This task collects all the tasks we need to carry out to successfully announce Plasma 6.1.0

Goals

• Stir up enthusiasm around Plasma 6.1 so as to encourage reviews, buzz, and, ultimately, downloads.

Dates

Release date: 18 June 2024

TODO

• Collect resources
• Think up a slogan
• Make list of newsworthy features and advantages to focus on
• Find out new wallpaper
• Write announcement
• Design and create announcement page
• Create video
• Write/Design social media posts

Template

https://invent.kde.org/websites/kde-org/-/blob/work/staging/content/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.0.md

New Features

All

Start by putting all the stuff with potential in this list. Try and include a brief, on-sentence description how it benefits the end user (if you can't do that, it may not be worthy for inclusion).

• New built-in remote desktop server, with a page in System Settings where you can turn the server on and configure remote login based: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/krdp
• Edit Mode has a beautiful new zoom-out effect to help you notice and understand you’re in a separate mode, and also make it easier to get out once you’re done. https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/4293 https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/2235
• Moving the pointer between screens now encounters a tiny bit of resistance at slow speeds. This lets you click items touching a shared screen edge more easily. It's on by default, but can be disabled in System Settings > Mouse & Touchpad > Screen Edges: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/5166
• You can now configure the screen locker to unlock without a password, letting it be used as a traditional screensaver if you enable a visually attractive wallpaper plugin and disable the clock https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=442092
• Triple buffering support on Wayland! This should make animations and screen rendering smoother in general–ideally up to the level of the X11 session, which already did triple buffering. https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/4833
• Explicit Sync has been implemented, resolving flickering for NVidia users in XWayland applications in concert with the latest releases of the NVidia driver and XWayland https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/4693
• Enabling and disabling the feature of some Lenovo IdeaPad and Legion laptops whereby the battery can be configured to only charge up to a specific fixed level (sometimes 60%, sometimes 80%; it depends on the machine) to maximize battery health. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441057
• Add control for syncing RGB keyboard LEDs with the system's accent color: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/4093
• Simplified logout greeter when invoked with a specific option (i.e. if you press shut down, it will only list shutdown and cancel, not all power options) https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/3823 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=478022
• New file transfer notification layout, with clearer buttons https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/3765
• Basic session restore for Wayland, re-opening apps you had open before logging out https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/3523 https://pointieststick.com/2024/02/23/this-week-in-kde-real-fake-session-restore/
• Overview and Present Windows effect use a refined algorithm which is more representative of actual window positions and uses space more efficiently https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/issues/189 https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/4916
• Legacy X11 App Support now allows for forwarding mouse buttons to XWayland applications (for example, using a mouse button as a push-to-talk key) https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/4595
• More System Settings pages have been modernised, moving buttons into their headers and featuring more consistent placeholder messages. Banner messages now use a frameless style. https://pointieststick.com/2024/03/02/this-week-in-kde-a-smooth-release/ https://pointieststick.com/2024/05/25/this-week-in-kde-triple-buffering-and-other-sources-of-amazingness/
• You can now shake the cursor to find it after losing track of it -- useful for larger displays https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/5365
• Continuing our improvements to Breeze, the roundness of UI elements has been standardised at a increased radius for a more modern appearance https://invent.kde.org/teams/vdg/issues/-/issues/45 https://pointieststick.com/2024/04/12/this-week-in-kde-explicit-sync/
• ...and Kirigami dialogs have received a visual overhaul https://pointieststick.com/2024/05/10/this-week-in-kde-our-cup-overfloweth-with-cool-stuff-for-you/ https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kirigami/-/merge_requests/1519 https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/qqc2-desktop-style/-/merge_requests/402
• Region & Language options now allow you to choose a preferred unit for storage sizes https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/3709 https://pointieststick.com/2024/04/26/this-week-in-kde-megabytes-and-gigabytes-for-all/
• New desktop effect, which can be enabled to hide the cursor on inactivity (and optionally, keypress) https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/5077
• Discover will now notify you when a Flatpak has reached end-of-life, showing you its replacement (https://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover/-/merge_requests/839)
• On System Settings’ Power Management page, a few UI controls that used spinboxes have been replaced with fancy comboboxes. Makes it easier to pick exactly what you want. https://invent.kde.org/plasma/powerdevil/-/merge_requests/358
• Plasma overrides the system bell with a nice sound from the active sound theme https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=381887 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451546 https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/2249
• Makes configuring printers easier again: System Settings’ Printers page guides you through the process of installing the system-config-printer package to improve printer detection, if it wasn’t pre-installed by your distro. https://invent.kde.org/plasma/print-manager/-/merge_requests/142
• Weather: Plasma’s Weather Report widget now informs you to just try again in a little bit when getting info fails (https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kdeplasma-addons/-/merge_requests/588) / Plasma’s Weather Widget no longer shows the “Appearance” page in its config window when used on the desktop, since nothing on that page is applicable to the desktop form factor (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=487341)
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Newsworthy

Move over and classify those we will actually use in the announcement to this list

Features

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UI Improvements

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Widgets

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Other

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