release of a custom KDE Plasma 5.17 shell built using the platform and Qt 5 libraries using OpenGL/OpenGL ES to speed up rendering. Evaluate the work
new version can be through from the openSUSE project and builds from the project . Packages for various distributions can be found at .
Key improvements:
- Improved support for high pixel density (HiDPI) screens in the KWin window manager and added fractional scaling support for Wayland-based Plasma desktop sessions. This feature allows you to choose the optimal size of elements on screens with a high pixel density, for example, you can increase the displayed interface elements not by 2 times, but by 1.5;
- The Breeze GTK theme has been redesigned to improve the display of the Chromium/Chrome interface in the KDE environment (for example, active and inactive tabs are now visually different). Ensured that the color scheme is applied to GTK and GNOME applications. When using Wayland, it became possible to change the size of the GTK header panels (headerbar) relative to the edges of the window;
- Changed the design of the sidebars with settings. By default, the drawing of window borders is stopped.
- Do Not Disturb mode, which pauses notifications, is now automatically activated when screen mirroring is enabled (for example, when showing presentations);
- Instead of showing the number of pending notifications, the notification system widget now includes a bell icon;
- Improved widget positioning interface, which is also adapted for touch screens;
- When rendering fonts default light RGB mode (the “Use anti-aliasing” mode is enabled in the settings, the “Sub-pixel rendering type” option is set to “RGB”, and “Hinting style” is set to “Slight”);
- Reduced desktop startup time;
- Added support for converting fractional units in KRunner and Kickoff (for example, 3/16 inch = 4.76 mm);
- In the mode of dynamic change of desktop wallpaper, it became possible to determine the order of images (before, wallpapers changed only randomly);
- Added the ability to use the picture of the day from the service as desktop wallpaper with the ability to select a category;
- Significantly improved widget for connecting to public wireless networks;
- In the volume control widget, added the ability to limit the maximum volume to a value below 100%;
- In sticky notes, by default, text formatting elements are cleared when it is pasted from the clipboard;
- In Kickoff, the recently opened documents section also displays documents opened in GNOME/GTK applications;
- A section has been added to the configurator for configuring equipment with a Thunderbolt interface;
- The interface for setting night illumination has been modernized, which is now available when working on top of X11.
- Redesigned interface for screen configurators, power consumption, boot screen saver, desktop effects, screen lock, touch screens, windows, SDDM advanced settings, and activation of actions when hovering the cursor in the corners of the screen. Reorganized pages in the design settings section;
- In the system settings section, the display of basic information about the system is implemented;
- For people with disabilities added the ability to move the cursor using the keyboard;
- Extended settings for the design of the login page (SDDM), for which you can now specify your own font, color scheme, icon set, and other settings;
- Added two-stage sleep mode, in which the system is first put into standby mode, and after a few hours into sleep;
- The ability to change the color scheme for headings has been added to the color settings page;
- Added the ability to assign a global hotkey to turn off the screen;
- Support has been added to System Monitor to display detailed cgroup information to evaluate container resource limits. For each process, statistics about the network traffic associated with it are displayed. Added the ability to view statistics for NVIDIA GPUs;
- The Applications and Add-ons Installation Center (Discover) now has correct progress indicators for operations. Improved error reporting due to network connection issues. Added icons in the sidebar and icons for snap applications;
- The KWin window manager provides correct scrolling with the mouse wheel in a Wayland-based environment. For X11 added the ability to use the Meta key as a modifier for switching windows (instead of Alt+Tab). Added an option to limit display settings to only the current screen location in multi-monitor configurations. The "Present Windows" effect adds support for closing windows by clicking the middle mouse button.
Source: opennet.ru