#Installing KDE Plasma (made in place for бсод.эксэ)

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vapid marsh
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Installing kde plasma, using the KDE plasma guide in the arch wiki

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@zenith pilot

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i will help you here

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if you cannot send messages, go to #readme-support-access to gain access, and come back here

zenith pilot
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ty

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done

vapid marsh
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or are you using AMD

zenith pilot
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idk

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i think nvidia

vapid marsh
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make sure you have the nvidia GPU drivers installed before we start with KDE

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this will matter in terms of the software operating correctly

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zenith pilot
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my environnement is gnome

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i want to use kde and have a good customization

zenith pilot
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amd

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wait

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i have amd

vapid marsh
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okay if gnome is running, i will assume your drivers are correct

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okay then that makes it easy

zenith pilot
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ryzen

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oh k

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yeah my arch work without any lags

vapid marsh
zenith pilot
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it just look ugly

vapid marsh
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first, install the kde plasma packages as shown here

zenith pilot
vapid marsh
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sudo pacman -S plasma-meta

zenith pilot
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what after ?

mild hemlock
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plasma alone, will do

vapid marsh
zenith pilot
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what after

vapid marsh
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have you already installed it?

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further steps require plasma being installed

zenith pilot
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wait joining on my phone acc

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so i can still talk

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while installing

vapid marsh
zenith pilot
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@gaunt dune

vapid marsh
zenith pilot
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hmm need to wait 10M

vapid marsh
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yeah

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quite the inopportune name

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yes

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this thread is relavent for the бсод.эксэ's kde installation, create a new thread or go to #quick-questions

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ohhh

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mb

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yes

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press enter

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yes

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yes

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assume default for all

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ohhhh

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yeah its fine

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thats more than enough

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yeah

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install kde apps using the kde-applications-meta or kde-applications group

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you can use pacman -S to compare sizes

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if you want to use a smaller option

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if you dont mind the differrence, use kde-applications-meta

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then use kde-applications

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you do not launch it as a command

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pacman -S kde-applications

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in this guide, if it asks to install something, it refers to using pacman to install, with pacman -S [name]

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ok

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do you use a seperate login manager? (ie. sddm)
aka a GUI program that shows when you boot into your system rather than the default terminal

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thats hyprland with waybar, plus some custom modifications

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thats a more lengthly and in depth setup that even i have not done

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i cannot assist you with that

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the other screenshot you referred to was KDE

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yes

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plus its way easier to use

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ok

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do you use a pre-existing login manager like sddm?

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or do you use the default tty

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when you boot into arch, do you see a login menu or the terminal?

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okay, then you have two choices for logging in
you can have kde start from the tty, or you can have a login manager like sddm
these images are a couple examples of what sddm looks like
when you log into kde plasma you can customize how this looks further (different looks, different backgrounds)

sddm-display-manaer-v021.png sddm-retirement-1024x640.png
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you can even do stuff like this

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then you can install SDDM through pacman
pacman -S sddm

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yeah, thats good ol sddm

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log out with the logout command

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logout

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exit

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if you want to exit hyprland directly, use Win+M

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oh damn

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use the Win+M shortcut to exit hyprland

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if youre using it

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i think you are based on the cursor i saw

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oh

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i guess open another terminal and use reboot to restart your pc

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its a good idea anyways after installing new programs like a DE

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once you get into KDE and everything is running, you can uninstall it

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but for now, reboot and see if you get greeted by sddm

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did you get greeted by a menu like this?

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what did you get greeted with

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oh

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ok

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sudo systemctl disable gdm

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you disabled the gnome display manger, therefore everything is still there

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its just not on a graphical interface

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enable sddm with this command:
sudo systemctl enable sddm

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yeahh you should plug it in

vapid marsh
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do you see the login menu as shown before?

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?

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you made a typo in the first command
you typed "system ctl"
it must be "systemctl"

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you can see past commands with the up arrow

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type in the command again, or go back to the previous command and correct the error

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try enabling the sddm service with
sudo systemctl start sddm
this will start the services in the first place

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systemctl enable just auto starts the services when you boot

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if sddm doesnt work, try
sudo sddm

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after you reboot, sddm should automatically start, no command needed

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ok

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yes

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this is the default config

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you can change the configuration later

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for now, use it to log in

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you should log into kde plasma

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check what youre starting using the drop down menu in the top left

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show me what it looks like

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ohhh

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go back into sddm and show me what it looks like

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take a picture of the sddm screen

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and show me it

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yeah

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show me the very top left of the screen

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so i can see the dropdown

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that's the issue

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oh

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still black screen?

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???

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youre in default kde

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you can reconfigure it

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the default look of these applications are very plain and simple, but you can customize it

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you can go into settings, poke around the customization settings
let me reboot into my arch installation rq

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most of your customization settings are there

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including sddm

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right click on the taskbar and cilck on the first option (as shown)

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that will have all your config settings

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for your taskbar

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hold on lemme look it up

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while i look into the tranparency, you can change between a few preset themes here

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you can also click on "Get New..." to look for new themes

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btw you can customize sddm here

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?

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go back into settings, it should be present

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lol

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its fine

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tip: if you want a custom wallpaper, you can look through presets or use your own image by click on "Add..."

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or look through the repository with "Get New..."

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by default, the browser that comes with kde is falkon
if you want to use a different browser, you can install one with pacman

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what browser do you typically use?

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it should be installed already

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if you used it before

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arch uses pacman -S, not apt install

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do you already use firefox on this arch installation?

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you can install it with:
sudo pacman -S firefox

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look around in the settings, tinker around with what you find with customization

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ohhh

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what do you wish to do in grub?

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are you trying to change the image that you see in the bootloader?

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you first must mount your bootloader partition
find the partition using lsblk first

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thats fine

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the displayed drive space vs actual space is very different

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your actual capacity is 238GB

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you allocated 205GB to arch

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32GB to swap

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and 1GB to boot

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wait no

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i got it wrong

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205GB to /home, 32GB to arch

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neofetch is rather archaic, you can install fastfetch and use the fastfetch command

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fastfetch runs faster and gives more/better info and customizability

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you can display fastfetch with:
fastfetch

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theres one that runs with your TTY, but that will not work since its overridden by sddm
do you wish to make it so it runs every time you open your terminal?

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you can change this with nano in your terminal
use this command:
nano ~/.bashrc

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then you can add whatever commands, in this case, you can put the fastfetch command

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you do not have nano installed

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install it with
pacman -S nano

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then run the command again

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if you added the fastfetch command in the file and saved, you should be able to see it once you open your terminal

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depends on the application you use
the default kde terminal is Konsole, but theres alterantives like Kitty

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i think you can

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let me look

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it looks like you cant do a whole lot with konsole, past colors and font

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let me see if kitty allows it

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vapid marsh
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your bootloader is found at /boot, its already mounted

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let me see where grub's configuration is found

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i looked it up, grub's found in /etc/default/grub and /boot/grub/themes/
you can use tools like GRUB Customizer to change the look as well
i do not use grub as my bootloader, so therefore i cannot help you directly
for that, youre gonna have to look up on your own

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i cannot help you out with grub, i do not have it installed nor have i ever used it

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youll have to look it up or find someone who can help

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as i said, i cannot assist you with anything grub related, i dont know any more about it than you do

vapid marsh
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that im not sure