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Posted by Marius Nestor on Oct 11, 2022,
updated Oct 12, 2022
> About four months in the works, KDE Plasma 5.26 is packed with many exciting new features, starting with a new user interface for smart TVs called Plasma Bigscreen. KDE’s new Plasma Bigscreen interface runs on top of either postmarketOS or Manjaro Linux and promises to turn your TV or set-top box (STB) into a fully hackable device.
> Plasma Bigscreen features Aura Browser as a new web browser for a fully immersed “Big Screen” experience, as well as Plank Player, a multimedia player for playing local files, both of them being fully controllable with the remote control of your TV or set-top box. Under the hood, Plasma Bigscreen runs on top of Wayland.
Update (by Roy)
Later coverage:
> Even with a bare-bones installation, Plasma lets you customize your desktop a lot. If you want more, there are always widgets. Widgets add features and utilities to the Plasma desktop and today you can find out all the stuff you can do and what's new with the widgets shipped with Plasma 5.26.
> Widgets are not the only thing to look forward to in Plasma 5.26: check out all the new stuff landing in the desktop designed to make using Plasma easier, more accessible and enjoyable, as well as the two new utilities for Plasma Big Screen, KDE's interface for smart TVS.
> Even with a bare-bones installation, Plasma lets you customize your desktop a lot. If you want more, there is always Plasma’s vast ecosystem of widgets. Widgets add features and utilities to the Plasma desktop and today you can find out all the stuff you can do and what’s new for widgets in Plasma 5.26.
> Widgets are not the only thing to look forward to in Plasma 5.26: check out all the new stuff landing on the desktop designed to make using Plasma easier, more accessible and enjoyable, as well as the two new utilities for Plasma Big Screen, KDE’s interface for smart TVs.
> KDE Plasma 5.26 is out, serving as the latest update to this hugely popular free and open source desktop environment.
> And make no bones about it: Plasma 5.26 is a bountiful bug-fix bonanza of a release. There are, as always, a few “blingy” new additions to peruse, prod, or play with, but also a bucketload of refinements that touch nearly every part of the Plasma desktop experience.
> Quality matters, and with the KDE user base ballooning in size (thanks to devices like Valve’s Steamdeck) taking some time out to double-down on improving what’s already been built is healthy in the grand scheme.
> So let’s recap the changes.
> KDE Plasma desktop 5.26 was released today. Here’s the new features and PPA for (K)Ubuntu users.
> In the new release, it supports for resizing system tray indicator menu. Just like resizing an app window, open date & time, notifications, or any other menu in bottom right system tray area. Then move mouse pointer to the edge of the menu, and drag resizing when cursor become double-arrow.
> KDE Plasma is one of the most powerful desktop environments out there, which has been evolving at a very fast pace.
> With KDE Plasma 5.26, many new features are being added to the desktop environment.
By Liam Dawe:
> The KDE team have done it again! Giving us a fresh new Plasma desktop with plenty of upgrades and Plasma 5.26 is out now.
> KDE say it's "All About the Widgets" and they're not wrong. When it comes to Widgets, they're referring to almost everything you see around the main Plasma desktop from what you add directly to the desktop, to the various icons and features on the bottom Plasma panel. With this release, you can now even resize those from the Plasma panel too which is quite a useful change.
> Lots of Widgets saw upgrades too like the Dictionary allowing more than one dictionary definition or translation, the Sticky notes, User switcher and Media Player were all given new features too.
Late night coverage:
> The latest ersion of the popular Linux desktop features new widgets, wallpapers, and a TV interface. How will it compete with GNOME?
> The KDE Community has released the latest version of its flagship Plasma Linux desktop, version 5.26. This release touts some new desktop widgets and enhanced customizability.
> [...]
> The theme of KDE Plasma 5.26 is its desktop widgets. The official announcement page even says that it's "all about the widgets."
> "The clock and calendar in your panel, the notifier, your KDE Connect monitor, the volume control; these are all widgets, and all can be added elsewhere, moved around, removed and, in true Plasma fashion, modified to an extreme degree," the announcement page said.
Bobby Borisov now:
> Resizable panel widgets, animated wallpapers, and some changes to System Settings are among the significant improvements in KDE Plasma 5.26.
> KDE and GNOME are the two leading desktop environments, so each new release is met with great anticipation and excitement.
> However, the newly released KDE Plasma 5.26 brings a few interesting functional improvements but will probably not cause another “wow” effect among users. And that is, of course, completely normal.
> KDE, as we all know, is about unlimited options for customization. So, let’s take a look at another dosage of those that Plasma 5.26 brings us and give our honest thoughts on them below.
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