https://nitter.net/sizeofvoid/status/1739641916050792882
FreeBSD has supported Plasma for a long time, but on OpenBSD, it's been a long time coming. I believe a KDE desktop hasn't been available on OpenBSD since Plasma 4, perhaps even KDE 3.
https://nitter.net/sizeofvoid/status/1739641916050792882
FreeBSD has supported Plasma for a long time, but on OpenBSD, it's been a long time coming. I believe a KDE desktop hasn't been available on OpenBSD since Plasma 4, perhaps even KDE 3.
How insanely inefficient is OpenBSD that Plasma needs strong hardware there? https://nitter.net/sizeofvoid/status/1739774784848671105
In comparison, Plasma is heavy.
Yeah but that's not the claim the OpenBSD developer made. The question was which notebook he would recommend now, not 10 years ago, and the reply was a strong one.
All of Plasma’s fancy features come at a performance cost, after all.
No, not by today's standards. It runs fine on potato hardware.
Plasma always needed slightly better than average hardware.
Average hardware of which era? Plamsa runs smoothly on a Steam Deck which is artificially power-contrained to preserve battery. Plasma Mobile is for phones.
It's almost 2024. Plasma runs fine on potatoe hardware by 2023/2024 standards. If Plasma on OpenBSD needs strong notebook hardware, it's OpenBSD's fault for being inefficient.
@woelkchen @panda Trinity/KDE3 works on BSD and declares no special requirements.
https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/FreeBSD_Trinity_Installation_Instructions
We used to say this a decade ago. Of course hardware has become much more powerful since then.
I don't know a lot about OpenBSD internals but if I had to guess: Misconfiguration or bug.