I recorded a video and went through the bugs / quirks that make the KDE launcher menu feel so awful.
KDE's start menu bugs make it feel 100x slower than it is
https://social.linux.pizza/@BigHeadMode/115541018950669150
https://social.linux.pizza/@BigHeadMode/115541018950669150
I recorded a video and went through the bugs / quirks that make the KDE launcher menu feel so awful.
7 Comments
brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 317d
One that gets me are things that are arguably not matches get loaded, and for some reason are higher on the list.
For instance, when I type "fre" then Freecad is the first result. But if I continue to type "free" then it changes to discord for some reason. I routinely open the wrong application because of this.
majster@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 317d
Good points!
FishFace@piefed.social · 6 pts · 317d
I get annoyed just seeing all of these spelled out.
Speed is an absolute requirement for a launcher, and if one of the search providers is taking too long it needs to be removed until its speed makes it usable. There's no way I want to wait for web results if they take between 1 and 10 seconds. The number of local results should always be such that it can be held in memory without being a burden, and return in an imperceptible amount of time.
Jumuta@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 317d
you can actually speed it up a ton by making baloo only index file names and not file content, and selecting specific directories to index
rozodru@pie.andmc.ca · 6 pts · 317d
if I'm on KDE I just don't bother using it. I just remove it from my panel. krunner is all I need as it can also run commands.
whimsy@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 317d
Wow, that's really well articulated.
OT: I find it really hard to navigate mastodon but then there's threads like these which make me considering giving it another try
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 317d
It doesnt really feel "slow" to me but just buggy and like its trying to do too many things at once.