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Ken Vermette
Personal blog · kver.wordpress.comprogrammingdesign
Ken Vermette's personal blog at kver.wordpress.com covers programming and design. Since 2014, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “Presenting DWD, a Candidate for KDE Window Decorations”. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for posts on KDE and desktop Linux topics, including the DWD client/server decoration concept, ad-blocking and browser extensions, and the Kubuntu leadership dispute.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Presenting DWD, a Candidate for KDE Window Decorations3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2015-12-19
- Making Sense of the Kubuntu/Canonical Leadership Spat2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-05-28
What Hacker News says?
It’s currently only a bunch of ideas that the people are discussing, but Martin Graesslin has already shown interest in the idea as being a better solution, here the original post presenting the idea, I haven’t checked up on the topic for a whole year yet, though: https://kver.wordpress.com/2014/10/25/presenting-dwd-a-candi...
Comment linking /2014/10/25/presenting-dwd-a-candidate-for-kde-window-decorations/
on “Wireshark 2.0: Now with Qt”Submitted KDE's Plasma 5.2 – The Quintissential Breakdown as a story · 91 points
HN discussionI would point you towards this: https://kver.wordpress.com/2015/09/18/on-ad-blocking-trackin... Unfortunately development is at a standstill right now. More hands on deck are needed. If other people will not participate at first it might not even use CEF as planned. Using CEF would be great because it will eventually allow it to use both Servo and Blink. Also worth mentioning is the other (than Vivaldi) let's recrea…
Comment linking /2015/09/18/on-ad-blocking-tracking-and-privacy-in-fiber/
on “WebExtensions in Firefox 48”Submitted Fiber UI Experiments as a story · 41 points
HN discussionA few years ago, some KDE developers invested quite some time in concepts of creating a CSD/SSD hybrid titled DWD, marrying up the best of both worlds. Unfortunately it didn't gain any traction, but I still have hopes they'll tackle this again once all the Wayland work is mostly done. https://kver.wordpress.com/2014/10/25/presenting-dwd-a-candi... https://kver.wordpress.com/2014/10/25/what-if-kde-started-us...
Comment linking /2014/10/25/what-if-kde-started-using-client-side-decorations/
on “GNOME Shell and Mutter”Submitted Presenting DWD, a Candidate for KDE Window Decorations as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThere's a good explanation of the players involved at https://kver.wordpress.com/2015/05/27/making-sense-of-the-ku...
Comment linking /2015/05/27/making-sense-of-the-kubuntucanonical-leadership-spat/
on “Jonathan Riddell forced out of Kubuntu against the Kubuntu Council's wishes”Submitted Making Sense of the Kubuntu/Canonical Leadership Spat as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Presenting DWD, a Candidate for KDE Window Decorations as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Presenting DWD, a Candidate for KDE Window Decorations (2014) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Google Deep Dream ruins food forever as a story · 1 points
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