@not3ottersinacoat

I have in the past used #lmde6 and found it 'mostly' okay. My main perceived issues were a general lack of performance on my main PC compared to other DEs, and that #Nemo file manager can be fiddly at times, especially with lots of files, or forgetting custom column widths.

Ultimately, I felt that #lmde didn't bring much to the party for me that I achieve personally with pure #debian, so I stuck with that.

For the last 10+ years, I've used #debian #stable with the #xfce desktop. It has been fine up to and including #bookworm

But I'm seeing #trixie as a step change in a few ways, due to the changes in the industry over the last 2 years. So things like theme conformity across QT and GTK apps are harder as #plasma6 has dropped certain things and isn't feature matched to #plasma5 yet. Plus, a couple of apps and libraries I use haven't made it into #trixie

I have to move on at some point from #bookworm, for security/patch reasons. Just not sure what.

@gamingonlinux I gave up on #KDE #plasma6 it really don't like to play well on systems with more than one user logged in at the same time, the one who's session ain't active will most likely get memory leaks and plasmashell freeze. 7GB of ram per plasmashell feels a bit overkill.

A week ago I did a new install of #debian #trixie on my main desktop so that I was running what will become the new #stable release.

As part of that, I made a conscious effort to try and work with #wayland and also moved to the #plasma6 desktop.

Following a week of tweaks and trying to get a few applications like #avidemux to play nice, I have concluded my trial.

The idea that #wayland is ready for wholesale use by all user types is not yet a reality. Having to do tweaks to kernel boot parameters to fix AMD graphics issues, or having to force applications with --platform xcb, are signs that things have a way to go before they cover all common usage profiles.

Also, whilst I accept it is snappy and stable, #plasma6 for me isn't something I'm going to stick with. It is very configurable, which is good because you need to tweak it in all manner of ways to reduce its impact on workflow and user experience.

I will take time to consider my options and a new install sometime next week.

@resplendent606 @bitflipped

I've found #debian #bookworm with the #xfce desktop to be incredibly stable. Uptime in the months, it has been my main 24/7 desktop.

I have moved to #trixie now that it's 'almost here' and am trialling the #kde desktop. Whilst it looks good and is performant, the stability of #plasma6 isn't there yet, some features are not yet available that were in qt5, and I've had a couple of widgets crash.

I've also noted a few of the apps I ran in #bookworm are not available in #trixie, so I may need to look into more #docker images to run those.

The #avidemux app will not compile against #qt6 on #trixie for some reason, so I've had to compile that against #qt5, where it seems to work fine. Need this as #dvbcut is one of the apps I use that is not available in #trixie

Overall, #trixie is looking to be a stable release. I'm just not convinced I'll stay with #kde and may revert to #xfce again, or perhaps try the #CinnamonDesktop again.

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

KDE Plasma 6.4 released, with revamped UI for Spectacle, per-virtual-desktop custom tile layouts, new HDR calibration wizard, support for new Wayland protocols, improved KRunner, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-4-desktop-environment-officially-released-this-is-whats-new

KDE Plasma development will focus on Wayland support, X11 support is only secondary, only critical bugs will be fixed, unless someone pays to fix less critical issues:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Wayland-Is-The-Future

Flathub reaches 3 billion total downloads:
https://ostechnix.com/flathub-3-billion-downloads/

Wine package on Arch becomes pure WoW64, dependency on multilib repository is dropped:
https://ostechnix.com/arch-linux-wine-wow64-transition/

Wine 10.10 released with updated Mono engine, expanded capabilities for generating Windows Runtime metadata in the Windows Interface Definition Language (WIDL) tool, bug fixes for video games, etc.:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/wine-10-10-released-with-updated-mono-engine-and-bug-fixes-for-several-games/

Linux kernel 6.16 RC2 released with driver fixes, bcachefs improvements etc.:
https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-6-16-rc2-released/

NVIDIA 575.64 Linux driver released with a few bug fixes:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-575.64-Linux-Driver

