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Plasma 6.0 has been released. Check out the new overview, improved colour management, a cleaner theme, more effects, better overall performance, and much more. (cdn.masto.host)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Plasma 6.0 has been released. Check out the new overview, improved colour management, a cleaner theme, more effects, better overall performance, and much more.

https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6

#Plasma6

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

@[email protected] @[email protected] I almost switched to KDE from XFCE because I wanted a desktop with a bit "more" but it ran like crap on my PC. Idk if it is because of KDE issues or my GTX 960 is just too old.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Not the GPU itself but rather its drivers. Plasma 6 flies on potatoe laptop integrated graphics in power saving mode.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'd say the GTX 960 is unlikely to be the bottleneck. Plasma really does not need a recent GPU.

[–] parens 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

When was the last time you used KDE? It's been able to run on low-spec machines since KDE4 which about a decade old

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

last time I used KDE was today. you probably meant to reply to someone else, tho.

[–] parens 2 points 8 months ago

woops, indeed 😇

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

@leopold That's the thing though, I built the current PC during the pandemic and crypto craze. Everything is relatively new, except the GPU, because I couldn't afford one, but I needed a better CPU for audio recording and editing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

do you use an SSD? from my experience, that can make a really big difference with Plasma

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I run KDE 6 on Core 2 Duo with Nvidia 9400/nouveau.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

@shanesemler @[email protected] @[email protected] For what it's worth: I still run KDE Plasma 5 on a core 2 duo and a period correct low tier gpu, it won't blow your socks off, but it works fine, and i have no reason to believe that 6 should perform worse.