KDE has prepared a different initial configuration wizard and will arrive in Plasma 6.5.

  • KDE prepares an initial Plasma setup wizard.
  • Plasma 6.5 will arrive with many interface improvements.
  • They continue to fix bugs to improve stability and usability.
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KDE Initial Configuration Wizard

GNOME has long had an initial setup wizard so that, after the first boot, users can configure some parameters to leave the environment to their liking. KDE It didn't have anything like it, and what it offered was little more than a very simple Welcome Center. That will change with the release of Plasma 6.5: from then on, Plasma will start with an initial setup wizard.

Among other things, the initial setup wizard This will allow you to set a username and password when you start your computer for the first time. This will be useful if you performed an OEM installation, that is, when you install the operating system for someone else to use later. This is how companies install it, or, if the system allows it, when we want to pass on or sell the computer to someone else.

Initial Setup Wizard

Notable improvements to the KDE user interface

plasma 6.5.0

  • Plasma panels now become scrollable when they contain too many elements to view at once. This scrolling capability doesn't emerge immediately; at first, the Task Manager widget icons compress slightly, but after a certain point, they stop compressing and the panel becomes scrollable instead.
  • They've improved the tone mapping curve used by KWin when displaying HDR content. Hopefully, it should look even better now.
  • By default, System Preferences no longer shows us the Drawing Tablets page if we don't have a tablet connected. Of course, there's an option to show those filtered pages anyway, if we need them for troubleshooting purposes.
  • The output stream for volume feedback sounds no longer appears briefly in the Audio Volume widget and on the System Preferences page.
  • Improved the accessibility of the System Preferences Shortcuts page.
  • Added more relevant information about our game controllers to the Game Controller page of System Preferences.
  • The notification that says “you missed some notifications” after exiting Do Not Disturb mode no longer becomes visible in the history view after it expires.

Remarkable in performance and technical that will come to KDE

plasma 6.4.5

  • They have fixed a serious issue in AMD GPU graphics drivers.
  • Fixed an issue where Plasma could crash after copying files from a slow network location and opening the clipboard popup.

plasma 6.5.0

  • They switched to a lighter timer for the KWin render loop, slightly reducing resource usage across the board.
  • Implemented support for version 2 of the Global Shortcuts Portal.

Framework 6.18

  • Further improved thumbnail generation speed across all KDE software.

Coming soon to your KDE distribution

As for bugs, the number of high-priority bugs has increased from 4 to 5, and the number of 28-minute bugs has decreased from 27 to 15.

KDE Plasma 6.4.5 is expected to arrive on September 9th and Frameworks 6.18 on September 12th.

Vía: KDE blog.