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KDE Plasma 6.6 released with improved accessibility, new on-screen keyboard and lots more
18 Feb 2026 at 8:18 pm UTC

Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: Pyrate
Quoting: Purple Library GuyBut it doesn't seem to be available in any distros as user friendly as Mint. One of these days I'll give it another look.
Fedora KDE is user friendly. Not having Nvidia drivers pre-installed ≠ not-user friendly. Windows comes without drivers pre-installed as well and people think that OS is user friendly. There's no harm in websearching "install nvidia drivers fedora Linux" and learning a thing or two about package management in the process. It's good practice long term.
So, first of all "user friendly" is a very vague term and I'm willing to agree that Fedora satisfies it. "as user friendly as Mint" is less vague, and I have never heard anyone claim Fedora satisfies that.

As to that second thing, no. I learned a thing or two about package management back in the 2000s. It was really annoying, as soon as they existed I moved to distros that did not make me do that. There is a finite amount of stuff I am capable of knowing a thing or two about, and a near infinite amount of stuff that would in some manner be useful to know, and I'm sorry but guts-details of operating systems is not in my top 1000. Computer people always think their particular area of knowledge is the one everyone really ought to know, but as far as I can tell there is no real basis for that believe
This turned argumentative real quick.

I didn't say Fedora is as user friendly as XYZ, I just that is, and in the midst of your confusion you seen to agree.

Secondly, your claim about wanting dsitros that "did not make you do [package management]" and that there's a finite amount of stuff you're capable of learning. I'm puzzled because A: what distros don't make you manage your packages? :D do you mean using GUI such as an app store ? Well Fedora KDE has the Discover store that let's you do that. And B: literally what else is there to know about a Linux system at all if not simple package management tips ? do you claim dnf install/update/remove is a difficult thing to understand and learn ? Genuinely, tell me one other thing that's more important for a new user to learn about Linux other than learning how to properly install apps and update their system.

Also, for the last unfounded assumption here: I'm not a computer people, I'm in med school.

Prepare for HDD availability trouble as they're getting sold out too
18 Feb 2026 at 3:27 pm UTC Likes: 7

I fucking hate AI!

I fucking hate AI!

Experimental code ready for testing to enable HDMI 2.1 FRL with AMDGPU on Linux
18 Feb 2026 at 12:09 pm UTC Likes: 7

but that hasn't stopped one developer.
Sisyphus-ass dev. What a chad.

KDE Plasma 6.6 released with improved accessibility, new on-screen keyboard and lots more
18 Feb 2026 at 11:21 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Purple Library GuyBut it doesn't seem to be available in any distros as user friendly as Mint. One of these days I'll give it another look.
Fedora KDE is user friendly. Not having Nvidia drivers pre-installed ≠ not-user friendly. Windows comes without drivers pre-installed as well and people think that OS is user friendly. There's no harm in websearching "install nvidia drivers fedora Linux" and learning a thing or two about package management in the process. It's good practice long term.

KDE Plasma 6.6 released with improved accessibility, new on-screen keyboard and lots more
17 Feb 2026 at 4:24 pm UTC Likes: 14

Could say this about a lot of Linux projects, or just any open source project really, but Plasma is the gift that keeps on giving. No enshittification, just continuous improvements. We can't stop winning.

Get some quality horror in the Love You to Death Humble Bundle
16 Feb 2026 at 11:54 pm UTC Likes: 1

FAITH is excellent. Tip top horror experience.

Mesa 26.0 is out bringing ray tracing performance improvements for AMD RADV
12 Feb 2026 at 7:08 am UTC

Gonna test it out with mesa-git later today on Tokyo Xtreme Racer, which is the only game I currently play that has ray tracing.

Overwatch has returned with new heroes and a new UI
11 Feb 2026 at 10:03 pm UTC Likes: 7

Overwatch might be trash but I have to give it up to Blizzard for being one of the few devs on earth to do anti-cheat right (server-side).

Discord attempt to put out the fires with a clarification over new age verification
11 Feb 2026 at 1:21 pm UTC Likes: 9

Perhaps this is the wake-up slap that capable devs need to realize relying on a proprietary surveillance tool was bad from the start, and that a proper alternative can be developed.

GPD release their own statement on the confusion with Bazzite Linux support
30 Jan 2026 at 5:02 pm UTC Likes: 2

Glad I went ahead and read the former Bazzite dev's response, as before that this whole saga seemed like the most worthless thing, but the post made me realize it probably wasnt a good idea to promote such a newface (and apparently shaky) Linux distro to the incoming masses.