{"id":847,"date":"2024-06-18T16:03:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T16:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/kde-plasma-6-1-released-with-a-plethora-of-exciting-new-features\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T05:38:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T05:38:51","slug":"kde-plasma-6-1-released-with-a-plethora-of-exciting-new-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/kde-plasma-6-1-released-with-a-plethora-of-exciting-new-features\/","title":{"rendered":"KDE Plasma 6.1 Released With a Plethora of Exciting New Features!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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KDE Plasma 6.1 has been released with a plethora of productivity and performance-minded improvements.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Building on the KDE Plasma 6.0 release<\/a> from earlier in this year, the 6.1 update sees KDE developers deliver \u201cimprovements and powerful new features to every part of your desktop\u201d<\/em>, with promises that future updates will see things \u2018get more interesting\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Plasma 6.1 allows users to initiate a remote desktop access straight from the System Settings<\/em> app, to which Remote Desktop clients, like KRDC<\/a>, can connect. RDP features aren\u2019t new to KDE per se, but this new integration makes setting up connections easier. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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KDE is king \u2014or queen, before I get cancelled\u2014<\/em> of customisation, and the Plasma desktop has long had an interactive \u2018edit mode\u2019 which is easily accessible. But, more so for newer users, it\u2019s easy to enter edit mode accidentally and not notice!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

So in KDE Plasma 6.1 Edit Mode<\/em> is visually explicit (and arguably all the better for it). Entering Edit Mode<\/em> now triggers an animation which sees the desktop smoothly zoom out into a framed overview area. Here, changes can be made as before and saved\/applied.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

With the KDE Plasma 6.x series being Wayland-first, some effort has gone into enabling those who want their open apps\/windows to be stored between sessions (i.e. logging out and back in). This capability is supported in X11 but under Wayland, until now, MIA.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

So Plasma 6.1 includes an initial (but not yet perfect; devs describe it as a WIP) implementation. When you log out or shut down your computer when app windows are open, Plasma re-opens them when you next log in so you can resume working right away.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

On the topic of Wayland, KDE Plasma 6.1 features Explicit Sync<\/em><\/strong> support<\/strong> to help eliminate visual glitches often experienced by NVIDIA users, and enables Triple Buffering<\/em><\/strong> to improve the smoothness of on-screen animations and rendering.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The \u201cShake cursor to find it\u201d effect popularised by macOS has an equivalent in KDE Plasma 6.1. Users can waggle their mouse repeatedly (or wiggle a finger on the touchpad) to temporarily enlarge the cursor on screen to make it easier to spot.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Use GNOME Shell and want this? Install the Jiggle<\/em> GNOME Shell extension<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Other changes in KDE Plasma 6.1:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n