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PayPalKDE Plasma 6.7 is shaping up to be another excellent release of the popular Linux desktop environment, with exciting new features rolling in. Some more have been detailed in the latest This Week in Plasma blog post.
One of the most interesting is finally getting support for per-screen virtual desktops, a bug report for which has been open since 2005. Whew, that's a long time. But as of April 13th, the code is in and enabled. So what does it actually do? It allows you to (it's optional) switch between any of the system’s virtual desktops independently across your screens. Nifty!
Their video shows it nice and clearly:
Some other highlights for Plasma 6.7 include:
- The ability to set the default calendar app.
- The Kicker Application Menu widget now highlights newly-installed apps.
- You can now drag-and-drop apps to the “Favorites” sections of the Kickoff, Kicker, and Dashboard widgets.
- You can now optionally set Discover to quit after installing updates.
- Improved the design of Discover’s grid and list items, which also slightly increases the information density of the pages that show them.
- KWin now supports the Wayland session management protocol! This is an important step for apps to be able to remember their sizes and positions after restarting the system.
KDE Plasma 6.7 is due for release on June 16th.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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If it also remembers what screen and desktop windows were placed at it's the best thing since sliced bread, because it means no more window rules for the most part
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sherminator 14 hours ago
i made per screen virtual desktops too on sway with some python scripting
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Wayland remembering where windows are positioned is the last feature missing from X, for me. It really annoys me that all windows open in the centre of the screen.
Except Steam. It doesn't care about desktop managers or theming or whatnot. Does what it likes. 😅
Except Steam. It doesn't care about desktop managers or theming or whatnot. Does what it likes. 😅
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Per-screen virtual desktops are the only thing I was missing, KDE Plasma is now the perfect DE as far as I'm concerned.
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KWin now supports the Wayland session management protocol! This is an important step for apps to be able to remember their sizes and positions after restarting the system.Thank God, I really could use that feature! Having to rearrange my Firefox windows every day is really annoying.
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Nice. I'm still dreaming about using different desktop backgrounds for each virtual desktop (which I was reminded of when hearing about this virtual desktop update).
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You can do that with activities, that's essentially what they're for, workspaces where everything is unique to each space. To be honest, I'm not really sure why KDE sidelines them. They do everything people complain about workspaces not doing. They're intended for workspaces to live inside them, but that's never how KDE presents them.
Last edited by GoEsr on 20 Apr 2026 at 6:05 pm UTC
Last edited by GoEsr on 20 Apr 2026 at 6:05 pm UTC
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clatterfordslim 2 hours ago
Quoting: chrNice. I'm still dreaming about using different desktop backgrounds for each virtual desktop (which I was reminded of when hearing about this virtual desktop update).Can do that easily in Xfce. It's what I do to remember which workspace I am on, as there is no way to display numbers on screen, like there is in KDE and Cinnamon. Can only show numbers if you have workspace displaying on your panel and rename them from there in Xfce. I will have to try out KDE in VMware and see how Wayland behaves itself now, as all I keep hearing is how good Wayland is, but do people actually use their computers, other than playing games and watching YouTube? Do they make spreadsheets, create stuff, open as many tabs as possible, push their systems to the limit, by having Steam games open whilst rendering or editing video, watching YouTube, browsing the web all at the same time, whilst using Wayland?
I'm just curious that's all, as that is how I spend my time in Xfce. If I feel happy enough with KDE Wayland in a virtual environment I will install it onto real hardware and see how it performs in the real world. I've been on the fence with Wayland, as heard nothing but good things, then the horror stories of it not liking OBS-Studio and other app installs.
Every time I tried Wayland session with either KDE or Gnome, they kept crashing. Though that was some time ago, so does anyone here use their Wayland Linux like I do in X11? Is Wayland really that good now that it does not crash when put under load?
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