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KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta is now available!

The beta version of KDE Plasma v6.7 is now available for developers and curious users to try out. This allows users to get an early look at the upcoming version of KDE Plasma, which brings new features and improvements to existing features.

The official announcement states that the beta version of KDE Plasma 6.7 includes two new modules:

• plasma-bigscreen
• union

This version of KDE Plasma uses the new styling engine that is currently under development, Union. This year’s update for Union states that the default input format has been changed from SVG to CSS stylesheets, considering that creating and editing styles were easier with SVG in the first glance until complexities appeared.

This is a promising change that will be integrated with the final release of KDE Plasma 6.7 to ensure that the design of UI elements, such as buttons, combo boxes, and checkboxes, look cleaner and more consistent than before. In this beta version of KDE Plasma, the Union styling is in technical preview.

Alongside the Union theming style is the Plasma Bigscreen, which is made by KDE, and is an open-source TV interface for Linux. This launcher provides you with a TV-friendly interface, which allows you to use it comfortably on your television. It also supports multiple input methods, such as your keyboard and mouse, your TV controller, and your phone.

Not only that, but Plasma Bigscreen allows you to customize it to make your TV truly yours. You’ll be able to customize your system and install your favorite applications in your heart’s content.

Other changes that are introduced with KDE Plasma 6.7 can be seen here.

KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta is now available!

The beta version of KDE Plasma v6.7 is now available for developers and curious users to try out. This allows users to get an early look at the upcoming version of KDE Plasma, which brings new features and improvements to existing features.

The official announcement states that the beta version of KDE Plasma 6.7 includes two new modules:

• plasma-bigscreen
• union

This version of KDE Plasma uses the new styling engine that is currently under development, Union. This year’s update for Union states that the default input format has been changed from SVG to CSS stylesheets, considering that creating and editing styles were easier with SVG in the first glance until complexities appeared.

This is a promising change that will be integrated with the final release of KDE Plasma 6.7 to ensure that the design of UI elements, such as buttons, combo boxes, and checkboxes, look cleaner and more consistent than before. In this beta version of KDE Plasma, the Union styling is in technical preview.

Alongside the Union theming style is the Plasma Bigscreen, which is made by KDE, and is an open-source TV interface for Linux. This launcher provides you with a TV-friendly interface, which allows you to use it comfortably on your television. It also supports multiple input methods, such as your keyboard and mouse, your TV controller, and your phone.

Not only that, but Plasma Bigscreen allows you to customize it to make your TV truly yours. You’ll be able to customize your system and install your favorite applications in your heart’s content.

Other changes that are introduced with KDE Plasma 6.7 can be seen here.

KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta is now available!

The beta version of KDE Plasma v6.7 is now available for developers and curious users to try out. This allows users to get an early look at the upcoming version of KDE Plasma, which brings new features and improvements to existing features.

The official announcement states that the beta version of KDE Plasma 6.7 includes two new modules:

• plasma-bigscreen
• union

This version of KDE Plasma uses the new styling engine that is currently under development, Union. This year’s update for Union states that the default input format has been changed from SVG to CSS stylesheets, considering that creating and editing styles were easier with SVG in the first glance until complexities appeared.

This is a promising change that will be integrated with the final release of KDE Plasma 6.7 to ensure that the design of UI elements, such as buttons, combo boxes, and checkboxes, look cleaner and more consistent than before. In this beta version of KDE Plasma, the Union styling is in technical preview.

Alongside the Union theming style is the Plasma Bigscreen, which is made by KDE, and is an open-source TV interface for Linux. This launcher provides you with a TV-friendly interface, which allows you to use it comfortably on your television. It also supports multiple input methods, such as your keyboard and mouse, your TV controller, and your phone.

Not only that, but Plasma Bigscreen allows you to customize it to make your TV truly yours. You’ll be able to customize your system and install your favorite applications in your heart’s content.

Other changes that are introduced with KDE Plasma 6.7 can be seen here.

KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta is now available!

The beta version of KDE Plasma v6.7 is now available for developers and curious users to try out. This allows users to get an early look at the upcoming version of KDE Plasma, which brings new features and improvements to existing features.

The official announcement states that the beta version of KDE Plasma 6.7 includes two new modules:

• plasma-bigscreen
• union

This version of KDE Plasma uses the new styling engine that is currently under development, Union. This year’s update for Union states that the default input format has been changed from SVG to CSS stylesheets, considering that creating and editing styles were easier with SVG in the first glance until complexities appeared.

This is a promising change that will be integrated with the final release of KDE Plasma 6.7 to ensure that the design of UI elements, such as buttons, combo boxes, and checkboxes, look cleaner and more consistent than before. In this beta version of KDE Plasma, the Union styling is in technical preview.

Alongside the Union theming style is the Plasma Bigscreen, which is made by KDE, and is an open-source TV interface for Linux. This launcher provides you with a TV-friendly interface, which allows you to use it comfortably on your television. It also supports multiple input methods, such as your keyboard and mouse, your TV controller, and your phone.

Not only that, but Plasma Bigscreen allows you to customize it to make your TV truly yours. You’ll be able to customize your system and install your favorite applications in your heart’s content.

Other changes that are introduced with KDE Plasma 6.7 can be seen here.

KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta is now available!

The beta version of KDE Plasma v6.7 is now available for developers and curious users to try out. This allows users to get an early look at the upcoming version of KDE Plasma, which brings new features and improvements to existing features.

The official announcement states that the beta version of KDE Plasma 6.7 includes two new modules:

• plasma-bigscreen
• union

This version of KDE Plasma uses the new styling engine that is currently under development, Union. This year’s update for Union states that the default input format has been changed from SVG to CSS stylesheets, considering that creating and editing styles were easier with SVG in the first glance until complexities appeared.

This is a promising change that will be integrated with the final release of KDE Plasma 6.7 to ensure that the design of UI elements, such as buttons, combo boxes, and checkboxes, look cleaner and more consistent than before. In this beta version of KDE Plasma, the Union styling is in technical preview.

