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KDE Plasma 6.6 Will Cater To Windows Power Users With "winver" (www.phoronix.com)
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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.

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[–] magikmw@piefed.social 32 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

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 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

It didn't cost me nothing.

So, then how much did it cost you?

[–] Qwel@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 weeks ago

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 points 3 weeks ago

Good catch.

[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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 points 3 weeks ago

More useful would be having appwiz.cpl aliasing to... Discover maybe. I actually use that one.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I’ve used Windows since 3.1 and WTF is winver?

Sounds like a PR from a lone weirdo.

[–] hodgepodgin@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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 points 4 weeks ago

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 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

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.

[–] elvith@feddit.org 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

superver?

[–] recursivethinking@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

linver would be better. And I'm prob gonna try calling it the linkey and see if I can make it a thing.

[–] somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

the [⊞] key is [SUPER] in ALL OF LINUX.

[–] FunctionallyLiterate@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Are you implying Windows isn't "Super?"

[–] somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

yes

[–] FunctionallyLiterate@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago

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...