KDE Plasma 6.1 Desktop Environment Officially Released, Here’s What’s New
KDE Plasma 6.1 is the first major update of the desktop environment since KDE Plasma 6.0 and includes exciting new features like explicit GPU synchronization support for NVIDIA users to improve their Plasma Wayland experience if they also use the Mesa 24.1 graphics stack and NVIDIA 555 graphics driver series.
It also brings triple buffering support for smoother animations and screen rendering, better support for Flatpak apps, a new Remote Desktop page in System Settings where you can turn on and configure RDP remote logins, as well as a new “Hide Cursor” effect that will automatically hide the pointer after a period of inactivity.
OMG Ubuntu:
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KDE Plasma 6.1 Released With… Well, A Fair Bit! - OMG! Ubuntu
Building on the KDE Plasma 6.0 release from earlier in this year, the 6.1 update sees KDE developers deliver “improvements and powerful new features to every part of your desktop”, with promises that future updates will see things ‘get more interesting’.
Plasma 6.1 allows users to initiate a remote desktop access straight from the System Settings app, to which Remote Desktop clients, like KRDC, can connect. RDP features aren’t new to KDE per se, but this new integration makes setting up connections easier.
Linuxiac:
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KDE Plasma 6.1 Desktop Environment Released, Here's What's New
Nearly five months after the Plasma 6 mega-release, following its shift to Qt 6 frameworks, the desktop environment has leaped forward with the release of the much-anticipated version 6.1.
It brings an array of new features designed to enhance performance, productivity, customization, and accessibility. Without further ado, here’s everything significant that this edition offers.
KDE Community:
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Plasma 6.1 - KDE Community
Plasma 6 hits its stride with version 6.1. While Plasma 6.0 was all about getting the migration to the underlying Qt 6 frameworks correct (and what a massive job that was), 6.1 is where developers start implementing the features that will take your desktop to a new level.
In this release, you will find features that go far beyond subtle changes to themes and tweaks to animations (although there is plenty of those too), as you delve into interacting with desktops on remote machines, become more productive with usability and accessibility enhancements galore, and discover customizations that will even affect the hardware of your computer.
These features and more are being built directly into Plasma's Wayland version natively, avoiding the need for third party software and hacky extensions required by similar solutions implemented in X.
Things will only get more interesting from here. But meanwhile enjoy what will land on your desktop with your next update.
Liam Dawe:
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Plasma 6.1 released with Explicit Sync, Triple Buffering for Wayland and much more
KDE Plasma 6.1 has been released today bringing with it plenty of exciting new features, some big and some small but there's plenty to enjoy. My favourite desktop environment! I use it on Kubuntu, and it's the same desktop as you see on the Steam Deck.
LWN:
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Plasma 6.1 released
Version 6.1 of the Plasma desktop environment has been released.
Plasma 6 hits its stride with version 6.1. While Plasma 6.0 was all about getting the migration to the underlying Qt 6 frameworks correct (and what a massive job that was), 6.1 is where developers start implementing the features that will take you desktop to a new level.
More technical:
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KDE Plasma 6.1 Released with Explicit Sync and Triple Buffering
The latest KDE Plasma 6.1 stable version is here! As always, the Plasma dev team have done an impressive and commendable work. The latest Plasma 6.1 release brings exciting improvements and powerful new features to every aspect of your desktop experience.
While Plasma 6.0 focused on the monumental task of migrating to the underlying Qt 6 frameworks, version 6.1 marks a significant stride forward, introducing features that will elevate your desktop to new heights.
In this release, you'll discover enhancements that go far beyond subtle changes to themes and animations (although those are present too).
Notebookcheck:
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KDE Plasma 6.1 brings many enhancements to the popular Linux desktop
After several pre-releases, the KDE Plasma development team unveiled version 6.0 of its desktop environment for Linux and BSD systems on 28 February, using the Qt6 framework for the first time. KDE Plasma 6.1 now comes with a number of new features to further improve the user experience.
The edit mode, which can be started by right-clicking on the desktop wallpaper and selecting the appropriate item, has been completely redesigned in KDE Plasma 6.1. When activated, a stylish animation starts and the entire desktop zooms into an overview with settings panels on the sides. This means that users no longer have to deal with multiple, sometimes overlapping options and can configure their Plasma desktop in a relaxed manner.