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Dendrobatus AzureusDendrobatus_Azureus@bsd.cafe
2025-04-25

I still need some more feel at home config help. As you can see here I love having vertical gradients on my displays, but in KDE and Vallpaper I have not found how I can set gradients on the side of my wallpaper which are deliberately not 16:9 since I love to look at (vertical) gradients. Where do I need to look to achieve that? Is there a KDE action that I need to define for all my 20 KDE desktops?

.🖋️ #xFace #KDE #bash #MX #mxLinux #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #tksh #fish #distro #gPartEd #Gnome #Linux #POSIX #fresh #programming #hugo #gvfs #backgrounds #wallpaper #Vallpaper #gufw #RetroComputing #Amiga #C64 #gradient #Indigo

The image shows a computer's internal components with a partially open window displaying a background settings dialog box. The background of the dialog box features a selection of images, including a desktop scene and various computer-related images. The dialog box is titled "Background" and includes options for "Menu," "Wallpaper," "Folder," and "CasePics." The selected background is a desktop scene with a computer monitor. The dialog box also offers settings for "Style" (including "Vertical gradient," "Horizontal gradient," and "Scaled"), "Apply to all workspaces," and "Random Order." The "Change the background" button is visible, along with a "Help" button. The background of the dialog box is dark, with a blue sidebar on the right displaying system information, including temperature, CPU usage, and other metrics. The left side of the image shows a terminal window with lines of code and system information, including CPU and memory usage. The overall color scheme is a mix of dark and blue tones, with the computer's internal components in various shades of red, black, and silver.The image shows a desktop settings dialog box for selecting a wallpaper. The title at the top reads "Desktop" and includes tabs for "Background," "Menus," "Desktop Icons," "File/Launcher Icons," and "Keyboard Shortcuts." The main section of the dialog box is titled "Wallpaper for Workspace 13 on Monitor 1 (DisplayPort-0)" and features a grid of nine wallpaper images. The selected wallpaper is an image of an old computer setup with a monitor and keyboard. Below the grid, there are options for the folder ("CasePics"), style ("Scaled"), and color ("Vertical gradient"). Additional settings include a checkbox to "Change the background" every 10 minutes, a "Random Order" option, and a "Help" button. The dialog box also has a "Close" button in the top right corner.The image is a horizontal split-screen showing two different views of computer setups. On the left side, there is a vintage Amiga A4000T computer setup with a white tower, a CRT monitor displaying a list of items, a keyboard, and a stack of DVDs on the desk. The room appears to be warmly lit, with a plain wall in the background. On the right side, the image shows the interior of a modern computer case with visible components such as a CPU cooler, motherboard, and various cables. A software interface is overlaid on the image, displaying a graphical user interface with sliders and thumbnails, likely for adjusting settings or viewing system information. The background of the right side is a blue color, possibly indicating a software environment. Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 1.633 Wh
Dendrobatus AzureusDendrobatus_Azureus@bsd.cafe
2025-04-23

As you see here I already have configured the minimal amount of users that I need in my K Desktop Environment

The next phase will take a bit of time because I need to fine tune critical small keyboard shortcuts so that they work as transparently as they do in xFace with muscle memory

.🖋️ #bash #MX #mxLinux #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #tksh #fish  #distro #gPartEd #xFace #KDE  #Gnome #Linux #POSIX  #fresh #programming  #hugo #gvfs  #backgrounds #wallpaper #Vallpaper #gufw

The photograph shot in total darkness consists of two IPS LED panels, each displaying different content. The top screen shows a dark purple background with a circular design in the center. It features a time display reading "9:26 AM" and a date "Wednesday, April 26, 2023." Below the time, there are several circular icons, likely representing different users applications or media options, with a progress bar in the middle. The bottom screen displays a logo with a stylized "K" inside a triangle, set against a dark background with a blue gradient. The logo is accompanied by the text "Wednesday, April 26, 2023," matching the date on the top screen. The overall color scheme is dark with purple and blue tones, creating a sleek and modern appearance. Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.196 Wh
Dendrobatus AzureusDendrobatus_Azureus@bsd.cafe
2025-04-23

Im starting to achieve platform distro OS translucency regarding more and more projects. Now I can smoothly work in my hugo projects from any distro I want in Linux. All I need to do is keep the copies I work on in sync.
Since I dont run zfs jet on a centralized HDD / SSD I simply use mc -a to do the job manually.
Normally it should be trivial, but the hugo projects want rm -Rf dir otherwise old files with similar size can be changed, thus screwing up continuity

Since my KDE MX install is smoothing out in cfg features I need, which is a combo of XFce components and KDE, I can smoothly switch to the KDE distro and work further while I tune it.

