KDE neon

[kubicle]

I have noticed that all applications with KDE Plasma 5.6.2 have a "Pin" on the top left

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Does anyone know what the purpose of this is? I have searched hi and low and cannot find and answer to its purpose. When I click on it, the Pin changes to a circle.

With that, you can "pin" a window to show on all virtual desktops (obviously useful only if you have more than one). You can select which window buttons you wish shown in the "Buttons"-tab of window border settings in system settings.

[NoWorries]

Use of the Pin?

I have noticed that all applications with KDE Plasma 5.6.2 have a "Pin" on the top left



Does anyone know what the purpose of this is? I have searched hi and low and cannot find and answer to its purpose. When I click on it, the Pin changes to a circle.

[kubicle]

Welcome to the KDE neon group

I've been there for a while, but thanks anyway.

The distribution ID/Description change is fairly recent, though (The modified "base-files" package is now coming from kde neon repos instead of the ubuntu repos).

[NoWorries]

Not using ubuntu anymore

lsb_release -a

Welcome to the KDE neon group. I get exactly the same output from lsb_release -a. I must confess that I have never used this command.

[kubicle]

Not using ubuntu anymore

lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: neon
Description: KDE neon on 16.04
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial

[vinnywright]

@NoWorries ya I have synaptic installed as well

I did the

phoronix-test-suite default-benchmark openarena xonotic tesseract gputest unigine-valley

careful this drove the GPU temp up to 93C = 199.4F .

results @ http://openbenchmarking.org/result/1604132-KH-GPUTEST2230

posted on https://lists.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers-testers/

will add the https://launchpad.net/~graphics-driv...ive/ubuntu/ppa

later tonight and test the 364 driver tomorrow .

VINNY

[NoWorries]

Hi VINNY,

I have some good news for you. You can install Synaptic and it does not remove Muon Discover and its related packages. I was also able to add repositories with it. Having Synaptic makes it easier to add and find multiple packages to install.

For the repository I added, http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ci/unstable/ubuntu/, I have not found a way to add the required key. In this repository, there is muon 5.5.0 which I used when I had KDE Plasma 5.5 on this computer. I expect that you will be able to add the repository for ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa. You will just have to use its URL.

I have also been able to install Skype and it successfully launches and all options work. Because of the lack of power in this computer, I have not tested its performance with another contact.

I always like to have a side panel with frequently used applications. With Plasma 5.6.2, I can now select the option for "Windows Can Cover" and when there are no Windows over it, the panel is present. With a Window over it, placing the cursor at the edge uncovers the panel. The last time I had this option was with 14.04!

[vinnywright]

I once again tried to add a repository and I got a similar error message to what I posted before.

yup I'm getting that as well

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa 
[sudo] password for vinny: 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 95, in <module>
    sp = SoftwareProperties(options=options)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 109, in __init__
    self.reload_sourceslist()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 599, in reload_sourceslist
    self.distro.get_sources(self.sourceslist)    
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptsources/distro.py", line 89, in get_sources
    (self.id, self.codename))
aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template for neon/xenial

and it dose not get added ,,,, I may add it by hand tomorrow and see what that nvidia-364 is like ,,,,,,,I have no probs with 361 .

I see that thay would like testers to run phoronix-test-suite and post results for data collection ,,,,,,,I may start doing this sense I do have a reasonably newish nvidia GPU

VINNY

[NoWorries]

Sorry, I didn't do to the bottom of the page as per instructions and I have now done that and all is OK. I once again tried to add a repository and I got a similar error message to what I posted before.

I tried to install Skype and that failed with skype-bin which I could not install. I guess it is early days in the development of Plasma Version 5.6

[vinnywright]

I have at last been able to install Plasma Version 5.6.2 after having to rebuild my system a few times. What I have found is that if I try to add a repository it gives the error:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/staging-plasma
[sudo] password: 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 95, in <module>
    sp = SoftwareProperties(options=options)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 109, in __init__
    self.reload_sourceslist()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 599, in reload_sourceslist
    self.distro.get_sources(self.sourceslist)    
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptsources/distro.py", line 89, in get_sources
    (self.id, self.codename))
aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template for neon/xenial

So it works, but I would not like to install muon as that breaks the system and is the cause of my having to rebuild and try again.

Has anyone had similar problems?

did you do all this first ,,,,,,,

export NEON_ARCHIVE=unstable # or set to 'stable' for Git development stable branches
             
wget -qO - 'http://archive.neon.kde.org/public.key' | sudo apt-key add -
                            
sudo apt-add-repository http://archive.neon.kde.org/${NEON_ARCHIVE}
                           
 sudo apt update

and then this

sudo apt install neon-desktop
                           
 sudo apt full-upgrade

as per the instructions at the bottom of the page @hear http://neon.kde.org/download

and no I have not tried to force muon back into this hodge podge of repo mixing

VINNY

[NoWorries]

I have at last been able to install Plasma Version 5.6.2 after having to rebuild my system a few times. What I have found is that if I try to add a repository it gives the error:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/staging-plasma
[sudo] password: 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 95, in <module>
    sp = SoftwareProperties(options=options)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 109, in __init__
    self.reload_sourceslist()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 599, in reload_sourceslist
    self.distro.get_sources(self.sourceslist)    
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptsources/distro.py", line 89, in get_sources
    (self.id, self.codename))
aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template for neon/xenial

So it works, but I would not like to install muon as that breaks the system and is the cause of my having to rebuild and try again.

Has anyone had similar problems?

[NoWorries]

deb http://archive.neon.kde.org/stable xenial main

http://neon.kde.org/download

bottom of page

VINNY

Thanks VERY MUCH. Just about to start a download of 247 packages and I will now go and do some gardening while this is happening on my "Sacrificial Desktop"

[vinnywright]

deb http://archive.neon.kde.org/stable xenial main

http://neon.kde.org/download

bottom of page

VINNY

[Snowhog]

project-neon and KDE neon are not the same thing.

[NoWorries]

I am wondering what ppa you are using to get 5.6. I have ppa:project-neon/ppa it fails with a 404.