I know the title sounds a little strange but hear me out. The time tracking software I use for work doesn’t work on Wayland, unless I’m using Gnome as my DE. They have an extension that allows it to work in this case. Personally, I don’t enjoy Gnome on my desktop (I use it on my laptop). Is there a way for me to get the functionality that this extension provides on KDE so that I can use Wayland on my desktop as well?

Time tracking software:

Linux install script:

  • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl
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    5 months ago

    Wayland doesn’t need to be a problem. The extension is running within Gnome, after all. Existing code will need to be rewritten, but extensions at this privilege level should be more than capable of doing what this program is doing.

    In theory someone could write a GJS wrapper to get basic Gnome extensions to run on KDE but if there’s any kind of GUI modification/interaction involved, things will quickly break down.