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This Week in Plasma: KDE Initial System Setup
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This week Plasma gained an initial system setup wizard! For a few years now, we’ve had Welcome Center, which runs after you log in for the first time. But what creates the user account you log into?
If you’re the person who installed the OS, the installer did it after you told it what username and password you wanted. But what if someone else ran the installer? Say, the company you bought the computer from. Or the last person who wiped the machine before giving or selling it you. In this case, no user acounts have been set up, so something needs to do that.
KDE Initial System Setup now takes care of it! Kristen McWilliam has brought KISS from an internal skunkworks project to a production-ready part of the OEM setup story. KISS lands in Plasma 6.5.0.
Linuxiac:
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KDE Plasma 6.5 Brings Initial System Setup
The KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment is taking shape, and while the stable release is still a couple of months away—scheduled for October 21—it looks like it will get a major addition: KDE Initial System Setup (KISS).
Originally developed as an internal project, KISS is now being integrated into Plasma as a production-ready component. The feature is designed to handle account creation in cases where no user accounts exist after installation. Until now, Plasma has only offered the Welcome Center, which runs after login.
The new setup tool fills the gap for OEM devices or systems pre-installed by vendors, ensuring users can create accounts the first time they boot. That’s usually something the distro’s installer takes care of for you—assuming, of course, you’re the one doing the installation.
GoL:
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KDE Plasma 6.5 gains an OEM ready system setup tool and KDE Linux is progressing
The next release of KDE Plasma is due in October and the developers have been working non-stop on some great new features for the popular desktop.
In the most recent This Week in Plasma post, developer Nate Graham mentioned the new "KISS" tool which stands for KDE Initial System Setup. Something I'm really surprised they didn't have before. It's a way for users to set up their account properly on a computer with KDE Plasma installed, but the install was not done by them (like buying from system builders).
Neowin:
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The KDE team wants your feedback on the new virtual keyboard coming to Plasma 6.5
The KDE team has been developing a new virtual keyboard to replace Maliit for some time. They've now shared recent progress on the project and are asking for feedback on the updated keyboard.