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KDE Plasma 6.6 released (kde.org)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/43288310

In KDE Plasma 6.6 Spectacle can read texts from screenshots, a new on-screen keybord is available for testing, a first-time wizard was added, current theme can be saved as a new global theme, emoji selector got a new easier skin tone selection, you can now connect to a Wi-Fi network via a QR code, application sound volume can be changed by scrolling over a taskbar button via mouse, and there is much more.

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[–] 8 points 6 months ago (1 child)

The ability to have virtual desktops only on the primary screen

sigh. I guess. I think I just need to settle on the fact KDE is never going to allow dedicated virtual desktops per monitor. I really want to use Plasma but this is a deal breaker for me.

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I mean, this looks like a step towards that direction, no?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    I still wouldn't assume it to actually go further than that. It's a limitation of the EWMH standard, which is used for controlling the placement of windows.

    I don't have in-depth knowledge of the standard, but I assume, it can only represent 1 desktop as the active desktop and stuff like that.
    Maybe you could try to be clever by e.g. always reporting the active desktop of the active screen and stuff like that, but yeah, no idea if you can do that for all aspects of the standard, and whether applications will still behave as expected.

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