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[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

I'll never understand why this "new/green dot" thing exist, but I'll also never understand why it would bother anyone. lol. Like, it's in kick-off. How often are you scrolling through kick-off? Does anyone keep that menu open at all times that it triggers your OCD seeing it? Am I missing something? Or is it just people seeking attention?

It's open source, you can remove it yourself BTW

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 21 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Thing like this are why there's a million settings in KDE; every dev is prepared for the inevitable "but I hate it, make it go away" complaint. Granted, this complainer was pretty respectful and threw in a donation to soften the blow. Most people just act entitled, like the dev personally affronted them with their update.

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I will take a million settings over GNOME's super-simplified "our way" approach any day

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

This has always been my attitude towards KDE. "At least I have the option". Gnome is pure depression.

[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 53 points 1 day ago

For every change there is an angry Linux user. Even when it is easily disabled and never a problem again.

On the flip side - how often do you install new programs so this becomes an annoyance in the first place?

I install something new maybe once a month or less for desktop use. I have not even noticed this blip.

Somewhat more often in and for terminal use.

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 12 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

I find this complaint very strange. It's a dot. It helps people find what they installed.

But if this person doesn't need it, how would they ever see it? Most power users I know never even look in the menu, so they would never know there is a dot in the first place.

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago

It's all a show. Some people are just desperate for attention. "Oh, look at me, I'm OCD" as if that makes them cool or something. This person just spent €100 for literally nothing (glad it went to kde of course). Being annoyed by this is, IMHO, very stupid. It's a menu that can't even stay open. Who's sitting there sifting their menu all day long that this bothers them? 😂

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 83 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ellie@slrpnk.net 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think it's still an interesting question whether this feature should be enabled by default (and most people seem to agree it should be).

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 65 points 1 day ago (11 children)

If it wasn't on by default, the kind of person who would benefit from it wouldn't discover it.

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[–] deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de 42 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I was very annoyed when I got this, but remembered that it's KDE, and turning it off is 4 clicks. Proprietary software often doesn't allow you to turn this off (easily). Windows has this "feature", where is the setting?

I don't think it's a productive "feature", but considering it can be turned off so easily I don't consider it a complete showstopper.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I find KDE's settings app isn't always easy to find settings in, especially when you have no idea what to call a feature.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

This! KDE's settings are a mess to navigate. I completely understand why that person didn't know there even was a configuration for this.

[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Windows has this "feature", where is the setting?

I assume youre talking about W11?

Because the "Show recently added apps" setting is third option in the start menu settings on W10.

[–] deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The main issue is UX imo. On Windows 11, it's "5 clicks", but you have to open the settings app and find the setting two submenus deep. On KDE, it's right click > configure application launcher > toggle setting > apply.

[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Yeah, for some reason they've seemed to made it harder to find the actual start menu settings instead of more generic taskbar settings. So that's a fair point.

[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It sounds like the author of the article is more concerned with the incentive it creates for developers to push useless or sloppy updates ("impact driven development") than the UX.

[–] Ferk@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

How does this give incentive for that?

My understanding is that this only happens in newly installed apps, not recently updates ones. They are only highlighted because the user installed them, not because the developer did anything.

It's a screenshot of the application launcher, the menu to launch apps already installed, not the software store.

[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

My mistake if that's the case.

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[–] Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 55 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think it's a great feature. I can now quickly find the thing I just installed in my menu.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 35 points 1 day ago

Yeah. Plus they immediately got a reply from someone showing where you can turn it off in settings.

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lol does that mean he should donate the second 100€

He said "I'll donate 100 EUR if you remove", so I think he may be obligated to donate every single time this option is disabled.

[–] Casuallynoted@pawb.social 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m glad there’s a toggle, it seems like it would actually be useful here but I’d probably turn it off.

With that said, there’s a special place in hell for the multitudes of apps that have red notification dots all over the UI with no clear indicator as to what they’re about or how to clear them :D

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I hate those little dots and I inevitably jump through the hoops until I've clicked enough things to make them go away.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 4 points 21 hours ago

I know 3 people that get mad at me when I don't clear the dot for new inventory/lore items in video game menus by scrolling over each one

[–] clubb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago

Funny little read there.

[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

There is a setting, but I was equally annoyed that it is on by default.

Even more surprising - when I launched the new app miltiple times, it was still marked as new.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's probably time based.

And this kind of thing isn't for the type of people who mess with settings. If this defaulted to off, then it would actually be useless.

[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If this defaulted to off, then it would actually be useless.

Would just be the other way around with what posts you see online. Instead of OP you'd see "how can I find my newly installed apps" and the same "ahem" screenshot reply.

[–] vandsjov@feddit.dk 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Except that if people don't know the feature exists, they might not ask about it. If you see the feature exists and you don't want it, it is easier to figure out how to turn it off.

There are many feature that are turned on by default - this is just one of them.

[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I see plenty of posts here, on the kde matrix, on the kde forums, on the bugtracker asking for non existing features.

I have no clue about the exact percentages, their motivations or feelings, so it's hard to conclude anything.

Personally, I more often ask for nonexistent features (and i feel no barriers there) than turning off something that is on by default - which is a good sign I guess?

[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 7 points 1 day ago

Hahaha, what a great way to start tuesday morning.

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