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    Love me some arbitrary executed code /s (Plasmoids are not themes) (slrpnk.net)
    submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    Cool Plasmoids on Plasma6:

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    [โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

    Plasma "get new stuff" does need an overhaul though, after a poorly-coded theme could wipe a guy's drives. So careful what you install and always have backups, kids!

    THAT BEING SAID:

    I remember Win98 letting you customize wallpapers for individual folders.

    I remember being a Win-ME kiddie that was thrilled with all the fun wallpaper/icon/sound/screensaver themes it came with. . .even though Windows ME lol.

    Then XP was so bright and vibrant and fun I didn't care too bad that it let you choose from THREE dazzling color schemes. I also loved that StarDock cursor freeware that gave me a bunch of obnoxious animated cursors.

    Vista's desktop applets seemed so neat except for the "massive security hole" part.

    And here we are with 10 or 11: [Pulsing blue light] "We'Re sEtTiNg Up YoU'Re bLaNd DeSkToP...get hypnotized by spinny circles and forget you once had choices."

    It's going so backwards, and they think they're so ahead of the curve by letting you tint your theme based on wallpaper color. Pffft.

    Since I switched to Plasma I've had SO MUCH FUN setting up my desktop however I want it. I have a laptop install that feels like "Vaporwave XP", but my main rig is all efficient and sleek and pretty, and I get the urge to flip it all around every few months. It makes personal computing feel personal again!

    Mimicking old themes is especially fun because you're still on a security-patched system that works the way you expect, but with improved nostalgic feelings!

    I really want to learn to make my own splash screens and icons and cursors some time. The fact that I easily can do this and the community could enjoy them is SO COOL.

    I miss when it was commonplace for people to customize and personalize their computers. It would say a lot about them. Now most normie folk don't even know how to change the wallpaper...

    [โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

    You can just place this file to disable the component entirely.

    The getnewstuff needs an overhaul, but not related to this. This is about the naming of global themes.