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… Recently, KDE Plasma 6.7 hit the scene, and it did it again. The latest version of the desktop adds support for per-screen virtual desktops, and it's yet another genius productivity feature that means I'm probably never going back to Windows. …
… Why every distro suddenly defaults to KDE Plasma Follow the Steam Deck and everything else makes sense The single biggest force behind Plasma's takeover wasn't a desktop at all. It was a gaming handheld, the Steam Deck, and Valve's decision that the Deck's desktop mode would use Plasma. …
… KDE Plasma's virtual desktop update is over two decades in the making I hope the original bug reporter still cares about it As announced over on This Week in Plasma , version 6.7 will bring a nice little fix to virtual desktop behavior. …
… The biggest change to KDE Plasma 6.8 is a new feature that secures your PC when you disconnect from it remotely: You can now configure Plasma’s built-in remote desktop server to automatically lock the session after the last connected RDP client disconnects. …
… KDE Plasma is a desktop environment that factors modularity and control. It anticipates that a user switching from a mainstream operating system needs a certain level of control and customization with the desktop environment. …
… Sign in to your XDA account Summary Plasma 6.7 is on track for a Tuesday release after a final polish and many bug fixes. Plasma 6.7 brings new features, such as a global mic mute hotkey, easy light/dark theme swap, and per-monitor virtual desktops. …
… Sign in to your XDA account KDE Plasma was one of the big reasons I stuck with Linux without bouncing back to Windows. Even today, I'll pick Plasma as my desktop environment of choice when installing a new distro. One day, I caught wind of a new desktop environment on the block called COSMIC. …
… GNOME takes the choice away from you entirely, whereas KDE Plasma at least gives you the option. Three desktops later, KDE is where I stopped looking Going from GNOME to COSMIC to KDE wasn't a straight path, but it helped me understand what I was looking for in a desktop. …
… Plasma 6 can be sluggish on older machines. Generally, you need about 8GB of RAM to run Plasma 6 comfortably . However, HML26 Lite is a fork of this project that uses LXQt and lightdm instead. LXQt can run comfortably with only 2GB of RAM, while offering a fully capable desktop experience. …
… Notable fixes: system tray Qt widget glitch, laptop brightness OSD loop, disappearing renamed desktop files. Plasma 6.7 launches June 16; wait for your distro to package the update. It's always a fun time keeping tabs on the development of a Linux kernel, distro, or desktop environment. …