We're in the home stretch now! Plasma and Gear apps have branched, which means anything committed to master and not backported is going into the next release after the mega-release next month. For Plasma, the next one is 6.1, and for Gear apps, it's 24.05. Quite a few new features and UI improvements are starting…
Aaaaaand it's a big one! I challenge anyone to read this week's (well, these past two weeks') report and not find something they've been wanting for a long time. :) Plasma 6 (Includes all software to be released on the February 28th mega-release: Plasma, Gear-aligned apps, and Frameworks) General info - Open issues: 109 Per-screen…
This week there's a lot of news on the accessibility front in particular! Beyond that, we have a fairly juicy assortment of other new features and user interface improvements, so have a look: Plasma 6 General info - Open issues: 103 KWin now includes an effect that can change the colors on the whole screen…
This was a big week for backend work, especially on the subject of power management and energy efficiency! Plasma 6 General info - Open issues: 81 New Features Welcome Center's first page can now be customized by distros or for that matter, by users (me: Nate Graham, link) User Interface Improvements The KDE desktop portal implementation…
I wrote about all the porting work done recently for Plasma in yesterday's Plasma 6 update. That work consumed a lot of time due to a big push to get it all done, so this week there isn't as much feature work and UI polishing to report. Nevertheless, some good fixes and improvements made it…