KDE Plasma 5.12.0 LTS, Hız. İstikrar. Basitlik.

6 Şubat 2018 Salı

Today KDE releases a feature update to Plasma 5, versioned 5.12.0.

Plasma 5.12 LTS is the second long-term support release from the Plasma 5 team. We have been working hard, focusing on speed and stability for this release. Boot time to desktop has been improved by reviewing the code for anything which blocks execution. The team has been triaging and fixing bugs in every aspect of the codebase, tidying up artwork, removing corner cases, and ensuring cross-desktop integration. For the first time, we offer our Wayland integration on long-term support, so you can be sure we will continue to provide bug fixes and improvements to the Wayland experience.

New in Plasma 5.12 LTS

Smoother and Speedier

Speed and memory improvements are the focus of this long-term release. The new Plasma LTS uses less CPU and less memory than previous versions. The process of starting the Plasma desktop is now significantly faster.

Yeni Özellikler

The list of new features in Plasma 5.12 LTS doesn't stop with improved performance. You can also look forward to the following:

• Göz yorgunluğunu azaltmak için ekran renk sıcaklığını ayarlamanıza izin veren Wayland’e özgü Gece Rengi özelliği
• Usability improvement for the global menu: adding a global menu panel or window decoration button enables it without needing an extra configuration step
• K Çalıştır artık Orca gibi ekran okuyucularla tamamen kullanılabilir
• Bildirim metni tekrar seçilebilir ve bildirimlerden bağlantıları kopyalamanıza izin verir
• Hava durumu uygulaması artık paneldeki hava durumu simgesinin yanında sıcaklığı gösterebilir
• Clock widget's text is now sized more appropriately
• Sistem Etkinliği ve Sistem Monitörü, CPU kullanımı için işlem başına grafikleri görüntüler
• Pencere gölgeleri yatay olarak ortalanır ve varsayılan olarak daha büyüktür
• Özellikler iletişim kutusu artık dosya meta verilerini gösteriyor
• Simge uygulaması artık web sitesi kısayolları için favicon kullanıyor
• Kickoff uygulama menüsü optimize edilmiş bir düzene sahiptir

Keşfet

We have made many improvements to the Discover user interface, starting with redesigned app pages to showcase all the amazing software you can install. Non-browsing sections of the interface now have leaner headers, and browsing views are more compact, allowing you to see more apps at once. The screenshots are bigger and support keyboard navigation. The list of installed apps is sorted alphabetically, and the interface for configuring sources has been polished.

Discover has also seen major improvements in stability, as well as in Snap and Flatpak support. It supports apt:// URLs, and will notify you when a package requires a reboot after installation or update. Distributions using Discover can enable offline updates, and the distro upgrade feature can be used to get new distribution releases. Discover comes with better usability on phone form factors (uses Kirigami main action, and has a view specific for searching), and it integrates PackageKit global signals into notifications. All in all, the process of maintaining your software with Discover will feel much smoother.

Wayland’de Plasma için Sürekli Güncellemeler

Plasma's support for running on Wayland continues to improve, and it is now suitable for a wider range of testing. It is included as a Long Term Support feature for the first time, which means we will be fixing bugs throughout the entire 5.12 LTS series. New features include:

• Çıktı çözünürlüğünü ayarlama ve KScreen aracılığıyla çıktıları etkinleştirme/devre dışı bırakma yeteneği
• Screen rotation
• Yönlendirme algılayıcısına göre kendiliğinden ekran döndürme
• Otomatik dokunmatik ekran kalibrasyonu
• Wayland pencereleri için tam ekran seçeneği
• Automatic selection of the Compositor based on the used platform

Plasma on Wayland cares about your vision, so an exclusive, Wayland-only feature called Night Color is also available. Night Color integrates with KWin and removes blue light from your screen at night-time, functioning as an equivalent of the great Redshift app that works on X.

We have also started implementing window rules on Wayland and made it possible to use real-time scheduling policy to keep the input responsive. XWayland is no longer required to run the Plasma desktop; however, the applications only supporting X still make use of it.

