BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Re: Kde Plasma Desktop Vs
De:       Accession
Data:     Thu, 5 Feb 2026 18:58:00 -0600
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Hey Fusion!

On Wed, Feb 04 2026 20:03:00 -0600, you wrote:

> KDE is nasty IMO

Gnome is quite a bit the same way in this regard. Just switch out Qt for GTK+, etc.
  
> if you just wanted to borrow something like their calculator, or the
> neat little task manager, you would need to install almost the
> entire desktop environment. for one little program.

Not even close to the entire desktop environment, but definitely more than one cares to install for one simple calculator. Arch gives me 56 packages total just to install 'kcalc', which include mostly xcb-*, qt6-*, libraries, Qt themes, and gui related stuff I don't have installed. This is on a system with no GUI/DE/WM/X/Wayland installed whatsoever.

The meta "plasma" package wants to install 482 packages, but I completely get your annoyance about it all. I'd rather pull out a pocket calculator than install all of that crap. :)

Regards,
Nick

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