Alongside the Union theming style is the Plasma Bigscreen, which is made by KDE, and is an open-source TV interface for Linux. This launcher provides you with a TV-friendly interface, which allows you to use it comfortably on your television. It also supports multiple input methods, such as your keyboard and mouse, your TV controller, and your phone.

Not only that, but Plasma Bigscreen allows you to customize it to make your TV truly yours. You’ll be able to customize your system and install your favorite applications in your heart’s content.

Other changes that are introduced with KDE Plasma 6.7 can be seen here.

Ah, Tumbleweed, you always treat me so good.

#openSUSE #Tumbleweed #kdeplasma6

Netrunner 26 “Twilight” arrives with Debian 13, Linux 6.16, and KDE Plasma 6

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/04/netrunner-26-twilight/

Glad I started looking into my KDE startup time issue. H/t to @20000lbs_of_Cheese and @alci for some hints!

It's looking like there's a ~30 second timeout while *something* waits for fingerprint authentication. Nothing's prompting me for it, and I could have sworn I set this up the same on my work laptop. 🤷

Now I need to dig back into my pam/fprintd config.

#kde #KDEPlasma6 #PlasmaLoginManager #SDDM #fprintd #pam #authentication

Switched from SDDM to Plasma Login Manager, which didn’t magically fix the ridiculously long time (30+ seconds) it takes KDE to start up on my laptop (EndeavourOS, dedicated GPU). Work laptop (Fedora, and no dedicated GPU) starts KDE in a couple of seconds. #kde #kdeplasma6

KDE Plasma 6.6 is now officially live!

The KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop environment is now officially available to the public! You can now try out this version of the desktop environment to get awesome new features, as well as performance improvements and stability enhancements.

According to the KDE Plasma team, this version is like a “visual guide to the best desktop in the known universe,” because it makes your life easier without sacrificing flexibility by adding usability and accessibility features and improvements.

The top three features introduced in this version of KDE Plasma are:

• Improved on-screen keyboard: The on-screen keyboard has been renewed and enhanced to make it more useful on touch-screen devices, such as tablets.
• Spectacle Text Recognition: You can now extract text from the screenshots using the OCR technique that scans text in the screenshots and converts it to plain text.
• Plasma Setup: When an operating system is installed, the Plasma Setup wizard appears, and it lets you configure your user account, your keyboard layout, and much more.

Additionally, it introduces brand new features to make your desktop easier to use, especially when it comes to users that need accessibility features, such as color filtering (for color blindness) and strict centered mode for the magnifier.

For more information about the release, you can consult the announcement here.

KDE Plasma 6.6 gets another set of bug fixes before the final release

As KDE Plasma 6.6 gets closer to the final release, which was expected to be released on February 17th, this KDE Plasma version gets a ton of bug fixes, including some of the visual appearance that got improved this week.

KDE Plasma 6.6 now no longer shows hardware pages that are unavailable on your computer. For example, if the Thunderbolt and touch screen features are not available, you’ll no longer see their section in Settings. Below compares the System Settings page before and after the change.

This reduces clutter caused by settings sections that are inaccessible on your computer to make it easier to navigate. This makes your experience better than before, as it only shows what’s available on your computer.

Alongside this change, the KDE Plasma team have done some of the most intriguing bug fixes that were done before the final release:

• Fixed multiple significant issues on the lock screen that could be encountered with fingerprint authentication enabled: one that could break fingerprint unlocking, and another that could leave you with an “Unlock” button that did nothing when clicked. (David Edmundson, KDE Bugzilla #506567 and KDE Bugzilla #484363)
• Fixed a Plasma crash caused by applying a global theme that includes a malformed layout script. (Marco Martin, KDE Bugzilla #515385)
• Panel tooltips no longer inappropriately respect certain window placement policies on Wayland. (Tobias Fella, KDE Bugzilla #514820)
• User-created global shortcuts are now always categorized as “Applications”, resolving an issue whereby apps added by choosing an executable using the file picker dialog would be inappropriately categorized as system services and couldn’t be edited or deleted. (Tobias Fella, KDE Bugzilla #513565)
• Fixed two issues with recent files and folders in the Kickoff application launcher: now it shows the correct file type icons for items, and no longer sometimes shows a weird duplicate “files” section. (Christoph Wolk, KDE Bugzilla #496179 and KDE Bugzilla #501903)
• Spectacle now shows the correct resolution in its tooltip for rectangular region screenshots when using a fractional scale factor on a single screen. (Noah Davis, KDE Bugzilla #488034)
• The “Open With” dialog now filters its view properly when opened from a Flatpak app. (David Redondo, KDE Bugzilla #506513)
• Keyboard focus no longer gets stuck in the Search widget after its search results appear. (Christoph Wolk, KDE Bugzilla #506505)

On February 17th, KDE Plasma 6.6 will be officially released for everyone to try out!

KDE Plasma 6.7 tidies up the Emoji Selector!

This week, the KDE team have done some more impressive changes that will transform the way you use your Linux computer when KDE Plasma 6.7 gets released. Their latest article stated that, along with some interesting changes made to Plasma 6.7, the final release of 6.6 is already very close!

The KDE team have tidied up the Emoji Selector window so that the emoji variants are now shown in a nice little pop-up dialog box instead of being spread in the main selector window. You can now more easily select an emoji without having to scroll through all variants.

In the comparison picture above, the left side shows you the pop-up box that you’ll be presented with when you attempt to insert an emoji that contains tones. On the right side, the emoji selector window shows you all tones for one emoji in Plasma 6.6, making it harder for you to find a desired emoji.

Alongside that, KDE Plasma 6.7 also allows you to set a global keyboard shortcut to remove all recent notifications by just a single keystroke combo. This saves time, because it makes clearing all notifications effortless without having to open the notification list. Many UI improvements were also made to make your experienced more streamlined.

#KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #Linux #news #Plasma #Plasma6 #Plasma67 #Tech #Technology #update

KDE Plasma gets a truckload of bug fixes this week

When it comes to KDE Plasma 6.6 updates that happened this week, the KDE team have fixed a big collection of bugs this week that spanned around 28% of all opened bugs across all supoorted versions. This is a very important step to ensure that KDE Plasma 6.6 gets released at the highest quality and with the least amount of bugs as possible when it releases this February.

