KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta Released with Explicit Sync Support on Wayland
The biggest new feature in KDE Plasma 6.1 is the highly-anticipated explicit GPU synchronization feature that would benefit users of NVIDIA GPUs who had issues with the Plasma Wayland session. Now that explicit sync has arrived in the Mesa 24.1 graphics stack, it’s time for Plasma users to enjoy a much better Wayland experience.
KDE Plasma 6.1 also promises better support for Flatpak apps, a new Remote Desktop page in System Settings where you can turn on and configure RDP remote logins, a new “Hide Cursor” effect that will automatically hide the pointer after a period of inactivity, improved notifications, manual session saving on Plasma Wayland, the ability to do calculation and unit conversion from Kicker, and improved support for WireGuard VPNs.
An update (by Roy)
More here:
-
KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta released with Wayland Explicit Sync support
Time for testing, especially for those of you with an NVIDIA GPU as the KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta is now live with some new features. Currently the roadmap shows that KDE Plasma 6.1 will be released as stable on June 18th. So you have a good while to report any unexpected issues from testing.
Original:
-
KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta Release - KDE Community
Here are the major changes available in the Plasma 6.1 beta:
Triple buffering in KWin for smoother rendering and animations Support for the Wayland Explicit Sync protocol, which should improve life for NVIDIA users in particular Support for the Input Capture portal Remote Desktop system integration to allow RDP clients to connect to Plasma desktops, plus a new page in System Settings for configuring this New UX for Plasma's edit mode to make its modality more obvious and visually fancier Added a configurable edge barrier between screens, to make it easier to hit UI elements touching the edges between screens. This also allows auto-hide panels on edges between screens to work properly Fake session restore on Wayland that at least re-opens apps that were open last time, even if they don't get positioned in the same place. Support for real session restore is still being worked on Support for syncing the color of your keyboard's RGB backlight with Plasma's accent color Support for using the color profile embedded into the display, for displays that bundle these Support in Discover for replacing end-of-support Flatpak apps with their replacements Support for the battery conservation mode features on many Lenovo IdeaPad and Legion laptops Support for passwordless screen locking, for using it as a screensaver in an environment without security concerns You can now middle-click the Power & Battery widget to block and unblock automatic sleep and screen locking, and scroll over it to switch the active power profile Slightly rounder corners, and more consistency between corner radius everywhere Better window layout algorithm for Overview The "Shake cursor to find it" effect has been enabled by default New off-by-default effect to hide the mouse pointer after a period of inactivity System Settings Keyboard page has been rewritten in QML
OSTechNix:
-
KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta is Released
The KDE Plasma 6.1 beta release is now available for testing. It ships with several exciting improvements and new features. This update aims to enhance the overall user experience, addressing various aspects of the desktop environment.