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KDE Plasma 6.6 Desktop Environment Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing
KDE Plasma 6.6 is packed with lots of goodies, including a new “Plasma Login Manager” display manager, OCR support in Spectacle, the ability to adjust the visual “sharpness” of all content on the screen on distros running Linux kernel 6.19, support for XRandr emulation in KWin, and support for per-DRM-plane color pipelines.
KDE Plasma 6.6 also adds a USB portal that allows sandboxed apps to request access to USB devices, stores Wi-Fi passwords globally in a root-owned location, makes it easier to share Wi-Fi networks via QR codes, improves screen mirroring, and improves support for colorblind users.
Planet KDE:
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KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta Release - KDE Community
Here are the new modules available in the Plasma 6.6 beta:
plasma-login-manager plasma-keyboard plasma-setup
Some important features and changes included in 6.6 beta are highlighted on KDE community wiki page.
Linuxiac:
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KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta Is Out as a Feature Preview Ahead of February Stable Launch
On the widget and panel front, Plasma 6.6 adds several user-facing enhancements. Users can now create global themes from their current visual settings, making customization easier. Connectivity is streamlined with Wi-Fi network access via QR code scanning, and the Emoji Selector app gains a preferred skin-tone filter.
New interaction patterns include changing task volume by scrolling and global media actions for seeking forward or backward in media playback. The Window List widget gains advanced filtering and hover behavior, while the Lock/Logout widget offers configurable icon ordering. A new wired network configuration widget expands networking control directly on the desktop.
UbuntuHandbook:
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KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta Released! New Login Manager & Custom Global Theme | UbuntuHandbook
For KDE users, the new plasma desktop 6.6 is now in Beta stage for testing purpose.
The new version of this free open-source Linux desktop environment introduced many new features and tons of improvements.
First, in Colors & Themes setting page, it now provides a “Save Current Theme” button, allowing to save current settings (e.g., colors, window decoration, icons, cursors, desktop and window layout) as a custom global theme with unique name and thumbnail image. After that, it’s displayed as one of the global theme choices.