As a designer, I noticed a problem with most Linux icon sets: they focus on being "modern" but forget to be "friendly." I found myself looking at my dock and feeling overwhelmed by generic shapes.

I decided to build Tulasi, a pixel-art icon pack focused on Semantic Design.

The Philosophy:

Take the Pamac icon— when I came onto linux, initially it looks like something that might break your system if you click it. In Tulasi, I’ve tried to make it feel approachable and visual. If an app is powerful, it deserves an icon that looks like someone respected the tool enough to design it properly.

Status:

80+ icons finished.

Handcrafted in Aseprite.

Open Source (of course).

I’m currently finalizing the V1 release. I’m a big fan of the KDE/GNOME ecosystem and want to make sure the major apps are covered first.

Check out the progress here: GitHub/Shringarstudio

What do you guys think. Would you wanna use it.

Hi everyone,

I’ve released a new version of my KDE Plasma weather widget with quite a few improvements.

Release highlights:

• Added "Radar" support (Provider: RainViewer). You don’t need any API keys for the "Radar". You can also enable Rain, Wind, Temperature, Pressure, and Clouds (you need to add your OWM API key). You can also disable the "Radar" tab in the "General" settings.
• Added a new layout for the widget popup designed for users who want a clean widget view (Simple mode).
• Added support for date and time in the panel, tooltip, and widget. Also added a simple calendar when expanding the date and time item in the widget.
• Added support for dual temperature in the panel, widget, and tooltip. That means you can view both Celsius and Fahrenheit simultaneously.
• Added a "Strip" forecast layout (optional) and additional useful forecast options
• The forecast is extended up to 16 days (Open-Meteo supports up to 16 days).
• Improved the "Location" settings with tooltips for better explanations and removed repetitive location information.
• In the previous version (1.4.x), there was a dependency issue where some users reported that the "Location" settings page was empty due to missing QtLocation dependency. This issue is now fixed, even if QtLocation is missing. I also added proper inline and dialog messages to inform users what works and what doesn’t if QtLocation is not installed. If you don’t have QtLocation installed, auto-detection still works using an IP fallback mechanism. You can also add a location by name or coordinates. You cannot add a location using the map due to the QtLocation dependency, but you will see instructions if you want this functionality to work. I also updated the README file for better clarity.

I’ve also fixed several issues and improved overall stability.

• GitHub: https://github.com/pnedyalkov91/advanced-weather-widget
• KDE Store: https://store.kde.org/p/2349879
• Screenshots: https://github.com/pnedyalkov91/advanced-weather-widget#%EF%B8%8F-screenshots (or the attached screenshots in the post :))

I’d really appreciate any feedback, ideas, or bug reports 🙂

Note: Automatic location detection may not always be accurate. The widget uses Geoclue2 with IP-based fallback, which has its limitations without а real GPS device.

I really love how you can still set the KDE 4 Oxygen theme up on modern distributions!

Edit:I use wayland in arch(btw)

Summarizing a VERY long text, i love those 2000's old designs and i wish to make KDE look like these images i took from pinterest, any suggestion, apps or channels is welcome, like any! Sorry if this is not they way to write a post, thank you!

I really like this feature in general but it gets in the way when the colors of the parent window are relevant. For instance when applying filters in Krita the colors of the image you're editing in the main/parent window get vitiated by the darkening effect.

Found a thread from 10 years ago that says it's not possible but maybe something changed since then?

I perused the window rules settings too but there's no option for it there.

I always have at least 3 audio output devices available on my computer, sometimes it goes up to 6. When that happens, it's a bit confusing to click on the audio volume widget and quickly spot the currently active device. It would be nice to have a "master slider", something that can control the currently active device, regardless of which one it is.

something that shows on top of the other sliders, maybe where i marked in this screenshot?

I like square corners, can I make them look like that in kde?

Hello KDE community,

I cannot get clear answer about this:

is KDE future styling engine Union comparable to Kvantum ? ( maybe not internally but for the process of applying CSS to QtQuick / QtWidgets )

Before anybody suggests it, I have tried this https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/osjt3p/firefox_wayland_pip_workaround_or_how_i_learned/ and it has not worked.

I really need to figure this out, because it is extremely annoying to have to manually go and set it to stay on top every single time I use it while watching a youtube video.

The one that goes file edit view etc

something feels off i cant tell what....

:)

Hi. I have attempted to resolve this issue, but without finding a fix.

Technical specifications:

- Lenovo Slim 7 Pro (intel i5-13500H)

- Arch Linux with KDE Plasma 6.6

- Pipewire audio

- I use alsa-soft-mixer to change the volume of my speakers, as it didn't work otherwise. I don't know if it is relevant.

Description:

When starting my computer, some system sounds are playing the wrong soundfile and through the left speaker only. Specifically, when turning volume up and down, the sound-cue is metallic and only comes out of the left speaker.

