https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445302
Bug ID: 445302
Summary: Detect and notify for missing drivers or codecs
Product: plasmashell
Version: 5.23.0
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: k...@davidedmundson.co.uk
Reporter: n...@kde.org
CC: plasma-b...@kde.org
Target Milestone: 1.0
Some distros ship with media codecs out of the box or offer an option to
install them during installation... and some don't. Some distros make it easy
to install the drivers for your NVIDIA GPU during installation... and some
don't. The result is a fragmented experience containing landmines for new users
who don't yet know the intricacies of these sorts of things. These users will
tend to blame KDE for the problems because they don't know that it's their
distro's fault, or even their own fault.
Plasma could detect these kinds of conditions on first boot or after a system
upgrade, and show a notification telling the user about it, with a nice
friendly button they can click on to fix it. The button could open Discover to
the right page for media codecs or the NVIDIA GPU drivers or whatever.
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