#KStars debuts a new documentation site!

A comprehensive resource that helps you to get to know and make the most of KDE's fantastic night sky observatory and astrophotography utility.

At the moment, only English is available. More languages coming soon.

https://kstars-docs.kde.org/

#astronomy #astrophotography #nightSky #education #photography

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Localized units, DOSIPAS ticket barcode support, GBFS support in #Transitous and a bunch of conference talks - the past two months around #KDE Itinerary: https://volkerkrause.eu/2025/03/30/kde-itinerary-february-march-2025.html

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59831665

Hi all!

I recently installed Tuxedo OS with KDE and Wayland. I'm fairly new to Linux and, so far, the distro is great. With one caveat.

As far as power options go, everything works fine EXCEPT for Sleep. I can put the PC to sleep, but when I wake it up, I land on the login screen wallpaper with the login/password fields barely visible, as if frozen around the second frame of a fade-in animation.

Nothing works. The mouse cursor doesn't move, the keyboard doesn't do anything. The only way out of this state is to hold the power button until the PC shuts down and then turn it back on again.

I did some digging, but couldn't find a solution. Some threads mentioned modifying something in systemd, but those were from years ago, so I didn't want to risk that.

One fairly recent thread had a proposed solution of adding "mem_sleep_default=deep" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in /etc/default/grub.

That didn't work for me, though.

I'd love to fix this, but I'm out of ideas. Any help welcome!

Edit: I edited the script to take a screenshot asynchronously, get the region with slurp, and use magickto crop it. I also multiply the values from slurp 2x to account for the 200% display scaling I have.

  #!/bin/bash 

	die(){
    notify-send "$1"
    exit 1
  }
  cleanup(){
    [[ -n $1 ]] && rm -r "$1"
  }
  SCR_IMG=$(mktemp -d) || die "failed to take screenshot"
  trap "cleanup '$SCR_IMG'" EXIT

	spectacle -nbo "$SCR_IMG/scr.tiff" &
	region=($(slurp -b "#00000000" -c "#80808080" -w 2 -f "%w %h %x %y"))
	for i in "${!region[@]}" 
	do
		region[i]=$(expr ${region[i]} "*" "2")
	done
	magick "$SCR_IMG/scr.tiff" -crop "${region[0]}x${region[1]}+${region[2]}+${region[3]}" "$SCR_IMG/scr.tiff" 

	tesseract "$SCR_IMG/scr.tiff" "$SCR_IMG/scr" &> /dev/null || die "failed to extract text"
  wl-copy < "$SCR_IMG/scr.txt" || die "failed to copy text to clipboard"
  notify-send "Text extracted from image" "$(head -c 100 "$SCR_IMG/scr.txt")" || die "failed to send notification"
  exit

I'm using this script from HN* to select regions on the screen and copy their text, I took out the line with mogrify. It uses spectacle but it takes a moment before opening the UI, is it possible and would it be faster if Spectacle stayed open in the background? The slurp CLI starts instantly for me for selecting regions, I looked for command line screenshot tools to maybe use with it or has its own region support but didn't find any. Neither maim scrot and grim don't work on Plasma Wayland. I installed the ksnip flatpak but the option for rectangular regions doesn't show for me.

* The script:

  #!/bin/bash 
  # Dependencies: tesseract-ocr imagemagick 
  # on gnome: gnome-screenshot 
  # on kde: spectacle
  # on x11: xsel
  # on wayland: wl-clipboard

  die(){
    notify-send "$1"
    exit 1
  }
  cleanup(){
    [[ -n $1 ]] && rm -r "$1"
  }

  SCR_IMG=$(mktemp -d) || die "failed to take screenshot"

  # shellcheck disable=SC2064
  trap "cleanup '$SCR_IMG'" EXIT

  #notify-send "Select the area of the text" 
  if  which "spectacle" &> /dev/null
  then
    spectacle -n -b -r -o "$SCR_IMG/scr.png" || die "failed to take screenshot"
  else
    gnome-screenshot -a -f "$SCR_IMG/scr.png" || die "failed to take screenshot"
  fi

