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If they expect ordinary people to use this, the Install page could use some love: https://plasma-bigscreen.org/get/ https://plasma-bigscreen.org/get/ The very

by pavlov 4y ago

If they expect ordinary people to use this, the Install page could use some love: https://plasma-bigscreen.org/get/ https://plasma-bigscreen.org/get/ The very first heading is "Neon based reference rootfs". It gives the impression that you must know exactly what these words mean and what you're doing, or there's no hope of ever using this thing. (The classic 1990s style Linux onboarding experience, in other words.)

dogcomplex 4y ago
I'm a programmer with a postgrad education and 10 years in the industry and I don't know what those words mean.
- chinux 4y ago
  You would have to actually be in the KDE user community to understand this terminology. KDE Neon is the distro that KDE created. What they are trying to say that its based on their flagship Linux distro. I think they might have written that in the most new user unfriendly way they could.
- dmos62 4y ago
  Root file system (rootfs) that's based on dev-unstable branch of KDE Neon. This doc is obviously not aimed at non-techs, but for Linux-savy people the first sentence should fully explain the heading.
  - miked85 4y ago
    I think you mean KDE-savy - I've been using Linux for over 20 years and had no idea what this heading meant.
    - seba_dos1 4y ago
      "reference rootfs" makes it obvious what it is to Linux-savy people, so you don't need to know what Neon is to assume that it's some kind of a distro.
      - miked85 4y ago
        I would say that is very debatable, but it is possible that I am not Linux-savy enough.
- boltzmann-brain 4y ago
  I'm a programmer since >30 years ago, have studied mathematics, can speak >5 languages, have programmed in more dead technologies than an average programmer knows current ones, and I don't know what those words mean.
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ognarb 4y ago
Note taken, the developer of Plasma Bigscreen asked for help recently with the content of the website (https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-promo/2022q3/000223.html https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-promo/2022q3/000223.html). So if people have other recommendations or want to help, feel free to reach us in the #kde-promo:kde.org matrix channel or just post a comment to this message.
matheusmoreira 4y ago
I know what those words mean and I can't figure out if I can install this on an LG TV I'm planning to purchase.

by pavlov 4y ago

dogcomplex 4y ago

I'm a programmer with a postgrad education and 10 years in the industry and I don't know what those words mean.

chinux 4y ago
You would have to actually be in the KDE user community to understand this terminology. KDE Neon is the distro that KDE created. What they are trying to say that its based on their flagship Linux distro. I think they might have written that in the most new user unfriendly way they could.
dmos62 4y ago
Root file system (rootfs) that's based on dev-unstable branch of KDE Neon. This doc is obviously not aimed at non-techs, but for Linux-savy people the first sentence should fully explain the heading.
- miked85 4y ago
  I think you mean KDE-savy - I've been using Linux for over 20 years and had no idea what this heading meant.
  - seba_dos1 4y ago
    "reference rootfs" makes it obvious what it is to Linux-savy people, so you don't need to know what Neon is to assume that it's some kind of a distro.
    - miked85 4y ago
      I would say that is very debatable, but it is possible that I am not Linux-savy enough.
boltzmann-brain 4y ago
I'm a programmer since >30 years ago, have studied mathematics, can speak >5 languages, have programmed in more dead technologies than an average programmer knows current ones, and I don't know what those words mean.

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ognarb 4y ago

Note taken, the developer of Plasma Bigscreen asked for help recently with the content of the website (https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-promo/2022q3/000223.html https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-promo/2022q3/000223.html). So if people have other recommendations or want to help, feel free to reach us in the #kde-promo:kde.org matrix channel or just post a comment to this message.

matheusmoreira 4y ago

I know what those words mean and I can't figure out if I can install this on an LG TV I'm planning to purchase.