Looks a lot like an issue, more than the reality that the title is suggesting?

click-bait?

This one:

https://store.kde.org/p/2100418

basically the same for me, although after a while (for me at least) the package manager gui is just mainly for updates. I rarely add new programs.

The operating system isn’t meant to be the feature/focus, it is just meant to work, and stay out of the way. Choosing a de you like is the best way to start distrohopping/finding a distro.

I have distrohopped a couple of times, so the settings only take me a minute. It is possibly what drew me to kde plasma in the first place, the settings are very accessible.

Planning on going back to xfce though, since they are (I assume) much less likely to embrace ai crap.

kde plasma

Mouse: increase pointer speed to 0.8

Sound: change volume increment to 2%

Sound: mute notification sounds

Colours:

Breeze Dark

Material Black Blueberry Icons

Oxygen Neon Cursors

KDE-Story-Blue-SDDM (login screen) with a different background

Screen Locking:

Never

Power Management:

When inactive: Do Nothing

Dim automatically: Never

Turn off screen: Never

Session:

Ask for confirmation: Deselect

On login: Start with an empty session

Panel:

Long date

Date beside time

Modify system tray settings to show what I want

Widgets:

On panel:

Thermal monitor (1 for cpu, 1 for gpu)

Memory Usage

Desktop Folder

Folder View (set to a folder where I keep docs and spreadsheets)

Wastebin

Shutdown or Switch

USA tech needs to be avoided as much as possible, people need to want change.

We are at the guillotine stage, not just in the usa

Google would have learned from when they did this with The Gulf of Mexico and people submitted corrections/edits

google maps, australia

That country always elects evil, but pretends otherwise

A lot of people sent edits through to google over the Gulf of Mexico ‘change’. I believe they eventually removed the ability to edit it? (I no longer use google and it was a while ago now)

google maps, australia

google maps, from australia

block google everywhere out of the usa

Palpatine seems more plausible than the other people in the list.

that is the result from typing ‘lake ontario’ into google maps (not signed in) on a browser

this is what shows on a mouseover

My screenshots are taken while not logged into google, opening google maps n a browser, and typing in ‘lake ontario’. not being logged in might make a difference for some reason? the nz one is via a vpn (which is definitely working)

How about for the other one? (shows the same for aus and nz for me)

google maps New Zealand

google maps Australia