Plasma 6.6
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Plasma 6.6 is all about making your life as easy as possible without sacrificing any of the flexibility

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.

  • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    9·
    3 hours ago

    The volume slider with a scroll wheel over the taskbar icons is such a clever little addition. It makes so much sense. I can’t believe nobody else thought of this.

  • iByteABit@lemmy.ml
    36·
    7 hours ago

    KDE absolutely ridiculing Windows yet again

    Meanwhile Microsoft broke the fucking Notepad

  • rozodru@piefed.worldEnglish
    7·
    6 hours ago

    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.

    • comrade_twisty@feddit.org
      104·
      8 hours ago

      As long as it can be turned off and does not use any non-local services for OCR it’s a good addition. As much as convenience is nice, privacy still has to come first.

      • dev_null@lemmy.ml
        38·
        8 hours ago

        The OCR is offline, using Tesseract, there is nothing online about it.

        It only activates when you press a button, so there is nothing to turn off either.

    • rozodru@piefed.worldEnglish
      7·
      6 hours ago

      it’s already available? CachyOS for example switched to using it as the default like a month or two ago. It’s already out there.

  • ghost_laptop@lemmy.ml
    3·
    5 hours ago

    I’m still sticking to Gnome but I love these features and how more polished KDE looks with every update (even though I still think they need to perfect some details). It makes me really happy to know we have these really important projects being libre.

  • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml
    6·
    7 hours ago

    You can also filter windows out of a screencast by choosing a special option from the pop-up menu that appears when right-clicking a window’s title bar:

    An option to hide windows from Spectacle, when recording a screencast. Admittedly I am not much of a screencast person, but its good to know in case I need it as I have some future plans. So I could have some notes or the web browser open in same virtual desktop I am recording from.

  • Vincent@feddit.nl
    12·
    8 hours ago

    Sounds like KDE is also doing a lot of work that will be helpful on phones, nice!