KDE - KDE Ships Plasma 5.3, New Feature Release
kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.3.0.php
kde.orgPosted Apr 28, 2015, 1:20 PM UTC
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kde.orgthey better ad a snap-to grid for the widgets
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I've been anti-KDE since I discovered Linux because of how much space it took for no reason whatsoever and basically looked ugly, everything was too big and inconsistent.
But now looking at this... if I ever install a DE it will probably be KDE. I heard that the packages for KDE 5/Plasma in Arch were fucked up can any Archers confirm this?
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I installed it from the Arch repos with no problem whatsoever, following the wiki.
The only thing to remember (from memory at least) is to use something like SDDM as a display manager instead of KDM.
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Super pretty and making big steps towards supporting Wayland? Oh my!
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Can you remove the cashew menu yet?
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Ah sweet. KDE just keeps getting better and better.
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I have been waiting years for this.
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Can someone who's using Plasma 5 write up a short review? Is it better than Cinnamon or GNOME3? I've tried KDE 4 before but I really disliked the style, it looked too busy and cartoony.
We have thumbnails in our filepicker
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GTK plebians - 0
I like the way you present things yes.
In my opinion Plasma 5 fixes the cartoony-ness. Also compared to Gnome 3, it's nice that I can upgrade it to the latest version without breaking literally everything that depends on it.
My opinion exactly. I add that if anyone wants a proper complete and full-featured desktop, KDE is unbeatable. Gladly looks are improved, which is a major plus. Now if someone really spends most of their time on a single window, like the web browser or a fairly limited set of programs, perhaps a GTK environment is more appropriate.
I've been using it for a few months now, having come from Mint with Cinnamon, and I have to say I like KDE better.
There are tons of little things I like in this, which makes a big difference. Things like easy custom keyboard shortcuts for everything (I use Super + k to launch konsole), alt + F2 for krunner, which is just such a handy tool if you've never used it.
Its fast and smooth, even on my 3 year old cheapy Lenovo, and once you get it set how you like, becomes very comfortable, very quickly.
Plus it looks really, really nice :) I'll up a picture of my desktop once I've got my son to sleep.
http://i.imgur.com/AkPbATM.png
That's my current setup, Plank as the dock on the left, the default panel with the task manager removed on the lower right. It works for me, and Plank auto-hides so I don't lose any screen space.
Looks cool! Will try it out tonight.
how do you manage audio switching or do you not require that on your setup ? One thing I like abut cinnamon / Gnome is that i can with one click alternate between HDMi & Analogue audio from the tray app, whilst simultaneously being able to control ( from the same app menu ) the volumes for each running program or game AND be able to pause/stop/skip tracks on the currently running music player ( or open the player ) its kind of a major thing. I can control Mic volume output too and it helps whilst video chat / gaming / Music is going on to quickly balance the levels.
For me, personally, it's not an issue as I so rarely need the sound on my laptop.
I know that Spotify has tray controls for music playback, so I imagine the other music players do too.
Sorry I can't help more at the moment, but I'm at work and can't have a good look at Kmix or any of the other bits and pieces tucked away.