This week, the following improvements were made in Plasma 6.6:

1. Desktop switching and Present Windows shortcuts now use the Meta key by default for more consistent system-wide behavior. (Antti Savolainen, kwin MR #8597)
2. Plasma can now report printers’ waste receptacle levels and notify users when they fill up. (Mike Noe, KDE Bugzilla #514525)
3. KRunner’s buttons have been reorganized to be consistent with other Plasma widgets, making the interface feel more familiar and coherent. (Taras Oleksyn, plasma-workspace MR #6203)
4. Plasma’s system monitoring infrastructure received further fixes to improve OpenBSD support. (Rafael Sadowski, libksysguard MR #454)

This week, the following bugs were fixed in Plasma 6.6:

1. Fixed a surprisingly common issue whereby KWin could sometimes crash when you frantically wiggled the pointer to try to stop a monitor from going to sleep. (Vlad Zahorodnii, KDE Bugzilla #487660)
2. Fixed a case where KWin could crash when you deleted a virtual desktop that still had windows on it. (Vlad Zahorodnii, kwin MR #8680)
3. Fixed another KWin crash, this one more random. (Xaver Hugl, kwin MR #8677)
4. Fixed a long-standing issue whereby tooltips opened by buttons in Plasma widget popups could move onto the panel and get stuck there after you closed the widget popups. (Marco Martin, KDE Bugzilla #475646)
5. Fixed an issue that made popups of panel widgets undesirably change their size when you moved their panel to an adjacent screen edge. (Christoph Wolk, KDE Bugzilla #512273)
6. Fixed an issue making certain sub-menus of Plasma widgets not have transparent backgrounds, which was especially visible with menu blurring turned on. (Marco Martin, KDE Bugzilla #513307)
7. Fixed an issue in the HDR calibrator tool that made long pieces of text overflow from their boxes. (Nate Graham and David Edmundson, KDE Bugzilla #514687)
8. Fixed an issue that made Plasma forget the IPSec certificate passwords of L2TP VPNs. (Mickaël Thomas, plasma-nm MR #460)
9. Fixed an issue causing apps launched using D-Bus activation to be omitted from System Monitor’s Applications table. (Arjen Hiemstra, KDE Bugzilla #510235)
10. Fixed an issue in System Monitor that could make the Applications table’s “Details” panel un-scrollable under certain circumstances. (Arjen Hiemstra, KDE Bugzilla #506150)
11. Fixed an issue in Discover that could sometimes make Flatpak apps’ languages packages fail to get grouped with the apps. (Harald Sitter, KDE Bugzilla #513111)

Additionally, Plasma 6.5.6 has seen the following fixes:

1. Fixed an issue that could sometimes make KWin crash after periods of idleness. (Vlad Zahorodnii, KDE Bugzilla #513687)
2. Fixed an issue that would make Plasma crash when you disabled widgets in the System Tray and clicked the dialog window’s “OK” button rather than the “Apply” button. (David Edmundson, KDE Bugzilla #478625)
3. Fixed an issue that could sometimes make KWin crash after repeatedly pressing the “Activate window demanding attention” shortcut (Meta+Ctrl+A by default) while multiple windows were demanding attention. (Vlad Zahorodnii, KDE Bugzilla #500748)
4. Fixed a common case where Plasma could crash after certain games crashed first. (David Edmundson, KDE Bugzilla #506562)
5. Fixed a common case where Plasma could crash when configured with a weather station from the Environment Canada source in its Weather Report widget. (Bohdan Onofriichuk, KDE Bugzilla #514553)
6. Fixed a case where changing the visibility of the Media Player widget in the System Tray while music was playing could make Plasma crash. (David Edmundson, KDE Bugzilla #514823)
7. Spectacle once again remembers the location where you last saved a screenshot the next time you save one. (Noah Davis, KDE Bugzilla #511649)
8. Fixed an issue causing 24” 16:9 aspect ratio monitors to get the wrong default resolution. (Anton Golubev, kwin MR #8681)

#454 #460 #475646 #478625 #487660 #500748 #506150 #506562 #510235 #511649 #512273 #513111 #513307 #513687 #514525 #514553 #514687 #514823 #6203 #8597 #8677 #8680 #8681 #KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #Linux #news #Plasma #Plasma6 #Tech #Technology #update

KDE restores the documentation site for KDE apps

KDE has just published a blog article that stated that the documentation site, which can be accessed from docs.kde.org, had an issue where the documentation generation was not working. Now, they stated that they have finished fixing the documentation generation, and the site is now working properly as of today, with almost 150 applications having their own dedicated entry for documentation, such as Amarok, Dolphin, K3b, Kate, and Okular.

The blog article stated that there were major issues with their workflow where the documentation generation and publication were done on a dedicated machine with a monolithic process. Also, since QT 6 was released, it wasn’t possible to update the process properly due to the old workflow.

The new workflow was developed to solve all the problems with the previous workflow for documentation generation, where each application generated their own documentation using Xapian. The website generation process involved fetching the generated documentation for each application and building the website, and making local documentation generation easier. Also, the Docker image, suse-qt610, was selected to support documentation generation in this Docker image with support for QT 6.10.

However, the KDE team is not done figuring out solutions to the KDE documentation generation workflow problems, such as support for non-ASCII languages, such as Arabic and CJK languages, which is considered important for internationalization. Also, the deprecated documentation is being worked on to make sure that they reflect the current status as deprecated, while several hardcoded paths to QT 6 and KDE Frameworks 6 are being dropped when QT 7 and KDE Frameworks 7, which KDE Plasma 7 will use, releases.

You can now see the KDE documentation website in its current state here:

#KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #Linux #news #Plasma6 #QT #QT6 #Tech #Technology #update

Plasma 6.7 lets you switch dark mode on/off easily

Plasma 6.7 has just recently received new features and other improvements to make your desktop smoother and more stable. Plasma 6.7 is currently in development, with Plasma 6.6 having closed its doors on new features, as this blog article stated. Now, new features have emerged to Plasma 6.7, and one of those features let’s you switch dark mode on and off easily.

There is a new settings toggle that was recently added to the Brightness and Color settings in the settings panel on your taskbar. You can now enable and disable dark mode without having to open the full system settings by clicking on a switch toggle.

