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1. Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jan-2022 17:39:56 UTC Bernie

   The 15-Minute Bug Initiative
   https://pointieststick.com/2022/01/18/the-15-minute-bug-initiative/

   Nate is such a great QA and community manager...
   #plasma kde

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jan-2022 17:43:33 UTC Bernie

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     It starts with listening to criticism and doing some self reflection:

     "KDE software has historically been accused of being resource-intensive, ugly, and buggy. Over the years we’ve largely resolved the first two, but the issue of bugginess persists."

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jan-2022 17:44:49 UTC Bernie

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     And it ends with setting realistic, actionable goals:

     "The list currently has over 50 bugs, and I don’t anticipate that we’ll get it down to zero in a year. A lot of the issues there are quite challenging to fix. But if I’m wrong and we blaze through everything, then I’ll absolutely broaden the initiative to include first frameworks, and then apps! Stabilize all the things!"

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jan-2022 09:34:00 UTC Bernie

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     • veer66

     @veer66 Yes, KDE's stability and usability have improved in the past 2-3 years.

     6 months ago I switched to Wayland, and it caused a ton of minor regressions. They're working on them, but it's taking time.

   • veer66 (veer66@norze.world)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jan-2022 09:34:10 UTC veer66

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     @codewiz I agree that it is still buggy, but KDE 5.20+ is much less buggy than KDE 4.X, at least. :ablobnervous:
   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jan-2022 17:03:06 UTC Bernie

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     • veer66

     @veer66 I just switched Chromium 97 to Wayland, and this time I didn't notice any regressions.

     https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/chromium#Native_Wayland_support

   • veer66 (veer66@norze.world)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jan-2022 17:03:07 UTC veer66

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     @codewiz I always fail to use Wayland. 🤦🏾