  # increase image quality with option -q from default 75 to 100
  mogrify -modulate 100,0 -resize 400% "$SCR_IMG/scr.png"  || die "failed to convert image"
  #should increase detection rate

  tesseract "$SCR_IMG/scr.png" "$SCR_IMG/scr" &> /dev/null || die "failed to extract text"
  if [ "$XDG_SESSION_TYPE" == "wayland" ]
  then 
    wl-copy < "$SCR_IMG/scr.txt" || die "failed to copy text to clipboard"
  else
    # xsel -b -i  < "$SCR_IMG/scr.txt" || die "failed to copy text to clipboard"
    xclip -selection clipboard -i < "$SCR_IMG/scr.txt" || die "failed to copy text to clipboard"  
  fi
  # Notify the user what was copied but truncate the text to 100 characters
  notify-send "Text extracted from image" "$(head -c 100 "$SCR_IMG/scr.txt")" || die "failed to send notification"
  exit  #!/bin/bash 
  # Dependencies: tesseract-ocr imagemagick 
  # on gnome: gnome-screenshot 
  # on kde: spectacle
  # on x11: xsel
  # on wayland: wl-clipboard

  die(){
    notify-send "$1"
    exit 1
  }
  cleanup(){
    [[ -n $1 ]] && rm -r "$1"
  }

  SCR_IMG=$(mktemp -d) || die "failed to take screenshot"

  # shellcheck disable=SC2064
  trap "cleanup '$SCR_IMG'" EXIT

  #notify-send "Select the area of the text" 
  if  which "spectacle" &> /dev/null
  then
    spectacle -n -b -r -o "$SCR_IMG/scr.png" || die "failed to take screenshot"
  else
    gnome-screenshot -a -f "$SCR_IMG/scr.png" || die "failed to take screenshot"
  fi

  # increase image quality with option -q from default 75 to 100
  mogrify -modulate 100,0 -resize 400% "$SCR_IMG/scr.png"  || die "failed to convert image"
  #should increase detection rate

  tesseract "$SCR_IMG/scr.png" "$SCR_IMG/scr" &> /dev/null || die "failed to extract text"
  if [ "$XDG_SESSION_TYPE" == "wayland" ]
  then 
    wl-copy < "$SCR_IMG/scr.txt" || die "failed to copy text to clipboard"
  else
    # xsel -b -i  < "$SCR_IMG/scr.txt" || die "failed to copy text to clipboard"
    xclip -selection clipboard -i < "$SCR_IMG/scr.txt" || die "failed to copy text to clipboard"  
  fi
  # Notify the user what was copied but truncate the text to 100 characters
  notify-send "Text extracted from image" "$(head -c 100 "$SCR_IMG/scr.txt")" || die "failed to send notification"
  exit

I've tried to slap together a plasmoid but having trouble debugging why it's saying it's not written for Plasma6. I'm just hoping someone could throw eyes at it and tell me why I'm an idiot. The documentation on plasmoids is all over the place wrt versions and packaging, and I have no clue how to debug it on a remote VM I'm using so I don't clutter up my desktop with dependencies.

"This Week in KDE Apps" brings a lot of improvements to your email, calendar and contact apps; devs consider improvements to Dolphin's new navigation bar; new features land in you chat app of choice; and more languages get added to KDE's educational activities.

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/03/24/this-week-in-kde-apps/

#twika #apps #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

KDE has settings for shadows but they don't show on maximized windows (I have the maximize window gaps script installed). I'm wondering if there are any scripts that produce their own shadows.

Hi,

I suddently encountered this error on Discover while having done nothing for it to happen :

E: Conflicting values set for option Signed-By regarding source https://packages.mozilla.org/apt/ mozilla: /etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc != /etc/apt/keyrings/org.kde.neon.packages.mozilla.org.asc E: The list of sources could not be read.

