| 27 Nov 2023 |
 andybleaden | for carbonatedcaffeine | 14:19:47 |
 deathmist_ | 
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| deathmist_ | I mean it's shown in the video itself | 14:22:14 |
| deathmist_ | https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_j4+-9335.php | 14:22:30 |
| andybleaden | Sorry did not have glasses on - and did not spot it -hence the questions - thanks for helping | 14:23:07 |
| 1 Dec 2023 |
 techtino | This might seem odd but I feel like the linux desktop has gotten to the point where its just boring to use, because if you install fedora gnome or kde it just works??
Other than doing a few tweaks to make sure stuff is running with wayland its just a solid out of the box experience, which makes it boring. Anyone else? | 13:27:00 |
| techtino | I guess this is when you go play with phones instead of your pc lol | 13:28:04 |
 Orion ⎇ | maybe wouldn't say boring, but very comfy | 13:28:33 |
| techtino | Yeah that may be the word! | 13:28:44 |
| Orion ⎇ | I'm reminded of it every time I have to use a windows machine haha | 13:28:51 |
| techtino | Not boring in a bad way at all either way | 13:28:53 |
| Orion ⎇ | I just suffer | 13:29:03 |
| techtino | Tell me about it, I was running windows for a bit because of hdmi 2.1 shenanigans and every time it woke from sleep or i disabled/enabled a monitor the entire machine would lock up for about 30 seconds. | 13:29:38 |
| Orion ⎇ | though recently I had to add a .tablet file to make an XP Pen drawing tablet show up in GNOME settings, is that exciting enough? compared to installing proprietary drivers on windows? idk | 13:30:46 |
| techtino | I have a tv which I use for gaming, and 2 monitors for other stuff, so with windows i have to disable the tv manually, then boot up steam and enter big picture mode, then change audio device manually. Soo every time I do that my machine locks up, annoying.
On linux I plopped in the gamescope-session-steam and there it is, i just logout and have the gaming mode I want. | 13:31:21 |
| techtino | Yeah the next exciting bit I'll be trying is finally getting to see how well fractional scaling works as I have a framework laptop on the way, with a 3k screen at 13 inchs | 13:32:00 |
| techtino | * Yeah the next exciting bit I'll be trying is finally getting to see how well fractional scaling works as I have a framework laptop on the way, with a 3k screen at 13 inchs
I heard kde plasma 6 has the best implementation currently | 13:32:15 |
| Orion ⎇ | I think so | 13:32:43 |
| Orion ⎇ | I've noticed plasma has an option for the behavior of xwayland apps with scaling, which is neat | 13:33:20 |
| techtino | Yeahh its cool. Plasma just has way more features than gnome, but gnome has the slicker overview currently and touch gestures which makes it a winner on laptop.
But plasma just does stuff I can't do on gnome that I do actually need sometimes, plasma 6 is going to save the day i think, i tried the beta and its pretty good, the overview gesture isnt quite there but its so much better than it was | 13:34:34 |
| Orion ⎇ | yep | 13:35:03 |
| techtino | What are you running atm? | 13:35:17 |
| Orion ⎇ | GNOME | 13:36:40 |
| Orion ⎇ | the current list of things from plasma I'd like to see in GNOME is:
- VRR support (I already run the MR)
- tablet settings (no custom area on GNOME)
- sound mixer in QS (can already be done through an extension)
| 13:37:40 |
| Orion ⎇ | there are some other things I'd like to change more generally, like the way notifications work, but that also can be done with extensions | 13:38:53 |
| Orion ⎇ | the default spot for them is very awkward for fullscreen apps | 13:39:18 |
| Orion ⎇ | the distinction between the calendar/notifications and quick settings also doesn't make much sense to me | 13:40:07 |
| techtino | Yeah 100% all those things for me too. Lack of vrr is a pain | 14:42:47 |
| Orion ⎇ | what distro are you on? | 14:43:41 |
| deathmist_ | does plasma actually let you do opentabletdriver-esque stuff to set a smaller potion of the actual tablet surface to map to a particular monitor/area of the displays? | 14:51:56 |