This saves time, as you don’t have to open the full settings application every time you want to switch between light and dark modes on your desktop. For example, if you turned Dark Mode on, the theme changes to Breeze Dark, and if you turned it off, the theme changes to Breeze. By default, the light theme is used as a default.

KDE Plasma 6.7 also gives you an option to assign a specific key to push to talk. This means that all microphones are muted until you press a key and hold it down, into which all microphones are unmuted. This means that you don’t have to mute your microphone by yourself once you finish talking; you just release the key.

#KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #KDEPlasma67 #Linux #news #Plasma6 #Plasma67 #Tech #Technology #update

VailuxOS 1.6 arriva con KDE Plasma 6, un visual rinnovato e un sistema più veloce e stabile. La distro, ora basata su Debian 13, introduce un nuovo menu Start #VailuxOS #Linux #KDEPlasma6 #KDE #Debian

https://www.linuxeasy.org/vailuxos-1-6-debutta-con-kde-plasma-6-e-un-visual-completamente-rinnovato/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

KDE Plasma 6.6 fixes a screensaver bug for gamers

The screensaver bug that manifested when gamers play a game using their controller on their PC has been fixed for the upcoming release of KDE Plasma 6.6. Gamers who are experiencing this bug can now have a comfortable gaming experience after upgrading to KDE Plasma 6.6.

The blog article of This Week in Plasma states that the KDE desktop team has fixed an issue where the screensaver or screen locking mechanism would start during the gaming session using the controller as an input device instead of a mouse and a keyboard. This enhances experience for gamers who prefer to use controllers by considering every input event from the gaming controller as an activity.

A 13-year old bug report was made against KDE 4.x. Since then, the problem has spread from KDE 4.x to KDE Plasma 5.x and 6.x desktop environments across different versions of Linux distributions, disrupting the gamers’ experience for 13 consecutive years, with workarounds being posted.

Starting from KDE Plasma 6.6, which will be released on February 17th, gamers will be able to use their gamepads without worrying about their screen turning off during their gaming session.

#KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #KDEPlasma66 #Linux #news #Plasma #Plasma6 #Plasma66 #Tech #Technology #update

As I have my sisters Laptop here today for some maintenance here have a #screenshot of #kde #kdeplasma6 running on #tuxedoos on a #XMG A707 (2017)

Something changed with #Kubuntu 25.10 over the past week. Now all of a sudden I'm getting #prompted for my #sudo #password every time #PackageKit runs to update package sources (which is several times a day)!

Fortunately, you can create a custom #PolKit #rule to let it run without prompting you!

sudo nano /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/10-allow-packagekit-refresh.rules

polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
    if (action.id == "org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-sources-refresh" &&
        subject.isInGroup("sudo")) {
        return polkit.Result.YES;
    }
});

Something changed with #Kubuntu 25.10 over the past week. Now all of a sudden I'm getting #prompted for my #sudo #password every time #PackageKit runs to update package sources (which is several times a day)!

Fortunately, you can create a custom #PolKit #rule to let it run without prompting you!

sudo nano /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/10-allow-packagekit-refresh.rules

polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
    if (action.id == "org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-sources-refresh" &&
        subject.isInGroup("sudo")) {
        return polkit.Result.YES;
    }
});

Something changed with #Kubuntu 25.10 over the past week. Now all of a sudden I'm getting #prompted for my #sudo #password every time #PackageKit runs to update package sources (which is several times a day)!

Fortunately, you can create a custom #PolKit #rule to let it run without prompting you!

sudo nano /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/10-allow-packagekit-refresh.rules

polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
    if (action.id == "org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-sources-refresh" &&
        subject.isInGroup("sudo")) {
        return polkit.Result.YES;
    }
});

Something changed with #Kubuntu 25.10 over the past week. Now all of a sudden I'm getting #prompted for my #sudo #password every time #PackageKit runs to update package sources (which is several times a day)!

Fortunately, you can create a custom #PolKit #rule to let it run without prompting you!

sudo nano /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/10-allow-packagekit-refresh.rules

polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
    if (action.id == "org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-sources-refresh" &&
        subject.isInGroup("sudo")) {
        return polkit.Result.YES;
    }
});

KDE Plasma 6.5 Beta 2 is now live!

Since the first beta of KDE Plasma 6.5 was released, several improvements and new features, such as the grayscale option for the color correction feature, were added to the release to make it more stable. The result is that the second beta is finally released!

The beta testing version contains many promising changes, such as:

• Support for the “Picture in Picture” Wayland protocol
• Quick toggles in System Settings’ the sidebar
• Printer ink level monitoring and notifying of low levels
• Install hardware drivers in Discover
• Fuzzy matching for apps in KRunner-powered searches
• Choose which Global Themes are shown on System Settings’ landing page
• Option to prefer light or dark versions of dynamic wallpapers
• Day/night wallpaper switching
• Day/night global theme switching

The KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment will continue to receive fixes as it transitions to the final release, and we appreciate the hard work of KDE developers to help shape the beta.

You can learn more about the beta below:

Photo by Resume Genius on Unsplash

#KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #KDEPlasma65 #Linux #news #Plasma #Plasma65 #Tech #Technology #update

KDE Plasma 6.5 Beta 2 is now live!

Since the first beta of KDE Plasma 6.5 was released, several improvements and new features, such as the grayscale option for the color correction feature, were added to the release to make it more stable. The result is that the second beta is finally released!

The beta testing version contains many promising changes, such as:

• Support for the “Picture in Picture” Wayland protocol
• Quick toggles in System Settings’ the sidebar
• Printer ink level monitoring and notifying of low levels
• Install hardware drivers in Discover
• Fuzzy matching for apps in KRunner-powered searches
• Choose which Global Themes are shown on System Settings’ landing page
• Option to prefer light or dark versions of dynamic wallpapers
• Day/night wallpaper switching
• Day/night global theme switching

The KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment will continue to receive fixes as it transitions to the final release, and we appreciate the hard work of KDE developers to help shape the beta.

You can learn more about the beta below:

Photo by Resume Genius on Unsplash

#KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #KDEPlasma65 #Linux #news #Plasma #Plasma65 #Tech #Technology #update

KDE Plasma 6.5 Beta 2 is now live!

Since the first beta of KDE Plasma 6.5 was released, several improvements and new features, such as the grayscale option for the color correction feature, were added to the release to make it more stable. The result is that the second beta is finally released!

The beta testing version contains many promising changes, such as:

• Support for the “Picture in Picture” Wayland protocol
• Quick toggles in System Settings’ the sidebar
• Printer ink level monitoring and notifying of low levels
• Install hardware drivers in Discover
• Fuzzy matching for apps in KRunner-powered searches
• Choose which Global Themes are shown on System Settings’ landing page
• Option to prefer light or dark versions of dynamic wallpapers
• Day/night wallpaper switching
• Day/night global theme switching

The KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment will continue to receive fixes as it transitions to the final release, and we appreciate the hard work of KDE developers to help shape the beta.

You can learn more about the beta below:

Photo by Resume Genius on Unsplash

#KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #KDEPlasma65 #Linux #news #Plasma #Plasma65 #Tech #Technology #update

KDE Plasma 6.5 Beta 2 is now live!

Since the first beta of KDE Plasma 6.5 was released, several improvements and new features, such as the grayscale option for the color correction feature, were added to the release to make it more stable. The result is that the second beta is finally released!

The beta testing version contains many promising changes, such as:

• Support for the “Picture in Picture” Wayland protocol
• Quick toggles in System Settings’ the sidebar
• Printer ink level monitoring and notifying of low levels
• Install hardware drivers in Discover
• Fuzzy matching for apps in KRunner-powered searches
• Choose which Global Themes are shown on System Settings’ landing page
• Option to prefer light or dark versions of dynamic wallpapers
• Day/night wallpaper switching
• Day/night global theme switching

The KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment will continue to receive fixes as it transitions to the final release, and we appreciate the hard work of KDE developers to help shape the beta.

You can learn more about the beta below:

Photo by Resume Genius on Unsplash

#KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #KDEPlasma65 #Linux #news #Plasma #Plasma65 #Tech #Technology #update

KDE Plasma 6.5 Beta 2 is now live!

Since the first beta of KDE Plasma 6.5 was released, several improvements and new features, such as the grayscale option for the color correction feature, were added to the release to make it more stable. The result is that the second beta is finally released!

The beta testing version contains many promising changes, such as:

• Support for the “Picture in Picture” Wayland protocol
• Quick toggles in System Settings’ the sidebar
• Printer ink level monitoring and notifying of low levels
• Install hardware drivers in Discover
• Fuzzy matching for apps in KRunner-powered searches
• Choose which Global Themes are shown on System Settings’ landing page
• Option to prefer light or dark versions of dynamic wallpapers
• Day/night wallpaper switching
• Day/night global theme switching

The KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment will continue to receive fixes as it transitions to the final release, and we appreciate the hard work of KDE developers to help shape the beta.

You can learn more about the beta below:

Photo by Resume Genius on Unsplash

#KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #KDEPlasma65 #Linux #news #Plasma #Plasma65 #Tech #Technology #update

quicktipp #105: Opening a Linux GUI app on the next virtual desktop of KDE Plasma 6 with `next-desktop <cmd>` or `new-desktop <cmd>`.

https://github.com/christian-korneck/plasma-nextdesktop

I use this a lot for starting graphical fullscreen to VMs and remote workstations (RDP, VNC, qemu SDL/GTK GUI, ...), so I can "swipe" between my local Desktop and the remote machines Desktops. But it works with any Linux GUI app.

#linux #kde #plasma #kdeplasma #kdeplasma6 #wayland #fedora #asahi #rdp #vnc #qemu #desktop #virtualdesktop

KDE Plasma 6.5 Beta is now live!

The anticipated KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment, which is a successor to Plasma 6.4, has reached its beta stage after weeks and weeks of promising development, such as the day/night cycle setting and the dynamic wallpaper setting. The beta version allows you to test the KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment that will be finalized as several weeks go.

The beta version contains many promising changes, such as:

• Support for the “Picture in Picture” Wayland protocol
• Quick toggles in System Settings’ the sidebar
• Printer ink level monitoring and notifying of low levels
• Install hardware drivers in Discover
• Fuzzy matching for apps in KRunner-powered searches
• Choose which Global Themes are shown on System Settings’ landing page
• Option to prefer light or dark versions of dynamic wallpapers
• Day/night wallpaper switching
• Day/night global theme switching

The KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment will continue to receive fixes as it transitions to the final release, and we appreciate the hard work of KDE developers to help shape the beta.

You can learn more about the beta below:

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio

#KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #KDEPlasma65 #Linux #news #Plasma #Plasma65 #Tech #Technology #update

KDE Plasma 6.5 Beta is now live!

The anticipated KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment, which is a successor to Plasma 6.4, has reached its beta stage after weeks and weeks of promising development, such as the day/night cycle setting and the dynamic wallpaper setting. The beta version allows you to test the KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment that will be finalized as several weeks go.

The beta version contains many promising changes, such as:

• Support for the “Picture in Picture” Wayland protocol
• Quick toggles in System Settings’ the sidebar
• Printer ink level monitoring and notifying of low levels
• Install hardware drivers in Discover
• Fuzzy matching for apps in KRunner-powered searches
• Choose which Global Themes are shown on System Settings’ landing page
• Option to prefer light or dark versions of dynamic wallpapers
• Day/night wallpaper switching
• Day/night global theme switching

The KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment will continue to receive fixes as it transitions to the final release, and we appreciate the hard work of KDE developers to help shape the beta.

You can learn more about the beta below:

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio

#KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #KDEPlasma65 #Linux #news #Plasma #Plasma65 #Tech #Technology #update

KDE Plasma 6.5 Beta is now live!

The anticipated KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment, which is a successor to Plasma 6.4, has reached its beta stage after weeks and weeks of promising development, such as the day/night cycle setting and the dynamic wallpaper setting. The beta version allows you to test the KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment that will be finalized as several weeks go.

The beta version contains many promising changes, such as:

• Support for the “Picture in Picture” Wayland protocol
• Quick toggles in System Settings’ the sidebar
• Printer ink level monitoring and notifying of low levels
• Install hardware drivers in Discover
• Fuzzy matching for apps in KRunner-powered searches
• Choose which Global Themes are shown on System Settings’ landing page
• Option to prefer light or dark versions of dynamic wallpapers
• Day/night wallpaper switching
• Day/night global theme switching

The KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment will continue to receive fixes as it transitions to the final release, and we appreciate the hard work of KDE developers to help shape the beta.

You can learn more about the beta below:

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio

#KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #KDEPlasma65 #Linux #news #Plasma #Plasma65 #Tech #Technology #update

KDE Plasma 6.5 Beta is now live!

The anticipated KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment, which is a successor to Plasma 6.4, has reached its beta stage after weeks and weeks of promising development, such as the day/night cycle setting and the dynamic wallpaper setting. The beta version allows you to test the KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment that will be finalized as several weeks go.

The beta version contains many promising changes, such as:

• Support for the “Picture in Picture” Wayland protocol
• Quick toggles in System Settings’ the sidebar
• Printer ink level monitoring and notifying of low levels
• Install hardware drivers in Discover
• Fuzzy matching for apps in KRunner-powered searches
• Choose which Global Themes are shown on System Settings’ landing page
• Option to prefer light or dark versions of dynamic wallpapers
• Day/night wallpaper switching
• Day/night global theme switching

The KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment will continue to receive fixes as it transitions to the final release, and we appreciate the hard work of KDE developers to help shape the beta.

You can learn more about the beta below:

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio

#KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #KDEPlasma65 #Linux #news #Plasma #Plasma65 #Tech #Technology #update

KDE Plasma 6.5 Beta is now live!

The anticipated KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment, which is a successor to Plasma 6.4, has reached its beta stage after weeks and weeks of promising development, such as the day/night cycle setting and the dynamic wallpaper setting. The beta version allows you to test the KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment that will be finalized as several weeks go.

The beta version contains many promising changes, such as:

• Support for the “Picture in Picture” Wayland protocol
• Quick toggles in System Settings’ the sidebar
• Printer ink level monitoring and notifying of low levels
• Install hardware drivers in Discover
• Fuzzy matching for apps in KRunner-powered searches
• Choose which Global Themes are shown on System Settings’ landing page
• Option to prefer light or dark versions of dynamic wallpapers
• Day/night wallpaper switching
• Day/night global theme switching

The KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment will continue to receive fixes as it transitions to the final release, and we appreciate the hard work of KDE developers to help shape the beta.

You can learn more about the beta below:

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio

#KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #KDEPlasma65 #Linux #news #Plasma #Plasma65 #Tech #Technology #update

And I'm up and running, with @fedora on my new @frameworkcomputer Laptop 12.

Still going to need lots of customisation till I'm happy, but I've been practicing on my Dell.

Obligatory Fastfetch photo.

#Fedora42 #KDEPlasma6 #Linux #FrameworkLaptop

And I'm up and running, with @fedora on my new @frameworkcomputer Laptop 12.

Still going to need lots of customisation till I'm happy, but I've been practicing on my Dell.

Obligatory Fastfetch photo.

#Fedora42 #KDEPlasma6 #Linux #FrameworkLaptop

And I'm up and running, with @fedora on my new @frameworkcomputer Laptop 12.

Still going to need lots of customisation till I'm happy, but I've been practicing on my Dell.

Obligatory Fastfetch photo.

#Fedora42 #KDEPlasma6 #Linux #FrameworkLaptop

And I'm up and running, with @fedora on my new @frameworkcomputer Laptop 12.

Still going to need lots of customisation till I'm happy, but I've been practicing on my Dell.

Obligatory Fastfetch photo.

#Fedora42 #KDEPlasma6 #Linux #FrameworkLaptop

And I'm up and running, with @fedora on my new @frameworkcomputer Laptop 12.

Still going to need lots of customisation till I'm happy, but I've been practicing on my Dell.

Obligatory Fastfetch photo.

#Fedora42 #KDEPlasma6 #Linux #FrameworkLaptop

KDE Gear 25.08 released!

KDE Plasma 6.5 is becoming closer, and a lot of applications have been given improvements that make sure that your user experience becomes better than never before. As of today, KDE Gear 25.08 is now live, while the summer time (or winter for those in the southern hemisphere) is still ongoing!

New features and general improvements have been added, and you can see what changed below.

• Itinerary, a travel planning app, now lets you enter the train or bus trips manually, rather than from the specified schedule.
• Itinerary shows you the plan to get where exactly to go to your station or airport.
• Akonadi’s resource usage has been reduced by around 75% to make Akonadi-based KDE applications snappier.
• KOrganizer now allows you to select a date more quickly through the calendar-based date picker.
• Kleopatra now allows you to open multiple notepads to encrypt/decrypt messages more easily.
• Dolphin now allows you to search files more efficiently, using KDE’s fast search indexing service to make finding files faster.
• Dolphin now allows you to open Filelight to get a comprehensive chart for disk usage.
• Neochat now allows you to create polls in a Matrix channel and open a context menu for each individual thread of messages.
• Many more changes to come…

To learn more about KDE Gear 25.08, visit the below page.

Photo by ANTONI SHKRABA production

#KDE #KDEGear #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #Linux #news #Tech #Technology #update

Amarok 3.3.1 released!

After the Amarok 3.3.0 music player was released, the Amarok development squad have released the first bugfix release, versioned as 3.3.1. This incorporated many bug fixes and general improvements, including the build system improvements and the Amarok 3.3 scripting system enhancements.

In addition to that, some of the remaining UI tool buttons that are not themable now respect the system theme that you’ve configured, to make the UI look more uniform to the rest of the system. FFmpeg is now required to build Amarok, which means that in order to be able to build the music player successfully, you are required to install the former library.

