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:

EDIT: I have included more files in the codeberg repo. I hope this helps.

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

    In theory, someone could write a tool that will run the extension’s code and translate it into KDE compatible code. I suspect this will be brittle as hell, and most GUI interaction features will probably be broken, but it could be done.

    In practice, I don’t think such a wrapper exists. Either the application needs to be ported or you or someone else will need to set up such a wrapper hack.

    What I’d recommend instead is looking for Gnome extensions to make Gnome feel more KDE like. Task bars and start menus can all be added to Gnome, and you can install all the KDE tools you like (Dolphin, Konqueror, you name it) without any extensions at all. Extensions like dash to panel may not match KDE exactly, but you can cobble together something functional much faster than porting this application tracking tool will ever be.