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#kdeplasma

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Jure Repinc :linux: :kde:

Yay, finally all the pieces have come together and I have finally been able to compile Qt 6.9 and @kde Plasma development version (what is to be released as 6.4 in June) for my @bananapi BPI-F3, a RISC-V single-board (mini) computer. Plasma does start and run, but looks like QML/QtQuick applications (which includes the desktop itself) have rendering problems 😞 Qt Widget apps render/run just fine. Now to figure out where the problem is…

Screenshot of the development version of KDE Plasma 6.4 desktop runing on RISC-V mini SBC Banana Pi BPI-F3. Four windows are open: Konsole terminal emulator, Plasma Welcome, Dolphin file manager and Info Center showing system information. Also the application launcher menu is open. Desktop background is all white, panel and application launcher have no icons rendered, there is also almost no rendered content in Plasma Welcome window. Applications based on Qt Widgets render fine, those based on QML/QtQuick have rendering problems.
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Don

Fedora KDE Plasma and the Curious Case of Chrome’s Muted Audio

I have been using Fedora with the KDE Plasma desktop environment for almost three months, and overall, it’s been a wonderful experience. However, I’ve encountered some issues along the way. The most recent problem involved the Chrome browser. A couple of weeks ago, Chrome stopped functioning correctly, and I couldn’t launch it even after rebooting my computer. As a solution, I uninstalled Chrome using the command line and then installed the Flatpak version. This version worked well until yesterday, when I experienced problems with audio output while trying to watch videos on YouTube and Acorn TV.

Firefox and Chromium worked on those sites, but Chrome did not. After searching online for a solution, I found several suggestions for adjusting settings within the browser. However, I could not find a fix until I discovered that KDE Plasma has a sound control feature that allows you to turn the sound on or off specifically for the Chrome browser.

First, I had to open ‘System Settings,’ which is found on the menu bar, in my case, at the bottom of the display, underneath the red arrow. System settings can also be opened from under the Fedora button to the left of the display.

Screen picture by Don Watkins CC by SA 4.0

Now that you have opened the ‘System Settings’ you need to navigate to that section of the settings that addresses the control of ‘Sounds.’

Screen picture by Don Watkins CC by SA 4.0

Upon opening the ‘Sound’ submenu,, I saw that the Chrome browser sound was muted. Unmuting was easy: I clicked on the muted control and sound was restored,, and I was able to enjoy the videos I wanted to view.

Screen picture by Don Watkins CC by SA 4.0

I’m still unsure how the sound got muted in the first place, but I’m glad I found a way to resolve the issue. The KDE Plasma desktop offers more configuration control options than any other Linux system I have used. With this complexity comes great power, but also a steep learning curve. Nonetheless, I continue to be impressed by the capabilities of both Linux and Fedora KDE Plasma.

#Fedora42#KDEPlasma
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Raven

Fedora 42 released with KDE Plasma reaching edition status, COSMIC desktop spin, new installer experience with Anaconda WebUI, unification of /usr/bin and /usr/sbin, X86 MIPI camera hardware enablement, optimized binaries for the x86_64 architecture using glibc-hwcaps, and many updated packages

fedoramagazine.org/announcing-

Fedora Magazine · The answer is 42! Fedora Linux 42, that is. - Fedora MagazineFedora Linux 42 is officially released. Thank you so much to everyone who works so hard on Fedora and in all of our upstream projects.
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