The KDE team have today announced the release of the Plasma 5.19 desktop environment with a 'Polished Plasma' codename.
With a firm focus on making the whole of the Plasma desktop more consistent, they've gone through many elements of the Plasma UI to attempt to unify the designs of widgets and desktop elements on top of giving more control and configuration options. Some of the updates include:
- Info Center saw a redesign to be consistent with system settings, it also has a new feature to give you a readout on your graphics hardware.
- KWin Window Manage now supports subsurface clipping, which should reduce flickering in many apps. Wayland support was improved as well to include working screen rotation for tablets and convertible laptops.
- The Discover software centre has improved the Flatpak package format support, to allow removing Flatpak repositories in an easier way. Discover also now shows the app version.
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I've been using KDE Plasma for quite some time now and for the most part it's been a great experience. Ideal for users who want a lot of customization options available out of the box, as opposed to GNOME being quite simple in comparison but it comes down to personal preference as always. Great to see big updates like this focus on a good out of the box user experience too.
See the full announcement here.
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ewertonurias Jun 9, 2020
does anyone know how to update manjaro to kde 5.19It will arrive in Manjaro soon, perhaps in a few days.
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we need no new release to know KDE is the no1 desktop. I try to get away from it since 2012, that was before steam on linux. back then, windows had KDE. lol
regards, linux friends
edit: ..before steam on linux..and windows KDE
Last edited by dude on 9 June 2020 at 3:36 pm UTC
regards, linux friends
edit: ..before steam on linux..and windows KDE
Last edited by dude on 9 June 2020 at 3:36 pm UTC
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i wish they would improve the system monitor
more information like the win10 task manager
more information like the win10 task manager
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ewertonurias Jun 9, 2020
I migrated to Linux in 2012, and from 2012 to 2018 I had problems with screen tearing in all friendly DEs, in all video cards I bought (GTX 460, 660 and now 960).
Force and Full Force Composition Pipeline solved the tearing, but I felt the loss of performance.
In 2018, I found a solution, was to use Xfce + Compton + Command "compton --backend glx --paint-on-overlay --vsync opengl-swc", this removed the tearing.
In 2019, I tried Plasma, and I was surprised, KWin removed the tearing, and the stuttering that I had but didn't know.
For my case, Plasma has become the best option for games, since I disable the "Allow applications to block compositing" option in the Compositor.
I'm thinking of trying out RX 580 next time.
Force and Full Force Composition Pipeline solved the tearing, but I felt the loss of performance.
In 2018, I found a solution, was to use Xfce + Compton + Command "compton --backend glx --paint-on-overlay --vsync opengl-swc", this removed the tearing.
In 2019, I tried Plasma, and I was surprised, KWin removed the tearing, and the stuttering that I had but didn't know.
For my case, Plasma has become the best option for games, since I disable the "Allow applications to block compositing" option in the Compositor.
I'm thinking of trying out RX 580 next time.
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i wish they would improve the system monitorHave a look at KSysGuard
more information like the win10 task manager
https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/plasma-ksysguard.html
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this ad is great and its not the first one, FLOSS softwares are finally making good ads.
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For me, KDE already is far ahead of any other DE, but 5.19 surely has some nice goodies :D
And as elmapul mentioned, they really spun up their PR-game during the last months/last year^^
And as elmapul mentioned, they really spun up their PR-game during the last months/last year^^
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I have good memories of KDE. Unfortunately, as EWMH treats multi-monitor users like annoying gnats* I have decided to not use window managers that support it, which includes Kwin.
* See this reddit post
* See this reddit post
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i wish they would improve the system monitorPlasma's Task manager(KSysGuard) is very flexible. You can add your own graphs and tables based on sensors with simple drag and dropping - I have an extra page for fan speeds and temperatures
more information like the win10 task manager
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Projectile Vomit Jun 9, 2020
I've been using KDe, since the demise of Gnome 2.0, and haven't looked back.
In fact, I started out with KDe, in '99, with SuSE.
KDe has always been remarkable. Ubuntu lost me when they stopped caring about Kubuntu. Mint lost me when they stopped offering KDe Spin.
Arch Linux has me.
In fact, I started out with KDe, in '99, with SuSE.
KDe has always been remarkable. Ubuntu lost me when they stopped caring about Kubuntu. Mint lost me when they stopped offering KDe Spin.
Arch Linux has me.
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FurbyOnSteroid Jun 9, 2020
I like Plasma. Been using it for several years now, feels great. Very flexible.
Last edited by FurbyOnSteroid on 9 June 2020 at 5:23 pm UTC
If you use Wayland, you will also appreciate the new option that lets you configure the mouse and touchpad scroll speed.Okay, now do that with X11, which is still the default for most. That setting has been missing for a while now (on my end at least) and it screws up scrolling in games.
Last edited by FurbyOnSteroid on 9 June 2020 at 5:23 pm UTC
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yea game performance is alot better in kde compared to gnome.i was getting alot of stuttering but when i moved to kde it was gone.
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The people drawing Kiki and Konqi R34 will be delighted.
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yea game performance is alot better in kde compared to gnome.i was getting alot of stuttering but when i moved to kde it was gone.
yup, confirmed. kwin was and is the best window manager. however, when Wastland 2 came out 2015 i think, i had to use compiz instead of kwin. terrible times. kwin is omnipotent now
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Just got the update on Arch Linux. As a long time Plasma Wayland user this is one of the most important releases for me as finally the subsurface clipping and the Firefox Wayland copy & paste issues have been fixed :-)
Plus there are many nice new features!
AFAIK, that is for Plasma 5.20 and will not be backported, since the patches to correct this are numerous.
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ShinyaOsen Jun 9, 2020
does anyone know how to update manjaro to kde 5.19it's in the unstable repo
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i wish they would improve the system monitor
more information like the win10 task manager
i have this conky
really sth different
i wish they would improve the system monitorPlasma's Task manager(KSysGuard) is very flexible. You can add your own graphs and tables based on sensors with simple drag and dropping - I have an extra page for fan speeds and temperatures
more information like the win10 task manager
i wish they would improve the system monitorHave a look at KSysGuard
more information like the win10 task manager
https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/plasma-ksysguard.html
i meant ksysguard. i also tried some 3rd party sheets. it just cant compare.
win10 task manger is much better. look at all the infos. for some of these infos i need cpu-x
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I respect KDE and am glad they're continuing to do good stuff. I've never yet found it . . . homey, when I tried it, but it's not that quality was bad, just not my particular thing.
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