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.
Please note that release candidates, although often called "sneak peeks", are still work in progress and must be installed and used with extreme care. They will contain bugs, some of which may still be critical. Do not use this software in production environments. Use for testing only.
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.
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.
@ikidd@kde no. you cannot install multiple DEs without breaking stuff. especially different versions of the same DE. if it is even possible, i would not recommend it.
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.
@Bro666 well yeah, it is possible to install multiple DEs and it should work just fine. though i wouldn't really recommend it since the configs will break a lot from the DEs fighting, and you'll have a lot of redundancy because of the same utilities and apps for different desktops coexisting.. not saying it is not possible though, but do it at your own risk
I read on Mastodon that the tablet support was subpar as of a month ago. Is it still ? see mastodon.art/@raghukamath/111566624907293129There seem to be quite a few regressions linked to Wayland if I understand correctly