KDE

Something Something Darkside…

Someone should probably make a list of important software for those who don’t want to install the full desktop

  • konsole
  • dolphin
  • kscreen - Display configuration in the System Settings panel
  • ksnip - ksnip the cross-platform screenshot and annotation tool
  • kamera - KDE integration for gphoto2 cameras (Cannon EOS M3)
  • kommit - Git gui client for KDE
  • kim6 - KIM6 (KDE Image Manipulator) for Plasma 6, Context menu for resize etc

Not strictly a KDE package

  • networkd-notify-git - Desktop notification integration for systemd-networkd

Interesting Stuff

CTRL+META+ESC is the equivilent of xkill from xorg

Fixes

Dolphin

Current bugs (6.5.1)

How to turn off the trash bin for induvidual drives:

  • edit .config/ktrashrc
    • Setting the following LimitReachedAction=1, Percent=0, UseSizeLimit=true will prompt for deletion instead of moving to thrash because the file is bigger then the set quota.
[/media/disk/.Trash-1000]
Days=7
LimitReachedAction=1
Percent=0
UseSizeLimit=true
UseTimeLimit=false

Konsole

Alt-o shortcut is hijacked by KDE/Konsole making it unavailable in the terminal for something like mc

  • Settings
    • Toolbars Shown
      • Uncheck Session Toolbar
Notifications

In a multi monitor setup, you can disable notifications on the monitors you don’t want them to appear on with the following:

  • On the monitors where you do not want the notifications, click on the ^ arrow in the system tray (Status and Notifications popup)
  • select configure icon in the top right
  • select entries on the left
  • select Notification from the list under System Services or just search
  • Change Show when relevant to Disabled

My changes/settings

System Settings
  • System Settings
    • Mouse & Touchpad
      • Screen Edges
        • Maximize Disable
        • Tile Disable
    • Keyboard
      • Numlock on startup Turn on
      • Key repeat Delay 300ms
      • Add DK Layout
      • change layout keyb switching to rctrl+rshift
    • Accessibility
      • Shake Curson
        • Shake cursor to find it Unchecked
    • Colors & Themes
      • Global Themes Breeze Dark
      • System Sounds
        • Enable notification sounds Unchecked
    • Window Management
      • Window Behavior
        • Multiscreen behavior Unchecked
      • Task Switcher
        • Show selected window Unchecked
        • Install Modern Informative
        • Modern Informative Selected
        • Filter windows by
          • Virtual desktops
      • Desktop Effects
        • Blur Unchecked
        • Fading Popups Unchecked
        • Full Screen Unchecked
        • Highlight Screen Edges and Hot Corners Unchecked
        • Login Unchecked
        • Logout Unchecked
        • Maximize Unchecked
        • Sliding Popups Unchecked
        • Squash Unchecked
        • Slide Unchecked
        • Overview Unchecked
        • Scale Unchecked
      • Virtual Desktops
        • Rows 1
        • Show animation when switching Unchecked
      • General Behavior
        • Animation speed Insant
      • Screen Locking
        • Lock screen automatically Never
      • Power Management
        • When power button pressed Shutdown
        • Dim automatically Never
        • Turn off screen Never
      • Session
        • On login Start with empty sessions

Last modified: Wed Dec 3 18:08:26 2025