Here is the full set of changelogs:

• Features
  • Enable saving and loading script console items, autocompletion in script console, and re-enable some more scripting functionality
• Changes
  • Convert the remaining main UI toolbuttons to use icons from theme
  • Clear out remnants of the now-discontinued MusicDNS service
• Bugfixes
  • Fix example permission grant command in database settings (BR 386004)
  • Fix equalizer gains not updating when selecting some presets (BR 463908)
  • Fix continuing playback after timecoded tracks (cue files etc, (BR 270003)
  • Fix MusicBrainz search
  • Properly start CD playback if Amarok is not already running (BR 503310)
  • Also transmit embedded cover art through MPRIS (BR 357620)
  • Don’t show transcoding dialog after canceling download (BR 275840)
  • Load network information earlier to avoid crashes on startup (BR 507497)
  • Try to export as-compatible-as-possible playlist files (BR 507329)
  • Fix some random crashes during playback

For those who are using MusicBrainz, you can now use the search function to find songs in that service without any errors, hopefully.

In order to install Amarok 3.3.1, you’ll have to either build from source, or use your distro’s package manager. In addition to that, you can also use the Flatpak version, which guarantees that you’re using the latest version.

Photo by MART PRODUCTION

#Amarok #KDE #KDEAmarok #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #Linux #news #Tech #Technology #update

KDE Plasma 6.5 brings quick settings toggles!

KDE Plasma 6.5 is an upcoming KDE desktop environment version that brings a ton of awesome features that make it easier to use than the current Plasma 6.4 desktop. This version is a promising release that will improve your Plasma desktop with many improvements and new features.

Last week, the team showcased the day/night theme switching for wallpapers where the desktop would automatically switch between day and night themes based on the time of the day in your location. This week, the KDE development team brought some of the most interesting changes that allow you to quickly configure your system right from the Settings app.

In the settings sidebar, pages in the System Settings app can now interact with the parent window, making quick toggles and other exported actions possible. This is to save time from having to go to a settings section to be able to, for example, turn on Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Currently, this is only rolled out to Bluetooth settings, but, in future development iterations of Plasma 6.5, Wi-Fi and other settings should use this feature soon.

The pages can also mark themselves as “not relevant” when certain conditions for accessing the settings page are not met. For example, if a settings page requires certain hardware, and your PC doesn’t have it, that page will no longer be accessible. This saves time from having to go to a certain settings page when you discover that none of the options there are relevant for your PC.

KDE Plasma 6.5 will be released later this year, and it includes many bug fixes and general improvements that make your desktop more stable and reliable.

Photo by Anna Nekrashevich

#KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #KDEPlasma65 #LinuxDesktop #news #Plasma65 #Tech #Technology #update

KDE Plasma 6.5 brings quick settings toggles!

KDE Plasma 6.5 is an upcoming KDE desktop environment version that brings a ton of awesome features that make it easier to use than the current Plasma 6.4 desktop. This version is a promising release that will improve your Plasma desktop with many improvements and new features.

Last week, the team showcased the day/night theme switching for wallpapers where the desktop would automatically switch between day and night themes based on the time of the day in your location. This week, the KDE development team brought some of the most interesting changes that allow you to quickly configure your system right from the Settings app.

In the settings sidebar, pages in the System Settings app can now interact with the parent window, making quick toggles and other exported actions possible. This is to save time from having to go to a settings section to be able to, for example, turn on Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Currently, this is only rolled out to Bluetooth settings, but, in future development iterations of Plasma 6.5, Wi-Fi and other settings should use this feature soon.

The pages can also mark themselves as “not relevant” when certain conditions for accessing the settings page are not met. For example, if a settings page requires certain hardware, and your PC doesn’t have it, that page will no longer be accessible. This saves time from having to go to a certain settings page when you discover that none of the options there are relevant for your PC.

KDE Plasma 6.5 will be released later this year, and it includes many bug fixes and general improvements that make your desktop more stable and reliable.

Photo by Anna Nekrashevich

#KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #KDEPlasma65 #LinuxDesktop #news #Plasma65 #Tech #Technology #update

KDE Plasma 6.5 brings quick settings toggles!

KDE Plasma 6.5 is an upcoming KDE desktop environment version that brings a ton of awesome features that make it easier to use than the current Plasma 6.4 desktop. This version is a promising release that will improve your Plasma desktop with many improvements and new features.

Last week, the team showcased the day/night theme switching for wallpapers where the desktop would automatically switch between day and night themes based on the time of the day in your location. This week, the KDE development team brought some of the most interesting changes that allow you to quickly configure your system right from the Settings app.

In the settings sidebar, pages in the System Settings app can now interact with the parent window, making quick toggles and other exported actions possible. This is to save time from having to go to a settings section to be able to, for example, turn on Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Currently, this is only rolled out to Bluetooth settings, but, in future development iterations of Plasma 6.5, Wi-Fi and other settings should use this feature soon.

The pages can also mark themselves as “not relevant” when certain conditions for accessing the settings page are not met. For example, if a settings page requires certain hardware, and your PC doesn’t have it, that page will no longer be accessible. This saves time from having to go to a certain settings page when you discover that none of the options there are relevant for your PC.

KDE Plasma 6.5 will be released later this year, and it includes many bug fixes and general improvements that make your desktop more stable and reliable.

Photo by Anna Nekrashevich

#KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #KDEPlasma65 #LinuxDesktop #news #Plasma65 #Tech #Technology #update

KDE Plasma 6.5 brings quick settings toggles!

KDE Plasma 6.5 is an upcoming KDE desktop environment version that brings a ton of awesome features that make it easier to use than the current Plasma 6.4 desktop. This version is a promising release that will improve your Plasma desktop with many improvements and new features.

Last week, the team showcased the day/night theme switching for wallpapers where the desktop would automatically switch between day and night themes based on the time of the day in your location. This week, the KDE development team brought some of the most interesting changes that allow you to quickly configure your system right from the Settings app.

In the settings sidebar, pages in the System Settings app can now interact with the parent window, making quick toggles and other exported actions possible. This is to save time from having to go to a settings section to be able to, for example, turn on Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Currently, this is only rolled out to Bluetooth settings, but, in future development iterations of Plasma 6.5, Wi-Fi and other settings should use this feature soon.

