Plasma developer David Edmundson demonstrates how a desktop using Wayland, Qt6 and KWin can recover from a catastrophic crash as if nothing had happened.
This week in KDE: #Plasma6 is not only gearing up for a big technological shift, but is also adding cool new features and improving the user experience
Look forward to sound themes! Snappier responses! Prettier widgets! More awesome things!
We are less than 50 days away from the final version of #Plasma6.
Along with Frameworks 6 and KDE Gear 24.02, the Megarelaease on the 28th of February will be one of the biggest and more complex upgrades in KDE's history.
One more RC will be released on the 31st of January and then it will be (hopefully) clear sailing until the final release.
After this second Beta, there will be two Release Candidates, one on the 10th and the other on the 31st of January. All these releases are not final, they are for testing and should not be used in production...
KDE releases today Plasma Mobile 6. Check out its renewed base system and apps.
This version comes with a new and improved shell, a new home screen with heaps of new features, enhancements of the base system, improvements in apps like Clock, Kasts and Photos, and much more.
ATTENTION PLASMA WIDGET, THEME AND ADD-ON DEVELOPERS:
KDE loves all your stuff, but you need to port it for it to work in #Plasma6. We have created a handy, easy-to-follow guide for extensions and widgets at
I don't think #Plasma6 is ready for prime time. When I open apps, the title bar goes above the screen space and I can't move or close the app or use the menus.
So far, I have to say that my #KDE#Plasma6 experience sucks.
The theme I was using doesn't work. The icons all suck. EventCalendar, which was synced to my Google calendar is dead. Vivaldi looks like crap. The panel at the bottom of my screen is floating up probably 100 pixels, leaving useless space below it, I can't find a way to sink it to the actual bottom of the screen. I had increased all my font sizes because my eyes are bad, they have all shrunk and changing the font sizes and the interface percentage doesn't fix it.
The KDE Slimbook V, first laptop 💻 with Plasma 6, has arrived!
Make the most of KDE's upcoming #Plasma6 desktop thanks to the KDE #Slimbook V's AMD 7840HS CPU, AMD 780M GPU and beautiful 16'' WQXGA (2560 × 1600) screen, all packaged in a stylish sleek aluminium chassis.
The KDE Slimbook V, first laptop 💻 with Plasma 6, has arrived! Make the most of KDE's upcoming #Plasma6 desktop thanks to the KDE #Slimbook V's AMD 7840HS CPU, AMD 780M GPU and beautiful 16'' WQXGA (2560 × 1600) screen, all packaged in a stylish sleek aluminium chassis. https://kde.slimbook.es/@kde
OK, I hate to say it, as much as I love Plasma, but my first impressions of KDE Plasma 6 is quite disappointing. Do you know how supermarkets rearrange everything once in a while and you can't find shit because nothing is where it's supposed to be and you're just pissed because you see zero benefits except a giant waste of your time. That's how I feel. I spend half an hour searching for one of my favorite features ...
If you would like to find out more, developers of all these things will be answering questions today, Jan 31, live on Reddit and Lemmy at 6 pm. Join us!
Ok, the way the search/launcher menu on #KDE#Plasma highlights an item in random as you're typing a search query (instead of highlighting the top item) so that it often opens a random file instead of the most likely match drives me NUTS.
I should just use #KRunner more often, as it doesn't seem to have that quirk.