple remotes. Like the IKEA remote control used left and right arrows to change between stark white, warm yellow and happy medium.

Problem is non-smart bulbs with smart wall-switch can't change color temperature. Theoretically I suppose there could be a switch/bulb combo, where the switch is Zwave/ZigBee enabled, and somehow communicate with the bulb. But I don't think anything like that exists. It'd probably be very expensive if it did

Cheaper? :O This is the super-deluxe splurge option compared to some cheap IKEA ZigBee bulbs

Got any recommendations? ZigBee, Zwave, or something else?

One nice thing about having the bulbs smart is changing the color temperature. Is there any way of doing that from the wall-switch? It's kinda what's been stopping me from upgrading from smart bulbs to smart switches

The visual style is like a cartoonified version of the Ori (and the Blind Forest) visuals. It's very pretty.

And thank you for doing so. I've been intermittently using Meta+number on Windows 10 for ages, but somehow never thought to try it on Plasma.

Maybe cause I only use it intermittently on Windows. Or maybe cause Plasma virtual Desktop are so good I rarely have many windows in each desktop