the "Internet Explorer" is actually just firefox with a custom icon

The updated or better version of this by author is also gtk only I think. So any theme that is of this style shadoes rounded corners skeumorph basically the same but can have different colors or stuff and works for qt applications.

I kept a terminal open for `ssh -L` most of the day, so I made a small tray widget for it.

- One switch per forward. Each tunnel runs as a systemd user service, so it survives a Plasma restart.

- Shows the state: active, connecting, or the error ssh reported.

- A second section lists the ports listening on your machine (Vite, Next.js, Docker…), with Open / Copy / Stop.

GitHub: https://github.com/fatihaydost/porthole

KDE Store: https://store.kde.org/p/2376816/

Built with help from Claude Code; I tested it on my own setup(CachyOS+Plasma6).

First release, feedback and bug reports welcome.

The methods I can find online don't seem to apply, the settings are different

Image. I can't find a way to disable it.

Hi r/kde,

One tool I sorely missed after moving from Windows to KDE Plasma was FileConverter—the ability to quickly right-click audio, video, images, or documents in your file manager and convert them immediately without firing up heavy editors or uploading to sketchy conversion websites.

To solve this, I built dolphin-file-converter.

What it does:

• Dolphin Integration: Integrates into Dolphin’s right-click context menu via KIO service menus. You can pick quick actions like Convert to → MP3, or open the full dialog with Convert….
• Drag-and-Drop GUI: Built natively with Qt (PySide6) to match the look and feel of Plasma 6. Drag and drop any files, set per-file output formats, adjust compression/quality sliders, and customize your own presets.
• Powered by Standard Tools: Uses ffmpeg (audio/video), imagemagick 7 (images/PDFs), and libreoffice (documents) under the hood. Formats whose dependencies aren't installed are cleanly disabled rather than failing silently.
• Safe Batching: Conversions run in temporary isolated folders and atomically move into place only on success, preventing half-written or corrupt files. Original files are never overwritten unless requested.
• Desktop Notifications: Fires a native libnotify alert when a large batch completes.

Installation:

• From Source: Clones and installs via ./install.sh (installs cleanly to ~/.local/bin and user KIO menus with --uninstall support).
• Arch Linux: PKGBUILD is ready in packaging/aur/ (makepkg -si).

GitHub: https://github.com/agopalareddy/dolphin-file-converter

I'd love for you to try it out on Plasma 6 and share your feedback, format suggestions, or feature requests!

Idk anymore I've tried a few thing like gtk3 classic but that didn't help, a nocsd package but that didn't even install. I just really want to use Plastik but program like Lollypop just ain't using the its just blank. How do I make Plastik work on gnome apps?

I'm using CachyOS

Hey everyone! When I moved from Windows to Linux, one of the things I missed most was PowerToys’ Color Picker, so I decided to build my own: Archtoys.

You can see all the features it provides on the github page

It also works on Wayland. Since Wayland doesn't allow apps to continuously watch the screen, Archtoys takes a screenshot when you start picking and lets you pick from that. You still get the magnifier and preview.

I use it daily on Fedora KDE, but it should work on GNOME, X11, and other Linux distros too. Despite the name, it's not Arch-only.

Install:

- Fedora: "sudo dnf copr enable mujtaba1i/archtoys && sudo dnf install archtoys"

- Arch: "paru -S archtoys-bin"

- Other distros: AppImage from the releases page

GitHub: https://github.com/Mujtaba1i/Archtoys

I'm hoping to eventually turn Archtoys into a PowerToys-style toolkit for Linux.

What PowerToys tool do you miss most on Linux?

Basically what the title says, I've always enjoyed KDE Plasma Desktop (and recently Plasma Bigscreen), so I've been curious about Plasma Mobile for a while, and wanted to try it, but when I did, it kept crashing on my PC, so it might be because of a lack of exposed touch drivers (as the desktop I tried it on has none)????

Also, does it support Android in any way?

Thank you for reading!

I have to use macOS for my day job. After trying for about a year, I still can't get used to it. The quality of the system, especially window manager and file manager(finder), is just not as good as what we have in Linux world. (btw, vorssaint is an open-source tool that fixes a lot of shit.) So one day I came up with this idea: can I port my favorite file manager, dolphin, to macOS can replace finder entirely? The answer is yes, but not as good as what you get on Linux.

The porting process was quite smooth, a few files were patched and it just worked. Things that work now: * "Show in Finder" now opens dolphin. * Builds as a proper .app bundle, launches from Finder/Dock/open * open -R <file> reveals the file in Dolphin * "Open Terminal Here" picks up Ghostty

But obviously, it won't be perfect. For example, "Remember application association" checkbox genuinely does nothing. Because KIO writes the freedesktop mimeapps.list, which only KDE/GNOME apps read.

For more details, check this doc. And the code is here.

Has KDE given up on it?

Edit: oh, the downvotes. Please look at the flair. I am aware that ai is not popular among the community and just discussing this is not the end of the world.

Original post:

Curious to know, i am not saying that it should be used primarily to write code, that would be a disaster but as a tool for assistance considering how big the kde project is, to a team who knows what they are doing, to find/fix bug faster etc.

What's the overall opinion on these?

These wallpapers were AI-generated, and I liked them so much that I just wanted to share them, in case anyone else likes them too.

prob not the best but it does what i want

I am currently on Windows and use a file manager called OneCommander, which I absolutely love. Unfortunately, it does not support Linux, and I am getting increasingly tired of Windows, so I am considering switching to Linux.

One thing I am concerned about is whether Dolphin has a similar feature, I use on a daily basis. They call is saved windows, but it would be better to describe it as session profiles.

The easiest way I can describe it is that I can create separate profiles, and each profile remembers its own set of open tabs and the folders/paths I was working with.

When I open a profile, it restores the windows/tabs and paths from the last time I used that profile.

The important part is that I can have multiple profiles open simultaneously in separate windows. So I could have my Private profile open in one window and my work profile open in another, and drag/copy files between them as needed. Each window maintains its own session independently.

Does Dolphin have anything similar? Or is there another KDE/Linux file manager that supports this kind of workflow?

Hi, today I set up a Windows 98 theme on KDE Plasma.

Here is what I used:

Global Theme: Reactionary 98

Colors: Win98

Application Style: MS Windows 9x

Window Decorations: Windows 98

Icons: Mephins 98

Cursors: ModernXP2

Extras: I set the application launcher to the classic style; also, the global theme (Reactionary 98) handles most of the elements.

It’s more of an idea than an actual implementation – I’m not a programmer, and all I did was copy the directory of an existing plasmoid to .local, start editing the Task.qml file and change a few lines in it. It turned out just as I wanted, but the code is probably a bit of a mess.

Edit.

And one of the downsides is that you can’t change the order of the launchers because there aren’t any icons you can drag and drop.

Btw. if someone want to see it - there is Task.qml file that you need to replace in .local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.taskmanager/contents/ui/

https://drive.proton.me/urls/16PJ8TMGKR#DpcWyjQmfZeF

ive been trying to figure out how to do this but there seems to be little to no relevant information that i can find, so i either assume i have to make one myself or it’s impossible to make one.

I don't know who's fault it is Fedora's or KDE's.

But it worked before, and doesn't work now.