I chose to keep XFce seperate from KDE distro wise due to size constraints I;ve put on my boot partition

.🖋️ #bash #MX #mxLinux #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #tksh #fish #distro #gPartEd #xFace #KDE #Gnome #Linux #POSIX #fresh #programming #hugo #gvfs #backgrounds #wallpaper #Vallpaper #gufw

The image shows an IPS Led panel displaying a text editor with a dark theme. The file path at the top indicates the file is located at "~/gate/pgm/hugo/quickstart/content/posts/second-post.md." The file is an Markdown document, as indicated by the ".md" extension. The text editor is displaying the content of the file, which includes a YAML front matter section at the top, followed by a heading and some Markdown formatting examples. The YAML front matter section contains the following fields: date: "2025-01-13T12:51:35-03:00" draft: true title: "Second Post" Below the YAML front matter, there is a heading with the text "Level VI md editing" and a command to start a new page with Hugo: hugo new content/posts/second-post.md. The editor also shows a command to open the file in Vim: vim.athena content/posts/second-post.md. The Markdown content includes examples of bold and italic text formatting, with the text "I already know how to do bold in two ways italic in 'another way'." It also includes a bullet list with the text "bullet lists are also covered" and "understood well and this is not the way to do them." The text editor's interface includes a menu bar with various application names, such as "mocp," "mc-a," "cafe," "RemAd," "Azureus," "Banagado," "Poderoso," and "CMOS." The background of the screen is dark, and the text is highlighted in different colors, with the code and text in white, and the headings in orange. Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.360 Wh
Dendrobatus AzureusDendrobatus_Azureus@bsd.cafe
2025-04-17

The next step was to config KDE connect in this KDE. Luckily I know that I need gufw to migrate my profile, from the xFce MX linux to this KDE MX linux.
It was a matter of installing gufw, which is not default in KDE distro, since it has its own nice interface. For me sticking with what I know is the easiest since I want to drive KDE on desktop again after so many decades, even though XFce is still going to be used most, due to shortcut muscle memory

.🖋️ #bash #MX #mxLinux #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #tksh #fish #distro #KDE #Gnome #Linux #POSIX #fresh #programming #backgrounds #wallpaper #Vallpaper

The image shows a firewall settings window with a clean, modern interface. The window is titled "Firewall" and features a shield icon with the Italian flag colors, indicating the software's origin. The top section includes a menu bar with options like "File," "Edit," and "Help," and a toggle switch labeled "Status" with "kde" selected as the profile. The status is currently "off," as indicated by the toggle switch. The main section of the window displays a table with three columns: "No," "Rule," and "Name." The "No" column lists rule numbers from 1 to 13. The "Rule" column shows various rules, such as "445 ALLOW IN Anywhere" and "1714:1764/udp ALLOW IN Anywhere," with some rules allowing both incoming and outgoing traffic. The "Name" column provides descriptions for each rule, like "Samba - 445" and "KDE Connect UDP." The bottom of the window includes buttons for "Rules," "Report," and "Log," and a "+" and "-" button for adding or removing rules. The interface is designed for easy navigation and management of firewall settings. Ovis2-8B 🌱
Dendrobatus AzureusDendrobatus_Azureus@bsd.cafe
2025-04-17

I also encountered another problem; I can immediately tell you that it's not a KDE specific problem but it popped up in konsole.

The subject is fonts and the section is point size. The monitors I use are not of a small resolution. In fact an ideal IPS LED panel layout for me would be an 8K panel two 4K panels flanking it and two 1080p ultra ultra wide panels at a left and right of those.

