Plasma 6.2 review - Slowly getting there, but the road is long

Discussion in 'all things UNIX' started by Mrkvonic, Oct 25, 2024.

  1. Mrkvonic

    Mrkvonic Linux Systems Expert

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    I've written a review of the Plasma 6.2 desktop environment, tested as part of the KDE neon User Edition distribution on a laptop with AMD processor and integrated graphics, including improved look and feel, improved overall usability, numerous tiny visual glitches, Wayland vs X11 functionality, responsiveness, and more. Enjoy.

    https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/plasma-6-2-review.html


    Cheers,
    Mrk
     
  2. Joxx

    Joxx Registered Member

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    KDE and bugs, it's love, they're inseparable.
     
  3. chrisretusn

    chrisretusn Registered Member

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    Enjoyed reading that. Makes me want to give it a shot. I am in the same camp, "For me, the Plasma desktop is the best work environment out there, hands down."

    My only computer is running Slackware64-current. There is a group of Slackware users that are testing Plasma 6.2 as a replacement for Slackware64's Plasma 5 called kde6ktown (requires the development version of Slackware). User reports are mostly positive, yet I am not quite ready to take that plunge. That said I did take that plunge with 'ktown' (different creator than kde6ktown) for KDE4 and KDE5 before they landed in Slackware's stable release. I was quite satisfied with doing that. Pretty sure (pure speculation) that Plasma 6 will not land in the next release of Slackware. I could be wrong.

    Wayland seem to be a real problem for Plasma. I've tried it with Plasma 5, yuck. Seems Plasma 6 is not much different. That said I know folks (Slackware users) that are using and happy with Wayland.
     
  4. Mrkvonic

    Mrkvonic Linux Systems Expert

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    In general, I find it sad and funny how the sw world is embracing all sorts of less effective solutions - it's as if the goal is to add perplexity.
    Mrk
     
  5. summerheat

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    Using it on Arch Linux (6.2.2 by now). No problems whatsoever.
     
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