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> Whereas on KDE applets typically quickly allow me to to perform the required action without having to dive into the full settings. Indeed, but I had to actua

> Whereas on KDE applets typically quickly allow me to to perform the required action without having to dive into the full settings. Indeed, but I had to actually remove applets which I wanted to use because once I added a few (Command Output applet to be precise), CPU usage started to jump by 2-5% on every addition and fans started to run full tilt. Running shell scripts that don't do anything CPU intensive once every 5 or 10 seconds shouldn't result in that. Completely agree with the points regarding Task Switcher - when I use Breeze, I get this huge list of icons on the left which frankly looks terrible. There should atleast be an option to switch to smaller icons in the task switcher (I don't see any "Small Icons" option, only the names of the themes). None of these are deal-breakers though; I think KDE is the best "mainstream" DE experience on Linux.

tmtvl 4y ago
There is a "Small Icons" option, it's just below "Large Icons".
- noisy_boy 4y ago
  I don't see either Large or Small Icons (KDE 5.25.5): https://imgur.com/a/3qV1z0h https://imgur.com/a/3qV1z0h
  - tmtvl 4y ago
    In OpenSUSE Tumbleweed the additional task switchers are provided by the package plasma5-addons. Depending on which distro you're on it may have another name, like kdeplasma-addons in Arch. Look for a package which provides /usr/share/kwin/tabbox/small_icons/contents/ui/main.qml.
    - noisy_boy 4y ago
      I couldn't find the package for Ubuntu (I'm using Pop!_OS which is based on Ubuntu) - trying to install kdeplasma-addons returns error "Unable to locate package kdeplasma-addons". Anyhow, I searched for alternative switchers and found one called "MediumDefault" which works pretty well - medium size icons in the middle of the screen which is pretty much a "sane" setup.
      - tmtvl 4y ago
        It seems like on Ubuntu it's called kwin-addons: https://packages.ubuntu.com/kinetic/kwin-addons https://packages.ubuntu.com/kinetic/kwin-addons EDIT: Also, why did you try installing by the name the package has in Arch? Arch isn't Ubuntu and Ubuntu isn't Arch.

tmtvl 4y ago

There is a "Small Icons" option, it's just below "Large Icons".

noisy_boy 4y ago
I don't see either Large or Small Icons (KDE 5.25.5): https://imgur.com/a/3qV1z0h https://imgur.com/a/3qV1z0h
- tmtvl 4y ago
  In OpenSUSE Tumbleweed the additional task switchers are provided by the package plasma5-addons. Depending on which distro you're on it may have another name, like kdeplasma-addons in Arch. Look for a package which provides /usr/share/kwin/tabbox/small_icons/contents/ui/main.qml.
  - noisy_boy 4y ago
    I couldn't find the package for Ubuntu (I'm using Pop!_OS which is based on Ubuntu) - trying to install kdeplasma-addons returns error "Unable to locate package kdeplasma-addons". Anyhow, I searched for alternative switchers and found one called "MediumDefault" which works pretty well - medium size icons in the middle of the screen which is pretty much a "sane" setup.
    - tmtvl 4y ago
      It seems like on Ubuntu it's called kwin-addons: https://packages.ubuntu.com/kinetic/kwin-addons https://packages.ubuntu.com/kinetic/kwin-addons EDIT: Also, why did you try installing by the name the package has in Arch? Arch isn't Ubuntu and Ubuntu isn't Arch.