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[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 84 points 1 year ago

Honestly I dislike a lot of the KDE default app names. Default apps should have simple, descriptive names.

The fact that the file explorer is called "Dolphin" instead of just "File Explorer" or "Files" or something descriptive just makes KDE harder to use for no good reason.

I wish I could just easily reconfigure the name and icon of the default apps so it's fixable at least.

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 22 points 1 year ago

I don't remember where, but you can configure the app launcher to show the descriptive name instead of the app name by default.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 33 points 1 year ago

True, but this then applies to all apps. And for some bizarre reason if GenericName is not available the fallback is Comment, so tons of apps turn into a long string of text that gets cut off.

Like, look at this:

Top row is perfect, but then you get to Steam...

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