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Where does the computer branding in KDE settings come from? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The settings on KDE show this info about my computer after buying a used motherboard. Apparently it came from a prebuilt, though it is a standard ASUS board. Where does this branding come from and is it possible to remove it?

The branding also shows in inxi:

Machine: Type: Desktop System: PC Specialist product: Tornado R7S v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME B450-PLUS v: Rev X.0x serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 1744753 UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4402 date: 12/13/2023

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

kinfocenter is an application in Plasma where you can see all kinds of information about your system. So no, they are not just adding k to random words like quantum in Ant-man. :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So they didn't just add a k to infocenter? ;)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

The poster did not, no. Plasma had a habit, back in the day, of doing that, but not for a while now.