Definitely COSMIC DE, can't wait to check out all the cool stuff they've been doing!
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I'm still pretty new to Linux so I'm finding new stuff all the time, I've been very happy with EndeavourOS but I am planning to switch to vanilla Arch when Plasma 6 fully drops. There are other distros that have caught my attention, they're just abit beyond my skill level currently.
Only thing I'm really hoping for is improvements to Nvidia (Yes I will buy AMD next time I get the chance, I built this PC before I had any intention of using Linux)
Kde plasma 6
What's exciting about Plasma 6?
I'm a Plasma user, and I can't think of anything I want them to change.
Okay, it would be cool if there were more plasmoids. That's about it.
Plasma 5 has a loooot of bugs. I admire people that never find them. I reported like 60 already, and currently the fixes are only there in Plasma6.
That's what I'm wondering. I keep seeing all this excitement for it but I'm running the beta and it just seems like a buggy version of Plasma 5. There aren't any major new features and there are even less plasmoids due to an API change. Any time I ask someone what feature they're waiting for they never give a clear answer. I think most are expecting something bigger because it's a major version number.
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I'm looking forward to hardware and firmware hacking on a Framework laptop.
As a GNOME user:
A lot of development is ongoing in GNOME thanks to the Sovereign Tech Fund. I’m curious what that will bring.
Also hoping that the proposed tiling functionality will be implemented.
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zfs raidz expansion
I am waiting for Plasma 6 too. Maybe it will ship with Fedora 40 🤔
I hope so
And I am looking forward to Ubuntu server 24.04
If Fedora would stop requiring reboots for daily updates that would be great. I might as well use windows for this kind of BS
You can just turn it off. It is the 'offline updates' setting in the updater settings.
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Oh I know this answer! Not using Windows, right?
I'm hoping for COSMIC to come out. It looks so promising and the fact that they implemented the panels using wlr-layer-shell is so great. I think more desktop environments should do this for interoperability
I hope Valve will make the Index VR work again after breaking it with the 2.x updates in October :')
Bcachefs, love COW files. I wish all file systems had it even if it naively copied the whole file on first write. Sort of a write safe hard link.
Better mainline support for RK3588 SoC
Hope Wayland gets more support and Fractional Scaling will finally work well.
Nothing much really. MGLRU was finally added this year to fix long-standing kernel OOM issues. Maybe some TPM stuff in systemd from Lennart. Maybe the pace of immutables will increase but who knows. Despite the occasional regressions am pretty happy with Linux.
What Plasma 6 feature are you waiting for?
For me:
- Ability for a panel to stay visible but dodge windows, for a dock-like behavior.
- Better/customisable touchpad gestures (rumored)
- HDR support on Wayland
- Simultaneous password and fingerprint authentication
- Decoupling of icons from the Plasma theme (so ALL icons are changed when you apply a systemwide icon theme)
Getting my Pinephone Pro up and running, and getting away from Google forever, finally. Also I'm gonna make the jump from Arch to either Gentoo and/or Guix, I think.
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