Wayland iç bileşenlerini bilenler için eklediğimiz protokoller şunlardır:

• xdg_shell_unstable_v6
• xdg_foreign_unstable_v2
• idle_inhibit_unstable_v1
• server_decoration_palette
• appmenu
• wl_data_device_manager raised to version 3

There is also an important change of policy: 5.12 is the last release which sees feature development in KWin on X11. With 5.13 onwards, only new features relevant to Wayland are going to be added.

We have put a lot of work into making Wayland support in Plasma as good as possible, but there are still some missing features and issues with particular hardware configurations. Therefore, we don't yet recommend it for daily use. More information is available on the Wayland status wiki page.

What’s New Since Plasma 5.8 LTS

If you have been using our previous LTS release, Plasma 5.8, you might notice some interesting changes when you upgrade to Plasma 5.12. All these great features are waiting for you:

Bildirimlerdeki Önizlemeler

The notification system gained support for interactive previews that allow you to quickly take a screenshot and drag it into a chat window, an email composer, or a web browser form. This way you never have to leave the application you’re currently working with.

Görev Yöneticisi İyileştirmeleri

Due to popular demand, we implemented switching between windows in Task Manager using Meta + number shortcuts for heavy multi-tasking. Also new in Task Manager is the ability to pin different applications in each of your activities. Is some app making noise in the background while you are trying to focus on one task? Applications currently playing audio are now marked with an icon, similar to how it’s done in modern web browsers. Together with a button to mute the offending application, this can help you stay focused.

Global Menüler

Global Menus have returned. KDE's pioneering feature to separate the menu bar from the application window allows for a new user interface paradigm, with either a Plasma Widget showing the menu, or with the menu neatly tucked away in the window title bar. Setting it up has been greatly simplified in Plasma 5.12: as soon as you add the Global Menu widget or title bar button, the required background service gets started automatically. No need to reload the desktop or click any confirmation buttons!

Spring-Loaded Folders

Folder View is now the default desktop layout. After some years of shunning icons on the desktop, we have accepted the inevitable and changed to Folder View as the default desktop. This brings some icons to the desktop by default, and allows you to put whatever files or folders you want on it for easy access. To make this work, many improvements have been made to Folder View. Spring Loading makes drag-and- dropping files powerful and quick, and there is a tighter icon grid, along with massively improved performance.

Kilit Ekranında Müzik Kontrolleri

Media controls have been added to the lock screen. For added privacy, they can be disabled in Plasma 5.12. Moreover, music will automatically pause when the system suspends.

Yeni Sistem Ayarları Arayüzü

We introduced a new System Settings user interface for easy access to commonly used settings. It is the first step in making this often-used and complex application easier to navigate and more user-friendly. The new design is added as an option, so users who prefer the older icon or tree views can move back to their preferred way of navigation.

Plasma Kasalar

KDE has a focus on privacy. After all, our vision is a world in which everyone has control over their digital life and enjoys freedom and privacy.

For users who often deal with sensitive, confidential and private information, the new Plasma Vault feature offers strong encryption options presented in a user-friendly way. It allows you to lock and encrypt sets of documents, and hide them from prying eyes even when you are logged in. Plasma Vault extends Plasma's Activities feature with secure storage.

Plasma's Comprehensive Features

Take a look at what Plasma offers - a comprehensive selection of features unparalleled in any desktop software.

Masaüstü Araç Takımları

Cover your desktop in useful widgets to keep you up to date with weather, amuse you with comics, or help you with calculations.

Yeni Çıkanlar

Download wallpapers, window styles, widgets, desktop effects and dozens of other resources straight to your desktop. We work with the new KDE Store to bring you a wide selection of addons ready to be installed.

Masaüstü Arama

Plasma lets you easily search your desktop for applications, folders, music, video, files… If you have it, Plasma can find it.

Tek Tip Görünüm

Plasma's default Breeze theme has a unified look across all the common programming toolkits - Qt 4 & 5, GTK 2 & 3, and LibreOffice.

Telefon Entegrasyonu

KDE Bağlan ile, masaüstünde yeni metin mesajları için bildirimler alabilir, dosyaları bilgisayarınız ve mobil cihazınız arasında kolayca aktarabilir, aramalar sırasında müziği sessize alabilir ve hatta telefonunuzu uzaktan kumanda için kullanabilirsiniz.

Sonsuzca Özelleştirilebilir

Plasma is simple by default, but powerful when needed. You can customise it however you like with new widgets, panels, screens, and styles.