KDE Plasma 6.2 - It’s all about quality of life!

De-Google your life and try Proton Mail for 1 euro or US Dollar for a month: Grab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux: # 👏 SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: Get access to: - a Daily Linux News show - a weekly patroncast for more personal thoughts - polls on the next topics I cover, - your name in the credits YouTube: @thelinuxexp/join Patreon: Or, you can donate whatever you want: Liberapay: 👕 GET TLE MERCH Support the channel AND get cool new gear: 🎙️ LINUX AND OPEN SOURCE NEWS PODCAST: Listen to the latest Linux and open source news, with more in depth coverage, and ad-free! 🏆 FOLLOW ME ELSEWHERE: Website: Mastodon: @thelinuxEXP Pixelfed: PeerTube: Discord: #linuxdesktop #linux #linuxdistro #kdeplasma #plasma Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 00:37 Sponsor: Proton Mail 02:01 Visual Changes & UX 08:12 Accessibility 09:55 Power Management 12:00 Discover & Updates 13:47 Settings Changes 16:46 Misc. changes 18:53 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers 19:51 Support the channel For digital artists · Option to re-bind the drawing tablet stylus buttons to different types of mouse clicks · Option for how to map drawing tablet area to screen area · Drawing tablet calibration wizard · Test mode for drawing tablet settings · Turned on support for KWin’s implementation of the Wayland color management protocol · Option to use color profile data built into your monitor, if it has one Power management · Per-monitor brightness control · Ability to override apps that are blocking sleep or screen locking · Battery widget’s icon now shows a power profile badge too · The Battery Monitor widget once again stays visible while the computer is charging · Meta B shortcut to switch power profiles now cycles through them individually Discover and system updating · Ability to shut down after applying an offline system update, not just reboot · Discover now supports PostmarketOS · Discover now helps you write better reviews · Discover now present apps’ license information more accurately Accessibility · Full Sticky Keys support on Wayland · Colorblindness filters now appear in the Accessibility KCM · Overhaul UI of Accessibility KCM for greater… accessibility! Weather widget · Night forecasts for NOAA weather provider · Now shows “feels like“ temperatures for providers that support it] (NOAA and EnvCan, currently) · More information for BBC weather forecasts] · Now uses information-poor providers only as a fallback Input device configuration · Support for turning on the “autoscrolling“ feature of the Libinput driver · Option to disable smooth scrolling in KDE apps Networking · Support for Enhanced Open (OWE) Wi-Fi security · Support for WebAuth for SAML-based network authentication UI/visual design · Accent color is now respected when using the Breeze Dark Plasma theme or Breeze Twilight global theme · Better layout for System Tray expanded grid view · Overhauled Widget Explorer UX · The Meta V clipboard popup now uses the same UI as the Plasma widget · Redesign the Keyboard KCM · Modernize the Thunderbolt KCM · Use the same “Open With“ dialog everywhere] · More rich visualizations of Plasma features in Welcome Center · Connecting or disconnecting a screen now plays a sound · Removed KWin Morphing Popups effect because it was unfixably buggy · By default, can now drag Breeze-themed windows only from header areas, not from everywhere Miscellaneous · Option to disable window outlines in the Pager widget · “Minimize All“ widget now only minimizes windows on the current virtual desktop and activity · Integrated cropping tool when setting your user avatar · Ability to name your custom shortcuts · Once-a-year donation request notification Technical · Memory page in Info Center · Implemented the alpha-modifier KWin protocol · Initial implementation of SVG cursor theming, and ported the Breeze themes to use it