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Sparky 💡

@kde Yo, application snapshots? Switching DEs within seconds? What is this sorcery?

Really though, I can already think of a certain handheld gaming PC that would really benefit from saving and restoring the state of applications to and from disk, both in a gaming context and for more seamless switching between gaming and desktop modes.

12 Sep 2023 at 9:09 | Wall-to-wall | Open on kind.social
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*The* Paul Brown

@Bright5park @kde

Not only switching desktops in seconds, but you take all your open windows with you, all the graphical applications in the exact same state they were on the other desktop!

12 Sep 2023 at 9:16 | Open on social.tchncs.de
Sparky 💡

@Bro666 @kde That will be a really great power-saving measure for Linux phones in particular.
Application has been sitting there, doing nothing for a while? Instead of just closing it, just commit the state to disk, and put a marker somewhere to signify that the app should be restored on next launch.

...actually... if two systems are close enough in terms of installed packages, kernel and package versions and hardware, I wonder if you could transfer the state of an application between them.

@Bro666 @kde That will be a really great power-saving measure for Linux phones in particular.
Application has been sitting there, doing nothing for a while? Instead of just closing it, just commit the state to disk, and put a marker somewhere to signify that the app should be restored on next launch.

12 Sep 2023 at 9:32 | Open on kind.social
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