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[–] pumpkin@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I really like these "for" pages KDE are making recently, for those who haven't seen they've also done:

I think they do a good job of showcasing some really awesome software KDE have.

[–] ColonelPanic@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Man these showcases are great. They give you a quick overwiew of the available software and are managing to keep it focussed on particular use cases. Probably the best introduction to Linux software I've seen so far.

[–] Jumuta@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

these are great, wish they were included in the plasma desktop introduction

[–] ColonelPanic@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cool stuff. I didn't even know about NeoChat.

[–] pumpkin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I knew neochat existed but wasn't able to use it as it didn't used to support end-to-end encryption, but I noticed recently that they've added support for it so I've switched. It's been great, I use matrix both at work and at home and I love being able to native implementation.

Definitely worth giving a try if you haven't already.

[–] ColonelPanic@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

That's great to hear. Maybe I will finally ditch Element for a true native app :)

[–] krash@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I see briar in there, bravo!

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