Plasma 6.0 has been released. Check out the new overview, improved colour management, a cleaner theme, more effects, better overall performance, and much more.
Plasma 6.0 has been released. Check out the new overview, improved colour management, a cleaner theme, more effects, better overall performance, and much more.
My son impressed his friends with wobbly windows the other day. Got to introduce him to the cube.
Not related, but why do most of the comments here have several user accounts tagged/linked?
This is a masto post
Sounds like they're masto toots?
A fancy new overview!
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Can I use my Gmail account in Kmail now?
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Apparently, the answer is "No, I can't use Gmail with Kmail in Plasma 6".
Booted the current Fedora 40 nightly KDE ISO. Using "Online Accounts" did not set up my Gmail account in Kmail. Kmail found the account in Mozilla's database when I tried to create it directly in Kmail. I was led through a dialog that ended with a display of server info with a "Previous" and a "Quit" button. The account was not created. #KDE #Plasma6
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social oh that is HELLA fancy
Crazy how Fedora will get such a stable Plasma 6 when 40 comes out, nearly 2 months left.
I tested Plasma 6 on rawhide, reported a bunch of bugs and in the end everything was fixed.
@kde @kde@lemmy.kde.social The cube! 🧊😄👏
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Sheen, this is the 7th week in a row you've reintroduced the desktop cube in class
Isn't the desktop cube from KDE3? Something like 10 years ago?
@parens It's been dropped and readded a couple of times during the late versions in the kde5 series due to wayland-related refactors. Or maybe just once and I'm mixing it up with wobbly windows.
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social can't wait to try it on arch!
If you're willing to try the kde-unstable repo until its out, you can try it today. A few things are broken but they're not showstoppers and mostly graphical (i also havent been able to use my computer today so i dont know if a lot of it got fixed with today's release.)
Fedora 40 also has it
@constvoid tested fedora rawhide in a virtual machine few weeks ago with plasma 6, run well enough
@zestygrass @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I’m waiting for it on my endeavouros install
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Congrats on the release, great to see KDE going from strength to strength. I like the subtle changes to the breeze theme.
Let's gooo! Can't wait to install it
This makes me reminisce about Sabayon Linux.
Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time. A long time.
Compiz and Beryl live on in spirit.
Awesome, can't wait to try it out!
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social desktop cube?!?!
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I JUST INSTALLED 5 YESTERDAY WHAT
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I'm excited to try it out in a few months when it hits the repos 💖
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I'm running debian 12 on my laptop... and I might move over to this soon. How easy is it to remove all that padding around the taskbar and such? I imagine the old themes still work, but I'll take a look. It's pretty otherwise.
If I remember right old themes do need a port
@ward @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social you can disable the floating panel in Edit Mode
edit: for the record, a floating panel will revert to non-floating mode if a window touches it
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Kongratulations 🎉👏👏 woohoo 🎉
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social For me, the killer feature so far in #kdeplasma6 is the huge performance improvement for screen sharing in #wayland
What software does one use for screen sharing on Plasma Wayland?
@toothpastesandwich In my case what I use most is screen sharing during meetings in Chrome/Firefox
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social would I be correct in assuming that it's now available in the Arch repo?
It's in the testing repo right now, but I'd expect it in the main repo pretty soon. End of the week, give or take.
@jocarren @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Nextcloud integration icon saying everything is synced
That is my laptop. It is the Nextcloud integration app. The tick means everything is synchronized.
@jocarren @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Weather forecast?
@theswaeg @jocarren @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I bet it ist the @nextcloud client.
LONG LIVE KDE!
Kdenlive will automatically let you know when there is an update available without even requiring an internet connection.
What? How? Will it check the local package manager database?
New versions of Kdenlive are released at regular intervals. When release day comes around, you'll get a notification.
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Can someone explain to me why having a cube to rotate is better than the classic desktop switching views? 🤔
It isn't better or more efficient. Some people think it's cool. I don't you don't. Some think it's cool and that's ok.
@unlucio @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social well its one of those classic features people wanted back. Probably because its fun and visually appealling
For me it made it easier to visualise which desktop had which thing on, so I knew the front face of the cube was my main desktop and my email was on the face to the right.
The default way for some reason never really clicked with me the way the 3d cube did
Apple did something like that, I guess in the first version of fast user switching for OSX.
On the bottom of the page containing the cool rotation animation, they wrote "Because we can.'
That's it in a nutshell.
@unlucio @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Well, it's a "in the eye of the beholder" situation. Neither is better, it's just what each person prefers. I quite like the cube, mainly because of the way in which I can perform 4-or-more-way desktop checking.
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
thanks for all the answers, long story short seems like the reason might be "aesthetics".
Personally, I'm happy if something works great, and is also visually pleasant, but I'd never
"Sacrifice speed and efficiency on the altar of beauty"
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social On that announcement page, on the video of the welcome screen for Plasma Mobile: the “wifi” screen renders only the title and a blank screen.
Congratulations and thanks to everyone who worked on it!
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Yes! Desktop cube is back!!!!
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Wooohooo. Party time. 🎉
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social KDE, my beloved. Thank you folks for offering me one of the best desktop environments for linux. Only distro I get, I always want KDE. :)
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
Blur effect is by default?
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social awesome! Congrats with the new release 😃
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social That looks awesome! Makes me wanna ditch Windows and give (Arch?) a spin! 🔥
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Congrats 👏🎉 !
[yay intensifies]
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social hopefully this hits the @opensuse repos soon!
That's Cyberpunk 2077.
Thanks!
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Congrats!
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social the alt text on the third screenshot is wrong, should be gwenview
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Congratulations on this milestone! Been hearing positive feedback from people who’ve used it already, can’t wait to get my own hands on it :ablobcatbongo:
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social they're doing the goddamned cube again
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social new wallpaper is 🔥🔥🔥
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social a Big step for you!
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I almost switched to KDE from XFCE because I wanted a desktop with a bit "more" but it ran like crap on my PC. Idk if it is because of KDE issues or my GTX 960 is just too old.
Not the GPU itself but rather its drivers. Plasma 6 flies on potatoe laptop integrated graphics in power saving mode.
I'd say the GTX 960 is unlikely to be the bottleneck. Plasma really does not need a recent GPU.
@leopold That's the thing though, I built the current PC during the pandemic and crypto craze. Everything is relatively new, except the GPU, because I couldn't afford one, but I needed a better CPU for audio recording and editing.
I run KDE 6 on Core 2 Duo with Nvidia 9400/nouveau.
@shanesemler @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social For what it's worth: I still run KDE Plasma 5 on a core 2 duo and a period correct low tier gpu, it won't blow your socks off, but it works fine, and i have no reason to believe that 6 should perform worse.
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Can't wait to check this one out! Godspeed KDE!!
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Wooooooohooooooooo!
@kde @kde@lemmy.kde.social did you finally fix dual monitor support?
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social It's such a shame i can't get to try it because i don't have a computer :/
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
Congrats on the release! 🎊
Floating Taskbar :neofoxcutereach: