Linux KDE Customization

Installed KDE Neon:

• Operating System: KDE neon 6.2
• KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.0
• KDE Frameworks Version: 6.10.0
• Qt Version: 6.8.2
• Kernel Version: 6.11.0-17-generic (64-bit)
• Graphics Platform: Wayland
• Processors: 8x Intel® Core™ i7-8650U CPU @ 1.90GHz
• Memory: 31.2 GiB of RAM
• Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 620
• Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
• Product Name: Latitude 7490

alex@latitude7490:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Neon
Description:    KDE neon 6.2
Release:        24.04
Codename:       noble

Kernel:

alex@latitude7490:~$ uname -a
Linux latitude7490 6.11.0-17-generic #17~24.04.2-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Jan 20 22:48:29 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Installed Extras

sudo apt install pulseaudio-utils

Customize Taskbar

Right mouse button click, select ‘Show Alternatives’.

Customize Konsole

Use Dracula theme.

Challenges

Swap CapsLock with LeftCtrl

Used https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd

Accessing SMB shares in Dolphin

where to specify username/password?

Tried:

• smb://alex@nas/home

Observed:

• https://www.mail-archive.com/kde-bugs-dist@kde.org/msg439838.html