KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta introduces a replacement for SDDM, a new virtual keyboard, a USB portal for sandboxed apps, and OCR support in Spectacle...

Key points:

  • Introduce plasma-login-manager as a modern replacement for SDDM.
  • New virtual plasma-keyboard and OEM plasma-setup wizard.
  • Critical improvements in Wayland: XRandr emulation and reliable screen mirroring.
  • USB portal for security in isolated apps and OCR support in Spectacle.
  • Accessibility controls for edge contrast and Wi-Fi connection via QR code.
  • idriss@lemmy.ml
    9·
    19 hours ago

    I can’t wrap my head around how good KDE has become, I end up crawling back to KDE every time. If some nice person will bake a native tilling mode like cosmic, it will be very hard to convince me to switch away from KDE.

    • hDGGgrLpg8nEucjxWnJz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      13 hours ago

      It’s not native, but I’ve been daily driving krohnkite for about a year now and it works so well I forget it’s a kwin script.

      Paired with Klassy to highlight the active window.

    • LeFantome@programming.dev
      5·
      18 hours ago

      I never liked KDE. I used it before there was GNOME but I used GNOME 2 for years and Cinnamon or XFCE after that.

      I probably tried KDE4 once and KDE5 a couple times. Not for me. But I have used KDE a lot since Plasma 6. I have to agree with you. They are doing a great job. It is probably the best environment for Wayland.

      I also use COSMIC a bit and Niri is my favourite environment. But I do seem to be using Plasma 6 a lot. It is sitting in front of me now.