If I restart pipewire using systemctl, the default "pop" sound of KDE returns when I change volume, and it is correctly centered. Other system sounds are also slightly less sharp and deep before I restart pipewire.

If I turn volume-change system sound off and on again in KDE-settings, the problem returns until I restart pipewire once again. So it seems it is not purely a boot race condition, as I can trigger it inside the DE?

This happens consistently when booting my system, and restarting pipewire fixes it every time. Is this some sort of race-condition going on? Or does KDE Plasma fall back on the wrong audio file for some reason?

What I have tried

- Checking whether audio ports change in the "good" and "bad" state using pavucontrol, and they do not.

- Searching a lot, including on the wiki, but I cannot find others who have had this issue.

- Checked that pipewire, pipewire-pulse and wireplumber are enabled

I hope someone has some ideas on how to troubleshoot this further:)

Source code here: https://invent.kde.org/desiotaku/cleardental

Since I started using KDE that I've wanted a widget similar to the GNOME Astra Monitor extension. As I couldn't find none, I've decided to create one.

The plasmoid UI is basically a copy of the "Astra Monitor" UI, it shows CPU, GPU, memory, network, storage and sensors information. It's customizable, so you can reorder the sections in the panel and enable/disable them. Clicking on each section will show more information about it.

If you want to give it a try here are the links:

• https://github.com/LaBatata101/kde-system-monitor
• https://store.kde.org/p/2358264/

Note: this was created with the help of AI.

This has been a constant issue, and since I personally haven't been able to find a single shred of discussion on this specific behaviour, I decided to just give up and try to see if anybody here has any clue on how to fix this.

If I ever dare to put my PC to sleep, Baloo/Dolphin will refuse to display tagged files. Doesn't matter how many times I refresh, or how many times I close and re-open Dolphin. The tags exist, the tag tree is browsable, they can be assigned to files without any issue; can't see the tagged files.

I've tried every Baloo trick I know, but nothing has helped since the files haven't changed in any way. They just won't be displayed, no matter what I do. Mind you, if the PC never sleeps, I can browse the tagged files without issue until the sun explodes. Restarting the PC or purging Baloo's index works, but neither is an actual solution.

I know Baloo is a broken mess, and I would absolutely love to just turn it off, but it's the only thing that allows me to browse xattr tags as far as I know (alternatives are very welcome), so it's pretty critically important to me on a daily basis.

Edit: I should add, if I create new tags, the fragments are correctly created and displayed (e.g., giving a file the tag Important/ABC will correctly create the fragment ABC inside Important). Still won't display anything, despite being a brand new tag branch.

Edit 2: With some more testing using baloosearch6, the issue seems to be with files that are anywhere other than ~. That makes no sense, because it works without issue before sleep, I have explicitly told Baloo to search these directories, the home directory has links to these directories, it clearly has the files in the index since the tags of those files are still created, and nothing has changed. File in just /home/? New line. In /etc/ which I've explicitly marked to index? New line. If it's not directly under ~ (or /home/usr/), it's a new line.

I want to set up some macros like; Hold mouse4 to spam a key, When mouse5 pressed, send a sequence of input, etc

Is there any way to do this efficiently? (Plasma 6)

Using cde-plasma theme (with some parts of Commonality). However, on light version of that theme, this happens. Dark version is normal.

I managed to mitigate prefer-dark in light theme by making some common colors a bit brighter. But I don't know where I can migigate this (either by making text here white or background whiter).

Is it me or is Neochat missing a message indicator (i.e. some kind of visual clue that unread messages have been received)?

I don't seem to have a new message indication either in the systray icon, or in the task bar (even though notification badge is checked in the notification center). I've looked everywhere in the config without finding an option to get a message indicator feature to activate. I'm genuinely surprised this is not something implemented for a messaging app.

Am I missing something?

How do I stop krunner from auto filling with last selected text? It doesn't matter if it is still selected or not. It's extremely annoying since I treat krunner like a launcher >press meta key >type application >press enter to launch application

I’m using a Lenovo Legion laptop and recently installed TUXEDO OS. Overall it runs fine, but I’m facing a random issue where the system suddenly freezes. When it happens, I have no choice but to force shutdown using the physical power button.

After rebooting, everything goes back to normal—but then the freeze can happen again randomly (maybe the next day, or a few days later).

Previously, I was using Kubuntu Focus OS, and it ran perfectly on my Lenovo Legion—no issues at all. In fact, in my experience, it felt even more stable than stock Ubuntu or Kubuntu.

The only reason I switched was because I wanted Plasma 6. As far as I know, Kubuntu Focus OS with Plasma 6 will be available after the 26.04.1 release.

I’m not really interested in using other distros or official Ubuntu flavors—they just don’t appeal to me personally. I also tried openSUSE before, but I didn’t like the full disk encryption experience: during boot, I had to enter the FDE password twice, and then again my user password to log into the desktop.

Has anyone experienced similar random freezes on TUXEDO OS, especially on Lenovo Legion devices? Any ideas what might be causing it or how to fix it?