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Wed 2024-02-28 - Public release of Plasma 6.0

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[-] germanatlas 81 points 1 year ago

Yes, as a Debian user I am very excited for Plasma 6 in about 1 1/2 years

[-] BloodSlut@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago

as an arch user (btw), plasma 6 has already been installed from the future

[-] Trarmp@feddit.nl 15 points 1 year ago

btw I use gentoo

...haaaaa, couldn't keep a straight face, nobody uses gentoo.

[-] hips_and_nips@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

nervously glances at my gentoo daily driver and three gentoo servers

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[-] c10l@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

As another Debian user, I’m excited to get it in maybe a month or 2!

[-] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago
[-] c10l@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Mostly, yes. Some unstable and bits of experimental mixed in.

[-] anothercatgirl 2 points 1 year ago

yeah I wonder if I'll be able to switch to Wayland once it updates

[-] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 32 points 1 year ago
[-] BautAufWasEuchAufbaut 26 points 1 year ago

KDE Plasma is amazing.
I am happy that they do Wayland as default now, the Wayland experience has long been flawless for me. I wonder when this update will hit the Steam Deck, since gamescope is Wayland I don't think Valve will go out of their way to enable X again.

[-] maddy1149@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

it’s tomorrow??? i never keep up with any of this but i literally just installed endeavour with plasma 5 on an old laptop 2 days ago

(just realized i posted this on my alt on accident)

[-] boomzilla@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

Endeavour OS is based on Arch and therefore a rolling release distro. So Plasma 6 should come with regular updates, right?

[-] TheAgeOfSuperboredom@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Yes. It probably won't be available for install tomorrow, but I'm hoping its a pretty seamless upgrade once it lands in the repos.

[-] madeline 3 points 1 year ago

it shouldn’t really matter for me anyway, the laptop i installed endeavour on is an old half broken hp pavilion that i rarely ever charge at all. i’m still excited to try it though

[-] CatLikeLemming 3 points 1 year ago

Speaking of seamless, I heard Plasma 6 is gonna come with Wayland as a default now. Do you think it'll automatically switch you over or is it just for fresh installs?

[-] TheAgeOfSuperboredom@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

My guess (and hope) is it'll be just for fresh installs. That's a big change and could break things for some people. But we'll see!

I might give Wayland a try, but likely stay in X for a while yet. I have a little bit of software (like KeepassXC) that doesn't quite have full Wayland support yet.

[-] Tixanou@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

As a Microsoft designer, I can't wait for this!

[-] Franzia 12 points 1 year ago

I didnt know but Ive been vibing on KDE's stuff a lot lately

[-] QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Plasma is a MOOD. I love the vibe! XD

[-] Lauchmelder@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago
[-] 737 6 points 1 year ago

no >:( everything kde is perfect

[-] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

honestly yeah. KDE takes forever to start and the Klauncher and main menu are so slow they always open the wrong apps. It's infuriating because otherwise it's a competent DE with great customizability.

[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Also doesn't have very good touch support, forget wayland vs x11, the interface of KDE just isn't suited for touch screens, using it on the Steam Deck is incredibly frustrating because the interface is so small and requires scrolling more often than not.

[-] twoshoes@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I'm really interested. I've never gotten into the way KDE does things, so I've always stuck to gnome, but I'm always happy to see development and diversity in FOS Software. I'll definitely check out some videos about it

[-] Shark@iusearchlinux.fyi 4 points 1 year ago

I've been using kde recently and been able to get the workflow to be pretty similar to gnomes with a small amount of effort. Only thing I'm missing is when I'm in overview I don't have access to the top bar or the dock.

[-] ElectroLisa 7 points 1 year ago

Already used it since first betas, glad to see KRunner changes and the way VRR is handled on Wayland. Still waiting for fullscreen tearing though

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Don't know when MX will get 6.0 but I am excited despite not knowing what any of the new features are. All I know is Plasma looks beautiful to me and that's why I like it.

[-] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago
[-] usrtrv@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I couldn't wait, I'm already using it for that HDR support.

[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

I bet it'll be a while before it's available on Steam Deck. So I won't get to see it until then.

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[-] loutr@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Yes ! It's been like 20 years since I last used KDE, but I'll install this once it's available in the arch repo, and maybe make it my daily driver if all goes well. I like GNOME but I like tweaking my DE and I'm sick of extensions breaking every other release.

[-] enbiousenvy 5 points 1 year ago

I'm in Feb 28th already, it's not coming yet, where pama 6 >:(

[-] 737 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe it's German time, since the organization managing the KDE project is based in Germany? So you'll have to wait somewhere between 15 minutes and 24h + 15min.

[-] clemdemort@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

MY BODY IS READY

im really excited for It to hit the nix repos even though that could be in a while still.

[-] HEXN3T 4 points 1 year ago

That's cool and all, but when will it have denim

[-] QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Please expound on this. XD

[-] HEXN3T 2 points 1 year ago

Lemmy's been obsessed with jeans lately

[-] QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Huh, I'll check this out. XD

I can't wait :3

[-] Heavybell@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Eagerly awaiting it going to ~amd64 on gentoo. This is the milestone I set myself to try desktop linux on my main PC again.

[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Remind me in a few hours to tell you how the merge went!

[-] Heavybell@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well, I rebooted to a black screen after login, but ctrl + alt + t works to bring up a new terminal window and alt + space conjures the... whatever it's called, thingy that can be used to launch programs, calculate things, or search files. So all in all, my computer's completely usable, I'd just like to get the menus and panels back sometime. Unfortunately, I have literally no free time, which is also why using Gentoo is such a brilliant idea for me.

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[-] eya@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

xfce my beloved

[-] 737 3 points 1 year ago

It's out right now but still in Arch testing.

[-] moss 3 points 1 year ago

SO EXCITED!!!!!

[-] h0usewaifu@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

OpenSUSE user here, "patiently" waiting for it to hit the repos.

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

I use KDE but unless its really a huge change or disrupts my defaults, I probably wont even notice

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