XLibre 25.0 released with code clean-ups, new Xnamespace extension, Xnest ported to xcb, fixes for several CVEs, etc.:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/XLibre-25.0-Released

Security fixes for X.Org and XWayland:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/X.Org-Server-21.1.17
https://www.phoronix.com/news/XWayland-24.1.8-X.Org-21.1.8

(FOSS news in comments)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #Plasma6 #Flathub #Wine #Arch #ArchLinux #LinuxKernel #NVIDIA #NVIDIADriver #XLibre #XOrg #X11 #XWayland #DesktopEnvironment #DesktopLinux #LinuxDesktop #FosseryTech

#NVIDIA es la única esperanza corporativa de #XLibre para prosperar, y como suele ser habitual por parte del gigante verde en lo que respecta a su soporte para #Linux, tiende a quedarse en silencio.

Viendo que el 70% de los usuarios de #Plasma6 que activan la telemetría de #KDE están usando #Wayland y que en #GNOME tienen más que asumido que Wayland es el futuro, me da que XLibre lo va a tener más difícil de lo que algunos pronosticaron.

#X11 #Xorg #Plasma #KdePlasma

Nate Graham lays out the state of Plasma's X11 session, the short term plans, and how things will go in the future.

https://pointieststick.com/2025/06/21/about-plasmas-x11-session/

#Plasma6 #X11

"This week in Plasma" brings the news that Discover's list views can now be navigated with the keyboard, and that we met another accessibility standard by improving the readability of graph axis labels, as well as of selected items in KRunner and Discover, among many other things.

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/06/21/this-week-in-plasma-plasma-6.4-has-arrived/

#plasma6 #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #desktop

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

⚠️ Heads-up pro Arch uživatele Plasmy (X11):

S vydáním Plasma 6.4.0 došlo ke splitu kwin → kwin-wayland a kwin-x11.
Pokud používáš X11, musíš ručně nainstalovat:

sudo pacman -S plasma-x11-session kwin-x11

Jinak se po aktualizaci nedostaneš na plochu!

📅 Změna je účinná od 20. 6. 2025
Více: https://archlinux.org/news/plasma-640-will-need-manual-intervention-if-you-are-on-x11/

#ArchLinux #Plasma6 #KDE #X11 #Wayland

Hey y'all !!!!

Finally #Plasma6.4 is upon us ! ISO is online !!! Please read the attached image and pay close attention at X11 notice in case you already are using the Distro...

SO many things have changed since last release.. Enjoy !

#FOSS #Linux #OpenSource #XeroLinux

https://ko-fi.com/s/cf9def9630

LLegó #Plasma6.4 a los repos oficiales de Arch! Motivación extra para querer terminar la jornada laboral y actualizar en casa.

Aviso a usuarios de X11 y Wayland haters:
https://archlinux.org/news/plasma-640-will-need-manual-intervention-if-you-are-on-x11/
Instalar plasma-x11-session. Yo por el contrario voy a probar a ver si puedo quitar las dependencias de x11 al usar solo kwin (wayland) :)

PD: Empieza #OSC y #AkademyES
https://www.kde-espana.org/akademy-es-2025

#Debian13 erhält doch noch #KDE #Plasma6.3.5.

Die kommende #Debian Version 13, Codename #Trixie, ist in der finalen #Entwicklungsphase angekommen. Mit der Aufnahme von #KDE #Plasma 6.3.5 in den Testing-Zweig wurde in letzter Minute ein bedeutender Meilenstein erreicht. Auch das aktuelle KDE Gear 25.04.2 sowie die Qt-Version 6.8.2 sind nun Teil der künftigen Veröffentlichung.

https://fosstopia.de/debian-13-kde-plasma-6-3-5/

KDE Plasma 6.4 Released: Key Improvements and Features #kde #plasma6 #desktop #linux #opensource #releases
https://ostechnix.com/kde-plasma-6-4-released/

Gracias a todas esas publicaciones que están haciendo cobertura del lanzamiento de #Plasma6.4

Hacéis la vida de este "community manager" más fácil en su jornada laboral.

