Plasma 6.0 has been released. Check out the new overview, improved colour management, a cleaner theme, more effects, better overall performance, and much more.

https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6

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@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I almost switched to KDE from XFCE because I wanted a desktop with a bit “more” but it ran like crap on my PC. Idk if it is because of KDE issues or my GTX 960 is just too old.

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Not the GPU itself but rather its drivers. Plasma 6 flies on potatoe laptop integrated graphics in power saving mode.

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I’d say the GTX 960 is unlikely to be the bottleneck. Plasma really does not need a recent GPU.

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@leopold That’s the thing though, I built the current PC during the pandemic and crypto craze. Everything is relatively new, except the GPU, because I couldn’t afford one, but I needed a better CPU for audio recording and editing.

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do you use an SSD? from my experience, that can make a really big difference with Plasma

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When was the last time you used KDE? It’s been able to run on low-spec machines since KDE4 which about a decade old

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last time I used KDE was today. you probably meant to reply to someone else, tho.

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I run KDE 6 on Core 2 Duo with Nvidia 9400/nouveau.

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@shanesemler @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social For what it’s worth: I still run KDE Plasma 5 on a core 2 duo and a period correct low tier gpu, it won’t blow your socks off, but it works fine, and i have no reason to believe that 6 should perform worse.

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