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minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agook, got it. this applies to KDE Plasma. right click on a program’s icon in the start menu, like kate. click “edit application”. switch to the “application” tab. change what’s in the “name” field. click “ok”. I think this should be doing the same thing
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoThis only works if your distro is set up in a way that allows it. SteamOS doesn’t seem to allow it for example, see https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/issues/1744
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoThat seems related to it being immutable and is probably something Valve will fix as Bazzite does not have this issue.
minus-squaretiddy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI mean it won’t work if you rip out your hard drive either, but usually things are custom managed in those situations by whoever created them. (Ex. Nixos is the same, but not really a problem cause you expect to manage it within nix)
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agothat seems like a plasma bug made visible by a distro quirk
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoIt probably is, yes. But somehow I feel like I run into all of those bugs :(.
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoyeah I often feel similarly. like, the KDE Akonadi calendar-contacts-whatnot system is so so buggy
ok, got it. this applies to KDE Plasma.
right click on a program’s icon in the start menu, like kate.
click “edit application”.
switch to the “application” tab.
change what’s in the “name” field.
click “ok”.
I think this should be doing the same thing
This only works if your distro is set up in a way that allows it. SteamOS doesn’t seem to allow it for example, see https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/issues/1744
That seems related to it being immutable and is probably something Valve will fix as Bazzite does not have this issue.
I mean it won’t work if you rip out your hard drive either, but usually things are custom managed in those situations by whoever created them.
(Ex. Nixos is the same, but not really a problem cause you expect to manage it within nix)
that seems like a plasma bug made visible by a distro quirk
It probably is, yes. But somehow I feel like I run into all of those bugs :(.
yeah I often feel similarly. like, the KDE Akonadi calendar-contacts-whatnot system is so so buggy