Yeah I don’t think Nautilus has those

which features of Dolphin do you like? I haven’t tried anything too crazy with either one

interesting, what’s different?

Just to clarify, are you using the Ubuntu Gnome desktop or the normal, vanilla Gnome?

Ubuntu’s default

I don’t like how KDE (by default) has a permanent bottom bar twice as tall 😅

I changed it immediately lol

Gnomes search includes emojis, so just hit super and type ‘cat’ then it’s there in the search results 🐈

Ok yea this is good

I haven’t looked into GNOME extensions yet

Thanks for the suggestions, I’ll check these out! The terminal I’ve used most is PuTTY by far lol, so I haven’t figured out a favorite yet

I’m using a mix, mostly KDE Plasma but a few of the apps from GNOME (such as the Files app). For my dad he’s gonna stay on GNOME for sure, it should be a bit simpler for him and he hasn’t had any complaints, he’s been on it for a month or so. One day we’ll need to try to convince my mom to give Linux a shot lol.

If I had to pick myself without being able to mix, I’d choose Plasma

I haven’t tried that but it seems cool! I try to spend more time in GUI than terminal lol

for the heavy games, itll likely not change much.

Unless maybe you cap the fps.

Example from the article, Hogwarts needed 35W to reach 60fps on Windows, and only needed 17W to reach 62fps on Linux.

If you cap the fps to 60, then you also let the system rest when it manages to render a frame more quickly than 16.6 ms, saving more power in calm moments or maybe while menuing/managing inventory/reading quest logs (most games don’t have intense 3d graphics in the menus).

6.4.5, not as far behind as I was expecting lol

I’m running Ubuntu but I installed kubuntu-desktop^ and I’ve been enjoying it. How do I see what version of KDE Plasma I’m using and how do I update it to 6.5? Knowing Ubuntu, I’ll need to add a different apt repo for it. I don’t think I added kubuntu’s apt repo.

Thanks, maybe I’ll try switching my current Ubuntu to KDE

Edit: I was able to get my audio working with KDE’s GUI, I just had to choose “Pro Audio” and then “Pro 1”, even switching back to GNOME my audio still works so I’ll see which one I like better. I still wish there was an easy way to set my sample rate and bit depth but this is good for now. Thanks.

Thanks. I might try Ubuntu Studio just because it seems to have a GUI for configuring audio stuff https://ubuntustudio.org/audio-configuration/

I also saw talk about Pop, Mint, Catchy

I was gonna try that next. Does it have better audio settings/support than Ubuntu? I noticed Ubuntu doesn’t even allow me to choose sample rate or bit depth of my audio.

I did download Ubuntu for my main computer, made a partition and installed it for dual boot. Wasn’t able to get my S/PDIF audio working so I’m still on Win10 right now until I finish some things, then I’ll try to fix my audio issue again. Or maybe a different distro will work better.