With such a setup I can monitor different machines at the glance and control them with ease.

Even on my 1080p Ultra Ultra wide panel the default Point sizes for fonts are too small. On a scratch KDE based MX Linux installation, the following problem was repeated twice in Konsole.

The first time I changed font point sizes, closed konsole. When I reopened konsole the fixed with font, was replaced with one that appended spaces behind every couple of letters.

This rendered konsole unusable for work.

Changing the fonts Point sizes to the defaults again did not fix the problem.
Sinds that installation was Vanilla and didn't have enough space for home and root on one partition to actually Play with KDE, I wiped it and started again.

This time I deliberately did not change the point sizes even though it was hard to read. I then copied over some configuration directories from my other installation to this One, none of them related to anything KDE wise or any fonts directory. When I rebooted that installation The problem occurred for the second Time.

As with the wallpaper issue, I immediately converted that energy of irritation to something positive. I troubleshooted the font problem for a short while and when I couldn't isolate it I did a simple thing. I created a couple of other accounts on the same KDE installation to see if I could repeat the error.

That reproduction step is vital before a bug report is created. The other accounts were also residing on my other xFace MX Linux installations, which means I could simply copy them over to the other home partition where KDE was looking at.

In the other accounts I could not repeat the error.

That means a bug report is worthless because repeatability is crucial. Since the usage of a terminal in the K Desktop Environment is important, I changed my strategy and simply installed the xFace Four terminal in KDE. In the end that was a nice move since I know all the keyboard shortcuts of the terminal by hand they are in muscle memory and they have been there for years.

As a bonus I also installed other good shells in MX KDE the hashtags tell you which.

Right now I have a KDE installation in which I can actually work based upon the MX Linux KDE variant

I shall link a couple of photographs in a few minutes

.🖋️ #bash #MX #mxLinux #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #tksh #fish  #distro #KDE  #Gnome #Linux #POSIX  #fresh #programming  #backgrounds #wallpaper #Vallpaper

The image shows a multi-monitor setup with three screens. The top screen displays a blue background with a landscape image of a sky with clouds and a body of water, along with a window showing a list of items. The middle screen shows a blue background with a text-based interface, possibly a command prompt or terminal, with white text on a black background. The bottom screen features a dark background with abstract light streaks in purple and white, and a blue bar at the bottom. The screens are arranged in a staggered formation, with the top screen tilted to the right, the middle screen tilted to the left, and the bottom screen positioned horizontally. The overall color scheme is dominated by blues and purples, with white text and light streaks providing contrast. Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.193 Wh
Dendrobatus AzureusDendrobatus_Azureus@bsd.cafe
2025-04-17

I'm giving my thanks to the programmer of Vallpaper because it is a Gift from Thor IMHO. Without Vallpaper I would not be able to seamlessly change my wallpapers on all the desktops I have. Thank you for creating this wonderful program

Vallpaper can be found here store.kde.org/p/1197828

.🖋️ #bash #MX #mxLinux #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #tksh #fish #distro #KDE #Gnome #Linux #POSIX #fresh #programming #backgrounds #wallpaper #Vallpaper

The screencap shows an image of an Android mobile device displaying the Vallpaper webpage from the KDE Store. The webpage features an awsome application named "Vallpaper," which is described as "Plasma 5 Wallpaper Plugins." The application has a rating of 8.2 and has been favorited by 16 users. The source of the application is provided as a GitHub link: https://github.com/lehlku/Vallpaper. The screenshot includes a preview of the application's interface, showing a window with options for wallpaper settings, including layout, location, and effects. The wallpaper preview on the desktop shows a vibrant, abstract design with red and orange hues. The system information at the bottom indicates that the operating system is Kubuntu 19.04, with KDE Plasma Version 5.15.4, KDE Frameworks Version 5.60.0, Qt Version 5.12.2, Kernel Version 5.0.13-generic, and an OS Type of 64-bit. The top of the screen shows the device's status bar with the time (04:34), battery level (90%), and network signal strength. The navigation bar at the top includes options for "Register or Login," and the bottom of the screen features a navigation bar with icons for Home, Store, and a menu. Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.304 Wh

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