Plasma 6 Release Candidate 1 has landed.
Plasma 6 Release Candidate 1 has landed.
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.
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Is there an iso I can download with it already installed? I wanna try it out in a VM
Fedora has KDE 6 in a testing branch I think. Would be good if you're willing to test it because they're looking for people to go through user test scenarios.
@Secret300 @kde I think KDE neon has editions for testing KDE software
That looks really sleek! I always liked how smooth an experience KDE was back when I used it.
Very excited for this release!
What features are you excited for?
As silly as it sounds, the new taskbar modification pop up. Dragging the taskbar from one side of the screen to another was a point of jank that took away from the polish of the desktop. The floating panel retaining proper proportions upon maximizing windows is also a nice fix.
I think I’m most looking forward to Plasma becoming more polished overall. I like that this release isn’t completely revolutionary like 4 to 5 was. It’s about removing things that don’t work that well and tightening up what does.
looks pretti
Is it possible to install 6 as a separate DE so I can swap between stable and this in my DM?
you cannot install multiple DEs without breaking stuff.
You definitely can. There is no problem on having, say, Plasma, GNOME. XFCE, and so on on the same machine, even on the same partition and switching from one to another from the login menu.
[it is not a good idea to have] different versions of the same DE
This, however, is absolutely correct. The overlapping different versions of libraries and other common software would make things very messy indeed.
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social This looks actually pretty nice! 😮
I read on Mastodon that the tablet support was subpar as of a month ago. Is it still ? see https://mastodon.art/@raghukamath/111566624907293129 There seem to be quite a few regressions linked to Wayland if I understand correctly
Will my current plasma 5 themes work or will I need to port them over/find new ones?
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Will it be on SteamOS?
Eventually, I guess. Plasma 5.27 didn't make it until last November tho, so it'll take a while.
Yeah nah
It looks just as similar to pretty much any desktop interface of the past 40 years, and openwindows isn't even the first thing with that design
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
"one of the biggest and more complex upgrades in KDE's history"
...there was four... and then all of a sudden there was five... it was so confusing and... I think... now it never stops!!!! 😣 😫 😭
5 came out... TEN YEARS AGO. I would not call that break neck speed that would give you update whiplash.
