I want to use KDE Plasma instead of Mac OS ugly (in my opinion) interface

This is possibly the first time in human history this opinion has been stated.

It really isn’t. There are a great many people who use macs for work but who do not like Apples design choices. And that number has skyrocketed even further since Liquid Glass was pushed onto people.

In fact one of the front page articles today is literally calling macOS “ugly” in the title.

Yup ! And actually i used to like macOS when Apple still cared about it.

But now it’s KDE all the way.

I've been using Linux on the desktop for decades at this point. KDE Plasma is my current favorite and I've been using it for a few years now. It has everything you'd want in a desktop (maybe a bit more), looks great, and is very fast even on modest hardware.

My current job has me using MacOS on an M3 Pro Macbook and I find it barely tolerable compared to KDE. Usually when I want to do something new or change some configuration, either there is no way to do it, or it's hidden behind some key combination that I never would have guessed. I would describe the overall feel of MacOS as "syrupy." When using the mouse or typing, there is almost always some kind of barely-perceptible latency. Nothing is ever crisp and instant. (This isn't specific to this machine, it feels the same way on every Mac I've borrowed.) It's sort of like someone decided that the only way to make it smooth was to also make it slow.

I don't want KDE but I would much prefer gnome to macos desktop, I think it's both prettier and more functional, and that's not a tahoe thing. I hate finder too, and don't see any way to properly use an alternative.

Go through my post history and you'll see I've been saying the same, or similar, for years :)

Plasma can be configured to rhyme with macOS' GUI. Not as in shitty macOS themes, but button placement, docks, global menus, widgets, Spotlight, Stage Manager, hot corners, keyboard shortcuts, Preview in Finder, etc.

I have Plasma configured to take advantage of my decade+ of macOS muscle memory without having to put up with Finder and the abysmal task-switching and window management experience on macOS.

Whenever I have to use macOS, I am reminded of how much better Plasma is. I'd might even buy a Mac again if I could use it instead of the default UI.

To be honest, I agree a little bit because I remember from my time at customizing KDE that everyone wanted it to make it look like Mac OS

but it feels a bit of peer-pressure/cool-factor, people used to like how Mac OS look but after Tahoe, I feel like most people don't.

To be honest, I am on mac right now but I really like Niri/Hyprland and to a degree KDE as well. I definitely feel like those were immensely more customizable and I miss that customizability, even if some people might use that customizability to make it look like MacOS default.

Similar opinions are voiced in about every recent macOS UI thread, and even occasionally in Windows threads.

not sure about the looks but I also find KDE much better in usability

I was given the latest MacBook Pro at my new job not long ago, but I forced them to exchange it for Alan HP laptop just so I could use Linux on it. Unfortunately it's Ubuntu and not Plasma, but even so I'm happy I don't have to use Apple's software.

You can easily install Plasma on Ubuntu.

No I moved over from Mac to KDE years ago and I love it. I love the way it's so customisable. I hated the years I spent on opinionated software.

The first years with macOS tiger it wasn't too bad but over the years it got worse.

I’ll be the second then. I’ve love to use Fluxbox or xmonad on the Mac. I know that tiling mangers exist on macOS, but it’s never been the same experience.

Sir I’m here stuck on somewhat workable Sonoma, dread the day enterprise IT forces the push of Tahoe and would take a kde box in a heartbeat.

I mean Apple hasn't done itself any favours with Macos Tahoe.

“Liquid Ass” as some people say.

Then you want to run KDE on Linux. This is not going to replace your native mac desktop environment.

Honest question: why use MacOS at all then? If you prefer KDE, why not run a system that KDE natively supports? Is it a particular MacOS application? Or is it that Linux support on Mac hardware is not good enough?

That's what I did yes. Advantage is also getting much more hardware for the money.

Linux has good support for m1 and m2, so for newer devices running a custom desktop would be neat.

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You can also use bridge46 to give global WAN access to your subnet

https://www.reddit.com/r/ipv6/s/QkWNW3PCZN

Does it work with https? How?

yes it works with https, read SNI from echo hello message then connect both connection without decrypt and traffic

This is brilliant! How much bandwidth did you dedicate to it?

you mean the public service? I think about 0.5Gbps with 10TB/month traffic

it simple bandwidth but enough for free service and there option to self-host the service anytime you want

A free and open-source tool for creating games, animations and everything in-between!

I have launched the Bridge46 service, which allows those with only an IPv4 connection to access IPv6 and Yggdrasil Network services on the WAN.

The service IP address is: 207.127.103.198 (or 2603:c023:8001:1600:9242:6474:f238:b78 if you want bridge from IPv6 to the Yggdrasil network).

How to use:

1- Add an A record in your domain (e.g. test-bridge46.sy.sa) pointing to 207.127.103.198. 2- Add an AAAA record in the same domain (in the previous example, test-bridge46.sy.sa) pointing to the desired IPv6 service address (can be any address in the global IPv6 network or Yggdrasil). 3- Congratulations, the Bridge46 service will redirect internet packets to your service, and any user can access your site without the need to have an IPv6 address or be connected to the Yggdrasil network.

Note: The project currently supports HTTP, HTTPS, and WebSockets, and in the future, other services will be added.

The project is open-source: https://github.com/xlmnxp/bridge46 and it is very similar to https://v4-frontend.netiter.com/

I tested the service on https://test-bridge46.sy.sa/, which is a WordPress blog hosted on an Incus VM with Yggdrasil IPv6. The blog is running behind Caddy and did not encounter any issues in obtaining and authenticating the TLS certificate from Let's Encrypt.

I created this application few months ago when the new .zip domain introduce as open source application on browser, it use https://github.com/use-strict/7z-wasm and everything can work offline

I need contributors for it and app still WIP

modified the code to fallback to /bin/sh if /bin/bash not exists :)

my main reason to use CLI instead of SDK is to support Podman and second reason is to make the project simple and easy to contribute :)

very good call on podman support - it didn't immediately occur to me but that's an obvious reason for this choice.

I pulled last changes to see the new tabs and surprised by RTL support because few weeks ago not supported

I see there PR merged: https://github.com/servo/servo/pull/33148