What to do ?

PS : error 2 of 2 is identical to error 1 of 2.

Thanks

This Week in Plasma brings launch menu customizations, better screen recordings, and improvements to Plasma's calculator.

We have simplified KMenuEdit allowing you to customize your launch menu with ease, improved the quality of full-screen recordings with Spectacle, set the "Dim Screen for Administrator Mode" to be switched on by default, and enhanced the accessibility and keyboard navigation of Plasma's Calculator.

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/03/22/this-week-in-plasma-6.4-improvements/

#Plasma6 #freesoftware #linux #opensource

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If an app that I have is marked for Automatic Removal due to deprecation I can't keep the app and update the rest, because if I try to click Cancel the whole update process stops, if I click Proceed the app will be uninstalled and then the rest gets updated.
Why does it work like this, am I just not supposed to keep deprecated apps for security concerns? I hope it's not intended, because this just hampers the user unendingly.
This time it's Metadata cleaner that is going, but it could be any app that someone relies on, they'd be forced to go to the command line to update the rest while keeping that one app?

Because I customized KDE to show close/(un)maximize/minimize on the left and most importantly always on top on the right, except GNOME apps show only close and only on the right and the rest require a right-click, this is so annoying.

Basically, I want this :

To become this :

Thanks

Had an amazing time at #FOSSASIA! Met so many awesome people like @athulvis and more.
Had great chats about #GSOD with Stephanie Taylor, and loved connecting with fellow #GSoC contributors.
Big thanks to everyone who visited our #Ubuntu & #KDE booth, and to @ubports & @ubuntu for the support.
See you all at #FOSSASIASUMMIT 2026! 🌟 #Kubuntu #FOSS

@kde@lemmy.kde.social @kde@floss.social
My detailed blog about my journey.

https://soumyadghosh.github.io/website/blog/fossasia-summit-2025

I don't know what causes this, but, randomly, my touchpad becomes laggy, the pointer is delayed when I move it.

The problem goes away out of nowhere and then comes back. Was anyone able to solve this? I attached my neofetch output.

After many twists and turns, I'm happy to announce the release of KleverNotes 1.2.0.

What's New:

• New file structure that perfectly mirrors what you see in the sidebar. Ability to change the color and icon of each item.
• New drawing page with more features.
• "Copy" button in the code block.
• New bottom bar for switching between notes and tasks.
• Improved page turn animation.

Bug fixes, including but not limited to :

• Pressing V without a modifier while an image is in the clipboard does nothing (as expected).
• Preventing the use of a "/" to name an item, as it would create a directory.
• Various rendering issues.

This version is smaller than expected, but I think it was more than time to release it. Other (small) features will be added with version 1.3.0, and I hope to have time to develop them a little faster this time around. I hope you will enjoy this version nonetheless.

As always, I'd love to hear from you!

Link to the repo : https://invent.kde.org/office/klevernotes

Mirrors : https://download.kde.org/stable/klevernotes/1.2.0/klevernotes-1.2.0.tar.xz.mirrorlist

The schedule for conf.kde.in is out!

Explore the KDE community—who they are, what they do, and why it matters, learn about Digital Independence: Your Roadmap to Seamless Self-Hosting, Embracing FOSS in EdTech, and much more.

Check the program here: https://conf.kde.org/event/8/timetable
Don't forget to register: https://conf.kde.org/event/8/registrations/28/

Stay tuned for more updates on what is happening on Day 3.

#cki2025 #KDE

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Hi everyone! I recently created a custom service menu for the Dolphin file manager, but unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be working as expected.

My goal is to have a menu to convert image file formats quickly with image magick.

