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I remember decades ago when a US court convicted Microsoft to seperate their browser from windows. The court wrote the verdict that Microsoft ilegally tried to prevent competion . Since Microsoft lost it shouldn’t be difficult to file the next suit .
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KDE is part of the #EndOf10 campaign and we are on a mission to convert as many users over to Linux as we can.
https://kde.org/for/w10-exiles/
This is the perfect time to ditch Windows and get the new and shiny Plasma 6.4 for your machine!
Check out the upcoming events where you can get Linux installed on your computer:
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During the Clinton era Microsoft was a hair’s breadth away from being broken apart for all its anti-competitive monopolistic shenanigans – including the browser war thing that you mention.
But then Bush Junior got into power (I resist using the words “was elected”) and he swept all that away.
Note that due to unforeseen circumstances, we have been unable to ship the new wallpaper, “Reef”, with this version of Plasma. However, a new wallpaper will be coming soon in the next 6.2 version of Plasma.
If you can’t wait, you can download “Reef” from here:
@[email protected] @[email protected] Hi from the Haiku booth!
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As I recall:
Microsoft Windows used to have good online help, circa 1991-1994 (Windows 3.1).
It was based on the Rich Text Format (RTF).
Then Microsoft added a web browser, and called it Internet Explorer.
Internet Explorer really wasn’t very good for exploring the internet, apparently because its development had been rushed and it didn’t display some things like other browsers would.
Then Microsoft argued in court that its web browser was an integral part of Windows, which Windows could not work without.
Then the judge removed the web browser from his own Windows-based computer and experienced no problems.
Then Microsoft changed its online help to HTML and made us use its web browser to access it.
@[email protected] @[email protected] kind of surprised with the telemetry about wayland usage, considering all the comments online about how wayland on Plasma is "still not there"🙄🙄🙄
anyway, happy Plasma wayland user for 2+ years lol
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I support people trying new things! I hate Adobe!However, all of the tools here, save for Blender and maybe Kdenlive, are lacking somewhat in either features or UX. Inkscape is not comparable to Illustrator in my recent experience, and even Krita, while decent, has some weird decisions that don’t make much sense from a workflow perspective.
I commonly hear criticism met with either “Add the feature yourself, it’s open source” (I am a visual artist with experience using digital art tools, not a C++ programmer) or “It’s not supposed to replace <comparable software>” (then your software might as well not bother competing if it’s not going to work much better than the other options). I have a necessity to switch, but I can’t use these tools yet if they don’t behave how I need them to, often how swaths of other competing software behaves. I’m willing to curb my expectations, I don’t expect things to be *perfect*, but the amount of configuration I need to do to get similar workflows like comparable software is rough. I think once that gets addressed, more people will be interested in switching.
I’m so convinced it isn’t even a feature issue, more of a look and feel with sane defaults sort of issue.
On KDE’s 28th anniversary, it is worth looking back to see how we got here. Check out our timeline 🕰️:
We would like to remind you that both @Krita and @kdenlive are currently running fundraisers:
#Krita :
KDE provided the software that allowed to recover machines that had been obsoleted by the successive updates from Microsoft Windows, and this made possible for the CACD to carry out the program.
https://cacd.nationbuilder.com/programs_at_cacd
We provided support and advice so that the teens could familiarise themselves with open source software, saving them from being trapped in the proprietary cycle of buy new hardware, update, be forced to buy new hardware, update, rinse and repeat.
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I have been very happy using KDE for at least 5 years now (maybe more, time is flying for me).
I am very much looking forward to the release of 6!
A fancy new overview!
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This action finally spurred me to install vanilla Linux with KDE, and wow. KDE is so good nowadays. Thank you for your great work!
@leeloo @[email protected] @[email protected] so you can use your Steam deck as a full blown PC with an external monitor, keyboard, if you want … 2 devices in one.
@[email protected] @[email protected] Also no spyware and bloat. and all the source code freely available… Million times better. 💙
Apple had to learn the hard way: Under the DMA (thanks @EUCommission !) they were forced to give users a choice regarding the default search engine and browser on their systems.
What are we going to do about Microsoft misleading users?
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_1689
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Here are the percentages for Linux usage from January 2023 to March 2024 :
January 2023: 2.91%
February 2023: 2.94%
March 2023: 2.85%
April 2023: 2.83%
May 2023: 2.7%
June 2023: 3.07%
July 2023: 3.12%
August 2023: 3.18%
September 2023: 3.02%
October 2023: 2.92%
November 2023: 3.22%
December 2023: 3.82%
January 2024: 3.77%
February 2024: 4.03%
March 2024: 4.05%Indeed, this trend doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon !
The figures for open source for the months of February and March 2024.
So we also managed to avoid having all those machines ending up in landfills, polluting the soil and waterways because providers of proprietary OSes only want you to buy new stuff and ignore the impact on the environment.
https://floss.social/@be4foss/111980254502881355
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@[email protected] @[email protected] the ultimate jab would be shelling out an ad on Windows so to advertise the adlessness of KDE 😁