In the Flatpak of the new Foliate 3.3.0, the giant cursor issue in Fedora Kinoite has been solved!!
The Arianna ebook reader Flatpak from Flathub keeps crashing on launch. I replaced with the Fedora Flatpak, which is running fine.
Anyone else having issues disabling the "screen edges" in #kde #plasma 6.x?
I got annoyed enough by having the "overview" popping up each time I accidentally touch the upper left corner.
But I cannot disable it. Disable, apply, close the system settings, open them again, old setting is present again...
OS is #nixos 24.11, will check later if this also happens on #fedora #kinoite and #openSUSE #tumbleweed
I've been having trouble figuring out "simple" Python development in Fedora Kinoite with Toolbox.
It's complicated (for me, anyway) because Silverblue/Kinoite have Python on the main image.
Also, I am a Python newbie.
I deleted all the Python files in .local, and deleted all my old venv directories.
I removed all my Toolboxes and all the aging Toolbox images that I had lying around.
Now starting fresh with a new Toolbox and a new Fedora 41 image to make it.
I have used GNU+IMP (that’s probably the best thing to call it now) for a long time in spite of its unfortunate name and unfortunate UI because it seems to be the best FOSS photo/screenshot editor.
Version 3.0.0 with non-destructive layer filters and other goodies just landed on my #Kinoite system last night, and I’m interested to try it!
However, maybe it’s time for me to give #Krita a try.
Also, I agree that #Inkscape is awesome in every way, with no unfortunate baggage.
I've been running Fedora 42 for so long I forgot it wasn't the stable release
A rough week for Fedora Kinoite users (at least for this one) https://zola.passthejoe.net/blog/fedora-kinoite-rough-week/
After quite a few years using a lot of GNOME and a little Xfce, I am really enjoying KDE Plasma in Fedora Kinoite.
Plasma looks and works the same in the Debian (Bookworm and Testing) and Fedora KDE (41) live environments.
It's so far, so good with new Fedora Kinoite deployments.
I had one display lockup (likely during an automatic suspend) with 3/5. Now I'm on 3/6, and nothing crashy/freezy has happened yet.
The 3/5 update to Fedora Kinoite is working great. I can unpin 2/24 and move along now.
My last good update for Fedora Kinoite was on 2/24. The 2/26 update broke the ability of Flatpak browsers to upload, freezing the screen in the process. There were other random freezes as well.
Due to whatever problem Fedora Infrastructure is having with Cloudfront, I haven't been able to update since then.
I pinned the 2/24 deployment, but it's getting on at this point.
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/atomic-desktop-update-error-server-returned-http-502/146178
does anyone else notice that switching applications using Alt+TAB is behaving funnily? I think this might be since Plasma6, but I noticed it more prominently in the last couple of weeks.
Previously, Alt+TAB, then releasing, then Alt+TAB would switch between two applications. The current one and the last one. You could do so forever.
Now, the one before the current one is sometimes skipped and I get a third one selected. Of course, this does **NOT** happen reproducibly. I can rule out fat-fingering and also hardware issues like broken keys, as this happens on more than one laptop with more than one external keyboard.
#openSUSE #Tumbleweed with 6.3, #Fedora #Kinoite with 6.3, #NixOS 24.11 with 6.1
@sizeofvoid KDE Plasma is effectively a rolling DE. Using it on a stale library base is illogical [hence, eg, Neon's constant litany of breakages].
Best Plasma UX only comes from rolling distros, eg:
@slanderoid@goblin.camp @WanderingInDigitalWorlds@sunny.garden Mint is fine, but it's a bit old and slow to update. Since you have a Steam Deck and based on your thread, I'm going to plug #Bluefin (Gnome) or #Kinoite (KDE). They're both two sides of the same coin and are a preconfigured "immutable" distro (now called "atomic" distros). They're come preinstalled with quality of life improvements while still being totally customizable if you want to change something.
Files important to the computer you can't easily change, so it always stays stable. And files important to you live on top of that and are ignored by the computer. Updates happen in the background and only go into effect after you reboot. And if something with the update and subsequent reboot goes wrong, it always has the previous version waiting to roll back to. So as long as you reboot your computer from time to time, you'll always have the latest stable version.
I've used Linux on and off for years, but never at a power user level or anything, and I hated fighting with Linux to make it work. Since using Bluefin, I haven't had to do anything really. Linux really has come a long way in the last decade.
I've also installed #Bazzite on my Steam Deck, which is the cousin of Bluefin/Kinoite, and is intended for gamers. If you game on your computer as well, you can install Bazzite there as it functions well as a normal desktop, though with a lot customized for gamers. On Steam Deck, it starts in Steam big picture mode, so will be the same as you're used to, but in desktop mode, you get the same frequent updates and ease of use as Bluefin/Kinoite.
Nothing against Mint, but you have to keep up with updates yourself, and the more entropy you introduce, the more likely something will break since you're directly affecting the computer level as well as your own. Just my unasked for two cents!
Next up: Fedora 41 KDE spin
Ideally my Kinoite issues will be resolved by the end of the upcoming week.
I'm weighing the benefits vs. headaches in Atomic Fedora (Silverblue/Kinoite 41) and traditional distros (Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, etc).
I've said before that I feel like I run into one serious bug for every two Fedora releases, and right now I'm dealing with two:
* Kernel 6.13 doesn't play well with Flatpaks
* I can't do an rpm-ostree upgrade without some hackery
1/2
I just found a trick!
How to reinstall packages in #Fedora #Atomic desktop #downstream images like #uBlue (#Bazzite, #Bluefin, #Aurora, #uCore) or #Secureblue, that were removed in the image building process.
There is a bug in #rpmostree, that basically prevents you from reinstalling #Firefox if the builders decided to remove it.
https://github.com/boredsquirrel/Linux/tree/main/Fedora%20Atomic%20Desktops/install-removed-packages
Is your Fedora system doing a lot of crashing/freezing lately?
It could be Linux kernel 6.13, which is affecting Flatpak and FUSE apps.
My Fedora Kinoite system was definitely suffering, especially with Flatpak browsers, until I rolled back to the 2/24 deployment.
This file tells you everything you need to know:
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/bug-in-kernel-6-13-crashing-flatpak-and-fuse-apps/146201
Thanks @Rhababerbarbar
