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Visit http://linode.com/linuxexperiment for a 100$ credit on your new Linode account! KDE Plasma has a new release out, Plasma 5.20. We need to talk about this, and spoilers: even if you hated KDE before, you should give it another shot. Join this channel to get access to a monthly patroncast and vote on the next topics I'll cover: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5UAwBUum7CPN5buc-_N1Fw/join Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Follow me on Twitter : http://twitter.com/thelinuxEXP My Gaming on Linux Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaw_Lz7oifDb-PZCAcZ07kw Follow me on LBRY: https://lbry.tv/@TheLinuxExperiment:e The Linux Experiment merch: get your goodies there! https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/the-linux-experiment Plasma 5.20 has a lot of visible, usability changes to its desktop. The first one that you'll probably not notice if you're already using KDE, is that the task manager is now in icons-only mode by default. This means it will look a bit more like WIndows 10, without labels next to the various icons there. Pinned applications, and running applications will look the same, and apps with multiple windows will show an indicator on their icon to let you know you have more than one open at the same time. On the shell itself, the notifications area has also received some changes. FIrst, the clock now shows the date by default, which is a small change, but a welcome one. The indicator icons are also now displayed in a grid: click the little arrow to see all of your extra indicators. That should also be more touch friendly than what it used to be. You can now also enable Do not disturb mode by just middle clicking on the notification indicator, just like you can in elementary OS. Speaking of notifications, Plasma will now also warn you when your disk is about to run out of space. More polish has been applied to the on screen display elements, like when you change the volume, or the brightness. These little popups now use less screen space and look cleaner. KRunner also has received a few changes. The search tool can now be repositionned anywhere on the screen, and not only glued to the top bar. To move it, press the SUPER key and drag the window around. Yes, the SUPER key. Plasma has traditionally used the ALT key to move and resize windows, but in 5.20, it's moved to the SUPER key, to avoid conflicting with other shortcuts in various apps. This brings it in line with every other DE? so it's good. In traditional KDE fashion, they couldn't resist adding more features to that, so if you hold the meta key while dragging a window, and press an arrow key, you'll auto tile that window to a part of the screen. You can also combine arrows to only use a corner of your screen. That's a fantast ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH07KjxP0rA