Available For testing a beta version of the user shell Plasma 5.22. You can test the new release through Live assembly from the project OpenSUSE and the assembly from the project KDE Neon Testing Edition . Packages for different distributions can be found on this page . Release expected June 8.
Key improvements :
- A adaptive setting mode of the transparency of the panel and placed on the widget panels, which automatically disables transparency in the presence of at least one window deployed to the entire visible area. In the panel parameters, you can turn off this behavior and enable permanent transparency or opacity.
- Significantly improved Wayland support. When using Wayland, the ability to work with rooms (Activity) and support for searching the menu items in the applet with the implementation of the global menu is provided. The work of vertical and horizontal windscreen maximization is established, as well as the ability to use the Present Windows effect.
In the KWIN window manager, when using the Wayland protocol, performance optimization is implemented through the use of direct output (Direct Scan-Out) of full-screen windows on GPUs other than NVIDIA. When using Wayland, support for Freesync technology has been added, which allows the video card to change the monitor update frequency in order to provide smoothness and no torn image during games. Added support for hot connectivity GPU and the ability to set up departures of expandments (OVERSCAN).
- In configurations with multiple monitors, the default opening windows on the screen on which the cursor is currently being located.
- To track the change in the system parameters (memory consumption, the load on the CPU, network activity, running applications, etc.) The default interface Plasma System Monitor , which was replaced by KSYSGUARD .
- In the new Kickoff menu, irritating delays before switching categories, as well as solved the problem with random categories switching when moving the cursor.
- In the task manager, the default behavior of the window backlight mode has been changed, which is now only triggered when you hover the mouse over the window sketch.
- The correct operation of global hot keys affecting not only Latin characters on the keyboards is provided.