KDE Plasma 6 on openSUSE Tumbleweed
In the wide, wide world of desktop Linux, there is a lot of buzz and excitement over the release of Plasma 6 and for good reason, it is a fantastic upgrade from 5.27. The world of Plasma isn’t perfect but when put into perspective, this is getting real close. I was rather concerned about this new version. KDE 3 to KDE Plasma 4 was painful, Plasma 4 to Plasma 5 had some bumps that were incredibly irritating so based on this, I was quite concerned about the move to Plasma 6.
Bottom Line Up Front: Plasma 6 is a hop, a skip and one giant leap in the right direction. Something about it feels like it is more streamlined and positioned for the streamlined desktop of the future. Although I am one to wince a bit at the prospect of “change,” the KDE Community does perform changes right. The refinements made to Plasma feels like a a lot of thought was put into some serious refinement of how the desktop, the settings and options are presented to the user. Overall, there was only one disappointment in the upgrade, everything else is absolutely, most certainly a tremendous improvement.
Linuxiac:
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Plasma 6 Landed in openSUSE Tumbleweed
In recent weeks, the open-source community has been buzzing about Plasma 6. This excitement is well-founded because this new release sets the stage for future improvements. It focuses on creating a more enjoyable user experience, promising enhancements that will benefit them for years.
Now that Arch, KaOS, CachyOS, and Armbian already have Plasma 6 available in their software repositories, openSUSE Tumbleweed users have also joined the party and can experience all the great features Plasma 6 offers.
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GNOME Arrives in openSUSE Releases
March has been an exciting month for openSUSE Tumbleweed users as GNOME 46 made its way into the rolling release like KDE’s Plasma 6 did a few weeks ago.
The GNOME users and developers not only get the upgrade in the rolling release but in the Aeon Desktop derivative. The release in the Slowroll distribution will likely see an update between April 2 and April 14.
GNOME’s version 46 codenamed “Kathmandu” pays homage to the contributions from GNOME.Asia 2023 organizers and has significant improvements and new features. A standout feature in GNOME 46 is the new global search functionality within the files app. This feature enables users to search across all configured locations directly and an addition of filters by file type and modification date further refine the tool.
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GNOME 46 Arrives in openSUSE Tumbleweed & Aeon
Only six days following its official debut and merely a day after Arch Linux introduced it into its official repositories, openSUSE Tumbleweed delighted its user base by adopting the new GNOME 46 desktop environment.
This move just solidifies their position as frontrunners in the Linux ecosystem, particularly among distributions betting on the rolling-release model.