KDE Plasma 6.8 to Make Auto-Hide Panels 10x Faster
KDE developers continue shaping Plasma 6.8 with smarter automatic brightness, faster panels, improved lock screen authentication, and performance gains.
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COSMIC Desktop 1.6 Released with Per-App Sound Controls, Compositor Improvements
COSMIC Desktop 1.6 adds per-application sound controls, compositor protocol improvements, terminal enhancements, and fixes across core desktop components.
GNOME 51 Beta Released with New Fingerprint UI, Blur Support, and More
GNOME 51 Beta is now available with background blur support, reduced-motion improvements, HDR enhancements, and updates across Shell, Mutter, Settings, and apps.
KDE Plasma 6.8 to Bring Bi-Directional RDP Clipboard Sync
The upcoming KDE Plasma 6.8 desktop will bring bi-directional clipboard sharing for remote desktop sessions, along with UI improvements.
KDE Plasma 6.6 Gets Three Years of LTS Support
The new Bullet-Proof KDE Initiative will keep Plasma 6.6 and related KDE components maintained for three years.
Nitrux Linux Unveils New Workspace Environment Built Around Hyprland
Nitrux unveils its new modular Workspace Environment built around Hyprland, QML, and MauiKit, while officially retiring the Maui Shell project.
GNOME Shares Its Vision for the Future of GNOME Shell
GNOME designers outline long-term ideas for GNOME Shell, including editable Quick Settings, improved search, Mosaic tiling, and a transparent panel.
Xfce’s Wayland Compositor Gets Second Preview with Better Window and Input Handling
Xfce’s experimental Wayland compositor xfwl4 gets its second preview release, adding new window management features and a large batch of fixes.
KDE Plasma 6.8 Improves Remote Desktop Performance
KDE Plasma 6.8 will bring faster remote desktop performance, lower latency on poor connections, reduced memory usage, and several UI refinements.
IceWM 4.1 Released with New Window Focus Control
The lightweight IceWM window manager reaches version 4.1 with improved focus handling, safer configuration parsing, and updated translations.