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Plasma 5.24 Beta goes live with protection to stop Discover removing Plasma
The latest release of the KDE Plasma desktop is close with the Plasma 5.24 Beta going live now with plenty of new features and fixes for this customizable environment.
Category: Desktop Environment
KDE finally gets root operations in Dolphin, big 2022 plans for Wayland
KDE developer Nate Graham continues blogging about how KDE and Plasma are evolving and there's been some great improvements recently, along with some huge plans for 2022.
Maui Shell seems like a very interesting KDE graphical environment
In the mood to try a new desktop shell? Well, the folks behind Nitrux have formally announced Maui Shell and it sure does look pretty.
Trouble in Solus Linux land as their Experience Lead quits
Joshua Strobl, who was Experience Lead for the Solus Linux distribution, has officially quit but work on the Budgie desktop environment continues.
GNOME Shell 42 to have better mouse input that will help gaming
The GNOME team has announced that with GNOME Shell 42 that will release in 2022, things are going to get better for mouse input which is a nice win for gamers.
KDE developer suggests Plasma needs to be simpler by default
KDE developer Nate Graham, the same person who recently said they may become the "Windows or Android" of the FOSS world is back again with more thoughts - this time about keeping it simple.
System76 creating their own desktop environment written in Rust
Do we need another desktop environment? There's already KDE Plasma, GNOME Shell, Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon and the list goes on for a while. System76 at least seem to think another is needed, one they control.
KDE Plasma gets fingerprint reader support, plus preliminary support for NVIDIA GBM
The team at KDE are producing upgrades for Plasma very quickly, with another weekly update out from developer Nate Graham with some major new bits being hooked up.
KDE celebrates 25 years with a big new Plasma desktop release
Has it really been 25 years? That's absolute madness. I still remember trying out the first released version of KDE. Plasma - 25th Anniversary Edition is available now.
GNOME 41 released with performance enhanced, new power modes, store improvements
Another 6 months of development later and GNOME 41 is out with plenty of enhancements for GNOME desktop fans.
MATE 1.26 is out now with big changes like initial Wayland support
The MATE desktop environment version 1.26 has released after 18 months of development and excitingly adds some more Wayland support to various parts of the stack.
KDE Plasma 5.22 is out now with a focus on 'stability and usability' and more Wayland
Stability and usability are the keys to the new KDE Plasma 5.22 release that's officially available today.
System76 announce COSMIC, their own GNOME-based desktop environment for Pop!_OS
Pop!_OS from Linux hardware vendor System76 is set to get a massive upgrade when Pop!_OS 21.04 releases, as they've announced COSMIC - their very own desktop environment.
GNOME 40 is out now with the redesigned Activities Overview
GNOME 40 is out now to showcase the latest Linux desktop environment work from the GNOME Project, which includes a number of feature overhauls and improvements.
Plasma 5.21 rolls out as one of the best looking Linux desktops available
Love your PC to look flashy? The KDE team put in a lot of effort to be both beautiful and functional with the latest Plasma 5.21 release which is out now.
Plasma 5.21 Beta is out and it's a thing of beauty, towards first-class Wayland support
Plasma, the desktop environment from the KDE team has a big new upgrade coming with the release of Plasma 5.21 Beta and it's looking to be a thing of beauty.
GNOME Shell to get an Activities Overview design revamp in GNOME 40
GNOME Shell is already quite different to how traditional desktop environments feel, and they're planning to mix things up again with some design overhauls for GNOME 40.
KDE will hopefully have a 'Production-ready' Wayland session for Plasma in 2021
A KDE developer who regularly blogs about all the work going into the KDE ecosystem through the likes of the Plasma desktop environment and the various applications, has given an overview of what they expect to see through 2021.
Lightweight desktop Xfce 4.16 released with a visual refresh and fractional scaling
1 year and 4 months of work later, the sleek and simple Linux desktop Xfce 4.16 is out now along with plenty of visual upgrades and some big tech upgrades too.
The Solus Linux team release the Budgie 10.5.2 desktop environment upgrade
Solus, the independent semi-rolling release distribution has released a big upgrade to their flagship Budgie desktop environment with the 10.5.2 update.
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