https://mastodon.social/@KDEBlog/114699041681947509

https://mastodon.social/@muylinux/114699810069671528

https://mas.to/@alternativeto/114699130355225423

https://floss.social/@omgubuntu/114698907173119910

https://masto.ai/@phoronix/114698390378134388

https://floss.social/@9to5linux/114698494577377295

https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux/114698562327127228

https://fedi.lwn.net/@lwn/114704604841301699

Pronto en nuestros repositorios más veloces :)

KDE Plasma 6.4 released

A new version of KDE Plasma, 6.4, is now live to the public after many weeks of new features, performance improvements, and bug fixes. The official announcement has been made to let users know about Plasma 6.4 and how it improves your desktop experience.

The Plasma developers declare this version as feeling more like /home, because it became smoother, friendlier, and more helpful. The improvements come to nearly every front from the main desktop to the applications, such as accessibility, color rendering, tablet support, windows management, and more.

• Windows management: The window management has been improved to allow you to select the tiles on each virtual desktop, which improves your productivity. Other layout combination means that you can create any kind of layout order in a way that best suits you and your workflow.
• Accessibility features: More accessibility features have been added to Plasma to make users in need of such features have better experience. For example, mouse movement can be made using your keyboard’s number pad, or you can zoom in and out using your three fingers on your touchpad.
• Visual Design and User Interface: The foreground and the background element contrast has been increased to make the UI more balanced. Breeze Dark has become darker than before to make UI elements and text pop more. In addition to more improvements being made, the authentication dialog is now more focused by simulating the “lights out” effect, helping users focus on the login dialog.
• Notification system: Performing the file transfer operation now shows you a more detailed notification that shows you the transfer speed. You can install software updates directly from the notification. Also, full-screen applications will enable Do Not Disturb, making urgent notifications show up, and the less important ones will show up as a summary when you exit a full-screen app.
• Improved screenshots: The screenshot application, Spectacle, has been improved by improving its look for the better, which is a significant change from KDE Plasma 6.3. Also, WebM screen recordings have been improved to record in high quality, in addition to the same improvement landing on recordings with fractional scaling.

Linux distributions will begin distributing this version of KDE Plasma soon. You can also download the source code of KDE Plasma 6.4

#KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #KDEPlasma64 #news #Plasma #Plasma6 #Plasma64 #PlasmaDesktop #Tech #Technology #update

This is why I prefer faster updates on distros I use and didn't want to have to wait a long time for things if I chose Linux Mint again. A lot of these changes are things I'm looking forward to and didn't know were being worked on.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/kde-plasma-6-4-review-new-features-linux-desktop

#KDE #Plasma6 #PlasmaDesktop #KDEPlasma

Plasma 6.4 is out and it's' more welcoming than ever!

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.0/

Check out the tweaked tiling that lets you have different layouts for every virtual desktop; the overhauled Spectacle that makes capturing your desktop faster; how KRunner now understands color; and in general the literally dozens of other fixes and features that make Plasma friendlier and easier to use.

#freesoftware #opensource #desktop #linux #plasma6

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

"This Week in Plasma" brings the news that Plasma 6.5.0 will _probably_ have picture-in-picture support under Wayland, that you will be able to re-order your virtual desktops, and that Spectacle will clearly tell you how to stop a screen recording (among many other things).

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/06/14/this-week-in-plasma-wayland-pip-and-accessibility/

#Plasma6 #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #desktop

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

SteamOS 3.7.x has Plasma 6.....and actually restores windows from the previous session!?

Is it possible to learn this power?

#KDE #KDEPlasma #wayland #Plasma6 #SteamOS #LiquidLearnsLinux

One of the dreams I had last night right before waking up was that I was using the KDE Plasma 4 version of the calendar applet and was confused when I woke up because I couldn't remember if that's what Plasma 6 used or not, but then remembered it was different. It made me want to use that version again since it's way smaller, so if I had the time, I'd try to update it to work on Plasma 6 but it would probably be too much effort.

#KDE #Plasma6 #KDEPlasma #KDE4 #PlasmaDesktop