Plasma 6.5 debuted this week that KDE developers and users have been celebrating. But it's already on to working out fixes for Plasma 6.5.1 as well as new feature activity toward Plasma 6.6.
KDE developer Nate Graham opened this week's Plasma status update by commenting on the newly-released Plasma 6.5 being a "rather smooth" release. One significant regression noted was when using older AMD GPUs that the cursor would be turned into "Swiss cheese" but that regression is already fixed for Plasma 6.5.1.
KDE Plasma 6.6 Will Cater To Windows Power Users With "winver"
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.6-winver
17 Comments
magikmw@piefed.social · 32 pts · 299d
The winver is so funny to me.
I never used the command, and I am professionaly supporting Windows endpoints for the last 10 years. To think casual users would is wild.
But, you know. It didn't cost me nothing.
FunctionallyLiterate@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 299d
So, then how much did it cost you?
Qwel@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 299d
An imperceptible amount on his electricity bill as the screen of the PR reviewer increases demand, having rippling near-zero effects on the worldwide markets
magikmw@piefed.social · 1 pts · 298d
Good catch.
unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 298d
I thought it was going to be interesting compatibility shit and turns out it's just the weirdest alias ever.
Why would anyone think of "Windows version" when using Linux??
magikmw@piefed.social · 2 pts · 298d
More useful would be having appwiz.cpl aliasing to... Discover maybe. I actually use that one.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 299d
I’ve used Windows since 3.1 and WTF is winver?
Sounds like a PR from a lone weirdo.
hodgepodgin@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 299d
winver is a command that tells you your windows version. Usually used to determine if a box needs to be upgraded.
Type Win+R and enter “winver.”
deegeese@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 299d
Sure, but in 35 years on windows I’ve never used it.
Only makes sense to use it in a script, which you wouldn’t just drop into Linux anyway.
russjr08@bitforged.space · 7 pts · 299d
I don't even think you'd use it in a script, it comes up with a dialog box, it's basically the "about" pop up for Windows
Surely there is a text/CLI based one likely, but I don't think winver has a mode for that
eruchitanda@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 299d
If the Windows key – that in most keyboards today also has the Windows logo – is called in KDE 'Super', a Windows command that refers to Windows in it, should have its name changed too.
somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 298d
the
[⊞]key is[SUPER]in ALL OF LINUX.elvith@feddit.org · 4 pts · 299d
superver?recursivethinking@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 298d
linver would be better. And I'm prob gonna try calling it the linkey and see if I can make it a thing.
FunctionallyLiterate@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 299d
Are you implying Windows isn't "Super?"
somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 298d
yes
FunctionallyLiterate@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 298d
That was a sarcastic rhetorical question - no response required because the answer was (or should have been) obvious.
Now we know why some overuse the "/s" marker - there's always one...