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GNOME pulls in experimental variable refresh rate (VRR) support for GNOME 46

By Liam Dawe, 5 Mar 2024

After years of waiting, experimental support for variable refresh rate (VRR) has landed for GNOME, and thankfully it will be in the GNOME 46 release.

The future has arrived - KDE Plasma 6 desktop released

By Liam Dawe, 28 Feb 2024

The KDE team announced "MegaRelease 6", a big upgrade that includes Plasma 6, Frameworks 6 and Gear 24.02 with tons of improvements to this popular desktop environment that's used on the Steam Deck for Desktop Mode.

KDE Plasma 6.0 Beta 2 is available for testing

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2023

Getting exciting now! We're closing in on the final release of KDE Plasma 6.0 with a second Beta now available for testing to ensure it's ready for your Linux desktops and eventually Steam Deck too.

HDR support for KDE Plasma 6 seems to be shaping up nicely

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2023

While it's far from finished, and still needs some manual effort to get properly working, HDR support for KDE Plasma 6 has made great progress.

KDE Plasma 6 - Beta 1 released

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2023

The KDE team continue sprinting towards to finish line of the Plasma 6 release next year, with a Beta release now available for the popular Linux desktop environment which is also used on Steam Deck.

Plasma 6 full steam ahead with only one showstopper left for Wayland by default

By Liam Dawe, 27 Nov 2023

As the KDE team continue working full steam ahead towards Plasma 6, they're now down to a single showstopping bug for having Wayland by default.

KDE Plasma 6 goes Wayland by default, initial HDR gaming support

By Liam Dawe, 14 Nov 2023

In another update on the progress of the upcoming KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment release, there's some fun details from Nate Graham.

KDE Plasma 6 gets a first Alpha release

By Liam Dawe, 8 Nov 2023

Nearly 10 years after KDE Plasma 5.0, the launch of KDE Plasma 6.0 is approaching and a first "Megarelease - Alpha" is out now for testing.

GNOME 45 released with dynamic workspace indicator, camera indicator and much more

By Liam Dawe, 20 Sep 2023

GNOME 45 has just been released and overall it looks like a rather nice release for this desktop environment, so here's a short run over what's new.

Plasma 6 optimized for Wayland gaming, plus compositor crash recovery

By Liam Dawe, 18 Sep 2023

KDE developer Nate Graham has two quite interesting updates in regards to the upcoming Plasma 6 desktop release, including some fun optimizations landing.

KDE Plasma 6 to launch in February 2024

By Liam Dawe, 8 Sep 2023

They've finally set a date! The big release of the KDE Plasma 6 desktop is now set to launch in February 2024.

Budgie 10.8 desktop released with plenty of new features

By Liam Dawe, 30 Aug 2023

Budgie 10.8 was released recently, bringing plenty of enhancements to this interesting desktop environment so here's a little run over what's new.

COSMIC desktop from System76 coming along nicely

By Liam Dawe, 15 May 2023

System76 are busy hacking away on their new upcoming COSMIC desktop environment, and their latest development blog post is looking good.

GNOME 44 is out now finally adding thumbnails to the file picker

By Liam Dawe, 22 Mar 2023

One thing I genuinely hated about GNOME has finally been solved with the GNOME 44 release. It includes some big improvements and new features.

KDE Plasma 5.27 released with multi-monitor & Wayland upgrades, Steam Deck updater

By Liam Dawe, 14 Feb 2023

KDE Plasma 5.27 sounds like a really great update to this desktop environment, the same one used on the desktop mode for the Steam Deck and my personal choice for my PC too.