Available release custom shell KDE Plasma 5.23, constructed using KDE Frameworks platform 5 and Qt 5 library using OpenGL / OpenGL ES for faster rendering. Rate job
the new version is available with Live-assembly of the openSUSE project and build the project from the KDE Neon User Edition . Packages for various distributions can be found at this page
Issue timed to 25-летия project – October 14, 1996 Matthias Ettrich (Matthias Ettrich) announced the creation of a new free desktop environment, based on end-users, not programmers or system administrators, and able to compete with the then available commercial products, such as CDE. The GNOME Project, which had similar goals, appeared after 10 months. The first stable release of KDE 1.0 was released July 12, 1998, KDE 2.0 was released October 23, 2000, KDE 3.0 – April 3, 2002, KDE 4.0 – January 11, 2008, KDE Plasma 5 – in July 2014
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The key improvements:
- In the subject design Breeze changed the design of buttons, menu items, switches, sliders, and scroll bars. To improve the usability of touch screen is increased and the size of the scroll strips poloc controllers (spinbox). Added a new progress bar is decorated in the form of rotating gears. Implemented effect, the highlight widgets on the edge of the panel. For widgets placed on the desktop, provided blurring the background.
- Significantly revised code with the implementation of the new Kickoff menu, improved productivity and eliminated the disturbing errors.
Given a choice between showing the available programs in a list or grid of icons. Added a button to secure the open menu on the screen. On the touch screen are now holding touch leads to the discovery of the context menu. Given the opportunity to configure display buttons to control the session and shutdown
- If you switch to tablet mode provides an increase in the icons in the system tray for easier control with touch screen.
- In the interface display notifications provided support copying text to the clipboard with the key combination Ctrl + C.
- The applet with the implementation of the global menu is made more similar to the regular menu.
