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System76 refresh the Adder WS laptop, plus COSMIC desktop Alpha in May

15 Mar 2024

Some exciting news for System76 fans here as not only have they now released the powerful refresh of the Adder WS laptop, but their COSMIC desktop environment is also approaching an Alpha release.

Plasma 6 lands in Arch Linux, KDE neon teething issues and Plasma 6.1 heating up

7 Mar 2024

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By Liam Squires-Hand

The dust is starting to settle now the huge KDE Plasma 6 release is out in the wild, with it beginning to land for more distributions but there's been some issues.

GNOME pulls in experimental variable refresh rate (VRR) support for GNOME 46

5 Mar 2024

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By Liam Squires-Hand

After years of waiting, experimental support for variable refresh rate (VRR) has landed for GNOME, and thankfully it will be in the GNOME 46 release.

The future has arrived - KDE Plasma 6 desktop released

28 Feb 2024

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By Liam Squires-Hand

The KDE team announced "MegaRelease 6", a big upgrade that includes Plasma 6, Frameworks 6 and Gear 24.02 with tons of improvements to this popular desktop environment that's used on the Steam Deck for Desktop Mode.

KDE Plasma 6.0 Beta 2 is available for testing

21 Dec 2023

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Getting exciting now! We're closing in on the final release of KDE Plasma 6.0 with a second Beta now available for testing to ensure it's ready for your Linux desktops and eventually Steam Deck too.

HDR support for KDE Plasma 6 seems to be shaping up nicely

18 Dec 2023

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By Liam Squires-Hand

While it's far from finished, and still needs some manual effort to get properly working, HDR support for KDE Plasma 6 has made great progress.

KDE Plasma 6 - Beta 1 released

1 Dec 2023

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By Liam Squires-Hand

The KDE team continue sprinting towards to finish line of the Plasma 6 release next year, with a Beta release now available for the popular Linux desktop environment which is also used on Steam Deck.

Plasma 6 full steam ahead with only one showstopper left for Wayland by default

27 Nov 2023

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By Liam Squires-Hand

As the KDE team continue working full steam ahead towards Plasma 6, they're now down to a single showstopping bug for having Wayland by default.

KDE Plasma 6 goes Wayland by default, initial HDR gaming support

14 Nov 2023

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By Liam Squires-Hand

In another update on the progress of the upcoming KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment release, there's some fun details from Nate Graham.

KDE Plasma 6 gets a first Alpha release

8 Nov 2023

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Nearly 10 years after KDE Plasma 5.0, the launch of KDE Plasma 6.0 is approaching and a first "Megarelease - Alpha" is out now for testing.

GNOME 45 released with dynamic workspace indicator, camera indicator and much more

20 Sep 2023

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By Liam Squires-Hand

GNOME 45 has just been released and overall it looks like a rather nice release for this desktop environment, so here's a short run over what's new.

Plasma 6 optimized for Wayland gaming, plus compositor crash recovery

18 Sep 2023

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By Liam Squires-Hand

KDE developer Nate Graham has two quite interesting updates in regards to the upcoming Plasma 6 desktop release, including some fun optimizations landing.

KDE Plasma 6 to launch in February 2024

8 Sep 2023

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By Liam Squires-Hand

They've finally set a date! The big release of the KDE Plasma 6 desktop is now set to launch in February 2024.

Budgie 10.8 desktop released with plenty of new features

30 Aug 2023

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Budgie 10.8 was released recently, bringing plenty of enhancements to this interesting desktop environment so here's a little run over what's new.

COSMIC desktop from System76 coming along nicely

15 May 2023

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By Liam Squires-Hand

System76 are busy hacking away on their new upcoming COSMIC desktop environment, and their latest development blog post is looking good.

GNOME 44 is out now finally adding thumbnails to the file picker

22 Mar 2023

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By Liam Squires-Hand

One thing I genuinely hated about GNOME has finally been solved with the GNOME 44 release. It includes some big improvements and new features.

KDE Plasma 5.27 released with multi-monitor & Wayland upgrades, Steam Deck updater

14 Feb 2023

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By Liam Squires-Hand

KDE Plasma 5.27 sounds like a really great update to this desktop environment, the same one used on the desktop mode for the Steam Deck and my personal choice for my PC too.