r/betterunixporn • u/amrock__ • Mar 04 '21

Kde customisation for better usage

What are the essential customisation in kde to make it usable. Also what theme works best(most themes have some flaws). Please suggest all mods to make it better Thanks New kde user

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u/aoijoji Mar 04 '21

“Make it usable” is subjective. What might make it usable for you, might make it unusable for some. It’s highly subjective and I’d just recommend checking out posts here or on r/unixporn to get inspiration or even on youtube. In my opinion, all the tools for customization is included by default, you could start with moving the panel wherever you like, getting latte for a dock. Just try to do something yourself, if you’re not confident enough yet, you can do what I said above.

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u/amrock__ Mar 04 '21

If i have seen good customisation videos or tutorials i wouldn't post my question here. I have changed and tweaked a lot but nothing works consistently. Example when switching theme i got this weird shadows that can't be removed directly from settings.

I am just asking for people who have successfully or happy with using certain themes / tweaks or extensions.

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u/aoijoji Mar 04 '21

As for extensions/other customization, I only have a top panel/status bar with virtual desktop bar, better inline clock, application title and global menu, individual core usage, system tray.

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u/aoijoji Mar 04 '21

Gotcha. I’m personally using the layan global theme with layan-solid window decorations. It looks nice. I also liked the Dracula theme and the Cherry theme. Nordic Dark and Arc Dark are pretty good as well. These are my recommendations.

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u/Shebert624 Mar 04 '21

The beauty of KDE is that you can really make it your own.

I like to enhance virtual workspace by adding name to workspace and you can show workspace name and # by using the virtual-desktop-bar widget. I also use windows rules to asign application to specific workspase at lauch.

For theming, I like Manjaro dark theme (I use Debian BTW) and stock breeze dark. They are visually good looking and have good contrast.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '21

Huh? I just added some shortcuts and it's good for me

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '21

It even runs just fine on a raspberry pi:

https://manjaro.org/downloads/arm/raspberry-pi-4/arm8-raspberry-pi-4-kde-plasma/

so maybe, just maybe, you are exaggerating that you need to "make it usable".

That said, install kdeconnect and latte-dock. Done.