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KDE Plasma 5.13 Released (kde.org)
jrepin writes: KDE unveils the final release of Plasma 5.13, the free and open-source desktop environment. Members of the Plasma team have focused on optimizing startup and minimizing memory usage. Plasma Browser Integration is a suite of new features which make Firefox, Chrome and Chromium-based browsers work with your desktop. For example, downloads are now displayed in the Plasma notification popup, and the Media Controls Plasmoid can mute and skip videos and music playing from within the browser. Browser tabs can be opened directly using KRunner via the Alt-Space keyboard shortcut. System Settings design has been improved further. Window manager gained much-improved effects for blur and desktop switching. Wayland work continued, with the return of window rules, and initial support for screencasts and desktop sharing. You can view the changelog here.
This is pretty cool. One of the biggest features of a desktop is browser integration.
Fixed Akonadi yet? I would say, get rid of the MySQL dependency for a start, or can you not spell ACID? If that is too hard, then just kill Akonadi.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
I'll stick with KDE4 still.
"KWin does not provide window tabs" -- https://community.kde.org/Plasma/5.13_Errata
Yes. KDE is "still around".
A quick google of "best linux desktop environments" results in...
It might not be the best for you, but it's still one of the top DEs.
Don't let the devs year you call it KDE 5 - they are quite adamant that there is no such thing. It's "KDE Plasma" and they will deny the existence of KDE 5 for hours before revealing that fact if you ask them about it in a support channel. Just a cautionary note for KDE users - DO NOT use the term "KDE 5" if you ask for help from the KDE support people, you'll never remember what your original issue was until the discussion ends.
Especially since KDE Plasma deals with display resolution independence WAY better than Gnome. That's a good enough reason to give it a try right there.
Having a Hi-DPI display, and one that isn't, plugged into the same system on Gnome is a fucking shit show. They managed to handle it the worst way possible, and still haven't done anything about it years later. And no, their "fractional scaling" kludge in Wayland isn't a fix when you can't run Wayland on half the god damn hardware out there.
I have a dual boot Windows 10/KDE Ubuntu 16.04, and find the start menu makes more sense on KDE, the user interface on the whole makes more sense on KDE, and perhaps nicest of all, I'm not being spied on all the time.
Or not. One can't help but feeling that the Linux flagship desktop offerings (Gnome and KDE) are more and more irrelevant with every passing year. Linux keeps spinning its wheels in the desktop, and the prospects are that this will remain true for the foreseeable future. I wouldn't be surprised those two offerings - big, ponderous, resource-hungry, my-way-or-the-highway (especially Gnome) - are contributing decisively to keep things the way they are as far as Linux's share of the desktop market is concerned. Well, at least, under Linux, there (still) are alternatives.
A noble effort, but trying to reason with ACs is like trying to play chess with pigeons.
Plasma isn't much heavier than Xfce actually, and is far more modern. I alternate between them both, and as of 5.10 noticed I was spending more time in Plasma than anything else. When .13 hits the Void repos, with its support for global menu from all kinds of applications, I may switch to it permanently. There's a few small things that still bug me about it, but KDE has finally gotten close to where it was in the 3.5.10 days again.
I was a longtime user of KDE, but switched to XFCE about 7 years ago and haven't looked back. I find it hard to believe that KDE is somehow now not "much heavier" than XFCE, but would like to hear specs about why you say that is so. A quick search found the system requirements, which are heavier for KDE, but I'd like to know what you're referring to with your statement.
Not looking for a holy war, just curious. I really doubt I would go back to KDE because I've tried others (MATE, Cinnamon) and really just prefer XFCE.
My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.
Maybe changing the icon set in the KDE settings window is just too hard?
Yeah yeah. AC comments on Slashdot are consistently of far worse quality than those posted by 'named' (generally pseudonymous) users.
You two ACs (if you really are two different people) have been 'conversing' at the level of unruly children.
The Internet-tough-guy nonsense? Heaven spare us.
Yeah, you said. My points remain.
I don't place value on myself based on what prattling idiots like yourself say on the Internet. I am secure in my life, my accomplishments, my family, and my marriage. You couldn't mean less to me, and your opinion is worthless.
I feel honored that I've clearly rattled you in calling you about on your Internet tough guy routine to the point of adding me to your stalker list. I won't be replying to you again, because you just don't matter. And, anyone that might matter already knows that you don't, so whatever you may post will fall on deaf ears.
TL;DR: you are a giant tool, and you would be doing the world a favor if you just shut up and let your "accomplishments" speak for themselves.
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