heliumlake

joined 2 years ago
[–] heliumlake 2 points 11 months ago

As silly as it sounds, the new taskbar modification pop up. Dragging the taskbar from one side of the screen to another was a point of jank that took away from the polish of the desktop. The floating panel retaining proper proportions upon maximizing windows is also a nice fix.

I think I’m most looking forward to Plasma becoming more polished overall. I like that this release isn’t completely revolutionary like 4 to 5 was. It’s about removing things that don’t work that well and tightening up what does.

[–] heliumlake 2 points 11 months ago

I honestly intend to but haven’t gotten around to it. I’m more comfortable with a one time donation but might look at recurring donations for KDE and Asahi when it makes sense for my budget. I use both daily and both projects are killing it as of late!

[–] heliumlake 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Very excited for this release!

[–] heliumlake 1 points 11 months ago

Sorry a bit let to reply, but I’m running on M1 Air and Mini. Off the top of my head, built-in microphone doesn’t work and external displays don’t work through USB/Thunderbolt. Was also having trouble getting my audio interface to work even in class compliant mode. Otherwise it’s a very polished and easy experience.

[–] heliumlake 24 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Been daily driving Asahi (first ALARM then Fedora when they transitioned) and it’s been exciting to experience in real time how far the project has come. When I first installed, audio didn’t work, the graphics driver was incomplete, and battery life left a lot to be desired. Skip to today and it’s evident how committed marcan and other contributors are to not just porting, but making everything feel right. Highly suggest following him or Lina on Mastodon.

[–] heliumlake 172 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Bring back anti-trust regulations. Microsoft has been trying to acquire anything they can get their hands on, and really should be dismantled on principle.

[–] heliumlake 73 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Who in their right mind would pay for a dying social media platform? This reeks of desperation from a man trying to convince himself of his own supposed public image.

[–] heliumlake 5 points 1 year ago

Ayreon is awesome. That’s all I took away from this.

[–] heliumlake 2 points 1 year ago

I miss the depth of gui elements from 2000s desktops. Flat UIs look good, but I’ve been noticing lately some things are just easier to distinguish from the GUIs of yore.

[–] heliumlake 1 points 1 year ago

This is the first time I’ve seen a Haiku rice. Do you daily drive this?

[–] heliumlake 2 points 1 year ago

Really love this company’s dedication to building sustainable products and user-serviceable machines. Wish I would have found out about them before purchasing my MacBook, but Asahi Linux is making great progress so I suppose I’ll have the machine for quite a while in any case!

[–] heliumlake 46 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I'm very happy this space is flourishing. Lots of organic conversation and increased engagement. My only hope is that this revolt against corporate social media will be sustained. I would love to see this turn in to an existential threat to the companies selling our data and privacy to the highest-bidding advertiser.

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