First Candidate for Releases KDE 6

Testing Candidate for User Environmental Releases KDE Plasma 6, libraries kde frameworks 6 and the collection of apps kde gear 6. The release for releases marked the transition to the final stage of testing before the release scheduled for February 28. To evaluate the work of KDE 6, you can use the assemblies from the project kde neon or packages for fedora.

The key change in the KDE 6 branch is the transition to QT 6, the change in some basic settings, cleaning outdated capabilities and the supply of an updated basic set of libraries and the KDE Frameworks 6, which forms the KDE software glass. By default, KDE Plasma 6 proposes a session using the Wayland protocol, a new switching interface between tasks and the floating panel display, in which there are visible indentes between the panel and the boundaries of the screen. From changes in behavior, the transition to a double click is distinguished by the mouse to open files and catalogs and disconnect the possibility of switching virtual desktop through scrolling on the desktop.

From functional changes, you can note translation membranes, libraries and applications with kirigami widgets. Abstraactlistitem on kirigami.basiclistitem, the implementation of separate color management for each screen, return the effect for navigation on desktop in the form of a rotating cube, change in the design of the Discover application manager, modernization of the configurator configuration, the possibility of unlocking the screen using a smart fingerprint, HDR support in games.



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