Here is the .desktop file I managed to arrange

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
Name=Convert Image
Icon=gtk-convert
MimeType=image/png;image/jpg;image/jpeg;image/ico;image/heic;image/svg;image/webp;
Actions=topng;tojpg;toico;towebp
X-KDE-Submenu=Convert Image

[Desktop Action topng]
Name=To Png
Exec=sh -c 'FILE="%f"; DIRECTORY="$(dirname $FILE)"; FILENAME="${FILE%.*}"; magick "$FILE" -format png "$DIRECTORY/$FILENAME.png"'

[Desktop Action tojpg]
Name=To Jpg
Exec=sh -c 'FILE="%f"; DIRECTORY="$(dirname $FILE)"; FILENAME="${FILE%.*}"; magick "$FILE" -format jpg "$DIRECTORY/$FILENAME.jpg"'

[Desktop Action toico]
Name=To Ico
Exec=sh -c 'FILE="%f"; DIRECTORY="$(dirname $FILE)"; FILENAME="${FILE%.*}"; magick "$FILE" -format ico "$DIRECTORY/$FILENAME.ico"'

[Desktop Action towebp]
Name=To Webp
Exec=sh -c 'FILE="%f"; DIRECTORY="$(dirname $FILE)"; FILENAME="${FILE%.*}"; magick "$FILE" -format webp "$DIRECTORY/$FILENAME.webp"'

When I right-click on an image my custom menu item appears as expected. However, when I click on the menu item, nothing happens. There are no error messages or any indication of what might be going wrong.

I made sure the .desktop file is executable and the sh script works when using it on the command line, so I'm out of ideas for what could be going wrong.

Are there any logs I can check to get more information about what's failing? I'm using plasma 6.3.3 on Arch btw

Edit: To answer how to troubleshoot custom service menus (specifically .desktops) the desktop-file-validate cli utlility checks all the syntax errors and can provide solutions to what's wrong. For my use case though, using a script file for the Exec line and avoiding any double quotes was the practical way of assuring my service menu works.

The new episode of "This Week in KDE Apps" is out covering among other things a massive amount of improvements to KDE's personal information management suite (email, calendar, contacts, etc.), new levels in KDE's educational activity collection GCompris, fixes for Amarok, and digiKam's just released version 8.6.0.

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/03/17/this-week-in-kde-apps/

#apps #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

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v2.8, v2.9, v2.10 were all released recently after a few months hiatus (v2.7 was in Oct).

Most of the changes were bug fixes but v2.8 had new features too:

• New visibility mode: Intelligent Auto Hide (aka Intellihide / Dodge Windows): in this mode, the dock only hides itself when there's a window covering it or there's a maximized window.
• Supports LXQt (KWin) on Wayland: including special menu entries (e.g. Log Out), specific default launchers, setting wallpapers and separate config.
• Task icon: Allow cycling backwards through window applications with CTRL: so left-clicking cycles forwards and CTRL + left-clicking cycles backwards.

Crystal Dock is a cool dock (desktop panel) for Linux desktop, with the focus on attractive user interface, being simple and easy to customize, and cross-desktop support.

The current version (version 2) supports KDE Plasma 6 and LXQt (KWin) on Wayland. Other desktop environments will be considered when they run on Wayland and provide sufficient APIs. The previous version (version 1) supports KDE Plasma 5, GNOME, LXQt, Cinnamon and MATE on X11.

Repo

Screenshots

digiKam, KDE's full-featured photo management software, releases version 8.6.0.

You can look forward to a smarter face management tool, an improved auto-tagging system that identifies elements in your images, fully automatic red-eye removal, and a new image quality feature that classifies images according to their aesthetic quality.

We also fixed 140 bugs!

https://www.digikam.org/news/2025-03-15-8.6.0/_release/_announcement/

#photography #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

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Valve's Steam Deck updates to Plasma 6.2.5!

The games console has a slow update cycle to guarantee stability for users, but #Valve announced yesterday that both the #Arch base system and the #Plasma desktop environment are being updated to new preview releases.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/529841158837240756

#SteamDeck #SteamOS #Steam #gaming #linux

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