The pages can also mark themselves as “not relevant” when certain conditions for accessing the settings page are not met. For example, if a settings page requires certain hardware, and your PC doesn’t have it, that page will no longer be accessible. This saves time from having to go to a certain settings page when you discover that none of the options there are relevant for your PC.

KDE Plasma 6.5 will be released later this year, and it includes many bug fixes and general improvements that make your desktop more stable and reliable.

Photo by Anna Nekrashevich

#KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #KDEPlasma65 #LinuxDesktop #news #Plasma65 #Tech #Technology #update

KDE Plasma 6.5 brings quick settings toggles!

KDE Plasma 6.5 is an upcoming KDE desktop environment version that brings a ton of awesome features that make it easier to use than the current Plasma 6.4 desktop. This version is a promising release that will improve your Plasma desktop with many improvements and new features.

Last week, the team showcased the day/night theme switching for wallpapers where the desktop would automatically switch between day and night themes based on the time of the day in your location. This week, the KDE development team brought some of the most interesting changes that allow you to quickly configure your system right from the Settings app.

In the settings sidebar, pages in the System Settings app can now interact with the parent window, making quick toggles and other exported actions possible. This is to save time from having to go to a settings section to be able to, for example, turn on Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Currently, this is only rolled out to Bluetooth settings, but, in future development iterations of Plasma 6.5, Wi-Fi and other settings should use this feature soon.

The pages can also mark themselves as “not relevant” when certain conditions for accessing the settings page are not met. For example, if a settings page requires certain hardware, and your PC doesn’t have it, that page will no longer be accessible. This saves time from having to go to a certain settings page when you discover that none of the options there are relevant for your PC.

KDE Plasma 6.5 will be released later this year, and it includes many bug fixes and general improvements that make your desktop more stable and reliable.

Photo by Anna Nekrashevich

#KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #KDEPlasma65 #LinuxDesktop #news #Plasma65 #Tech #Technology #update

KDE Plasma 6.5 features automatic day/night theme switching

An upcoming version of KDE Plasma 6.x series, which is Plasma v6.5, incorporates a feature that many people have been waiting for since the introduction of light/dark mode themes. This feature is called Automatic Day/Night Theme Switching, and it uses the sunrise and the sunset times, configured for your location, to automatically change the desktop themes according to the time of the day.

To be more specific, if you’re using your computer during the day time, KDE Plasma 6.5 will automatically change the theme of your desktop to the light theme of your choice. In the contrary, if you’re using your desktop during the night, the desktop environment will change the theme to the dark theme of your choice.

You can also choose which of the global themes are shown right from the quick settings, making configuration easier and faster than ever. Alongside that, you can also turn on automatic day/night theme switching from there, too! This means that you have two ways to enable this long-awaited feature.

This feature will land to the final version of KDE Plasma 6.5, which will be released on October 21st. However, distributions may take time to utilize this version of KDE Plasma, depending on what distribution you’re running. For example, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will use this version of KDE Plasma, while Arch Linux picks up the latest version in the matter of days.

Photo by Mikhail Nilov

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KDE Plasma 6.5 has a Day-Night Cycle section in Settings

Night Light in KDE Plasma uses the day and night cycle to manage the scheduling for turning on the blue light filter in the nights and turning it off in the mornings. The day and night cycle consists of sunrise and sunset times in your region, and they differ from area to area. You can either select your region manually from the map shown, or automatically from the Internet.

Over time, various features in development for the upcoming KDE Plasma version are being worked on, such as dynamic wallpapers. This feature uses the day and night cycle that you’ve set up to automatically change the wallpaper based on the time of day. From the sunrise time, the wallpaper changes to the light version, and from the sunset times, it changes to the dark version.

As a result of introducing features that utilize the day and night cycle, its settings page has been moved to its own separate section to expose it more clearly and to emphasize the fact that it’s being used by different features other than Night Light.

Dynamic wallpapers and other features that depend on day and night cycle will be able to utilize the configured cycle times to allow a more dynamic experience on your desktop. To learn more about other changes, press this button.

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio

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KDE Plasma 6.5 has a Day-Night Cycle section in Settings

Night Light in KDE Plasma uses the day and night cycle to manage the scheduling for turning on the blue light filter in the nights and turning it off in the mornings. The day and night cycle consists of sunrise and sunset times in your region, and they differ from area to area. You can either select your region manually from the map shown, or automatically from the Internet.

Over time, various features in development for the upcoming KDE Plasma version are being worked on, such as dynamic wallpapers. This feature uses the day and night cycle that you’ve set up to automatically change the wallpaper based on the time of day. From the sunrise time, the wallpaper changes to the light version, and from the sunset times, it changes to the dark version.

As a result of introducing features that utilize the day and night cycle, its settings page has been moved to its own separate section to expose it more clearly and to emphasize the fact that it’s being used by different features other than Night Light.

Dynamic wallpapers and other features that depend on day and night cycle will be able to utilize the configured cycle times to allow a more dynamic experience on your desktop. To learn more about other changes, press this button.

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio

#Cycle #DayNight #KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #KDEPlasma65 #news #Plasma #Plasma6 #Plasma65 #Settings #Tech #Technology #update

KDE Plasma 6.5 has a Day-Night Cycle section in Settings

Night Light in KDE Plasma uses the day and night cycle to manage the scheduling for turning on the blue light filter in the nights and turning it off in the mornings. The day and night cycle consists of sunrise and sunset times in your region, and they differ from area to area. You can either select your region manually from the map shown, or automatically from the Internet.

Over time, various features in development for the upcoming KDE Plasma version are being worked on, such as dynamic wallpapers. This feature uses the day and night cycle that you’ve set up to automatically change the wallpaper based on the time of day. From the sunrise time, the wallpaper changes to the light version, and from the sunset times, it changes to the dark version.

As a result of introducing features that utilize the day and night cycle, its settings page has been moved to its own separate section to expose it more clearly and to emphasize the fact that it’s being used by different features other than Night Light.

Dynamic wallpapers and other features that depend on day and night cycle will be able to utilize the configured cycle times to allow a more dynamic experience on your desktop. To learn more about other changes, press this button.

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio

#Cycle #DayNight #KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #KDEPlasma65 #news #Plasma #Plasma6 #Plasma65 #Settings #Tech #Technology #update