Tried out the new feature in Plasma 6.8, and everything looks so much more consistent now.

I even noticed that it works for turning OFF shadows for CSD windows with forced shadows, not just vice versa. Great work!

DISCLAIMER: This fix worked for me; it might not work for you. Try at your own risk. I won't be responsible if your computer stops working.

Symptoms: After installing Plasma 6.8 and rebooting, your login screen switches back to SDDM instead of the regular KDE Plasma login screen.

Possible fix: I found that the plasmalogin.service was disabled and not running, while the sddm.service was enabled and running. I stopped and disabled the sddm.service via systemctl:

systemctl stop sddm.service
systemctl disable sddm.service

I then enabled the plasmalogin.service:
systemctl enable plasmalogin.service

Note: After starting plasmalogin.service, my computer locked and then did not unlock, despite entering my password. I rebooted and all was well. You might want to just reboot instead, to start plasmalogin.service that way.

(Optional) start plasmalogin.service:
systemctl start plasmalogin.service

Hopefully that made some sense. And more hopefully, your login screen didn't change when you installed Plasma 6.8. :)

Disclaimer: this program was written with AI agents.

https://github.com/YaBulochka/appvol

I made this because I needed to control the volume of individual apps from the keyboard. It seemed like a pretty good idea, so here it is: appvol!

I used to get by with a hacky bash script bound to a hotkey that adjusted Spotify, but it had its problems and couldn't be scaled to more programs.

Plasma's volume applet and pavucontrol do per-app volume too, but with the mouse. appvol is for the keyboard.

What it does

- Change the volume of an app straight from the keyboard, without losing focus.

- Control the volume of whichever window you are currently focused on.

- Profiles: a profile controls a group of chosen apps, or ALL apps except the ones you exclude.

- Auto mode: the keys cycle through the focused window and every app that is currently playing audio.

- Native integration with Plasma Shortcuts and the Plasma OSD, plus a Qt GUI for profiles and settings.

Where it's useful for me

You’re sitting there playing, really getting into the vibe, and you just want to crank

the music volume way up—no need to Alt-Tab or jump over to a second monitor;

you just hit a hotkey, and—BOOM—it’s louder, or you can turn it back down. It’s fantastic.

In games while I'm in a voice chat: with two key presses I can make the game

louder or mute Discord completely, and then unmute it the same way. Or say

you're in a really tense clutch in CS2: one hotkey mutes EVERYTHING except CS2.

Packages

The program is split into two packages:

1. `appvol`: the CLI and the daemon
2. `appvol-gui`: the interface for profiles and other settings

Available for Arch (`.pkg.tar.zst`), Debian-based (`.deb`) and Fedora-based (`.rpm`), plus an install script for any other distribution (as long as its dependencies are met).

Status and limits

- Tested on Arch, KDE Plasma 6.7/6.8 (Wayland) only. Plasma 5 is not supported.

- KDE only for now. I may port it to other desktops in the future.

- Bug reports from other setups (distro, Plasma version, `appvol list` output) are very welcome, and so is any feedback.

I hope someone finds it useful :)

They happen once I type anything anywhere, once my cursors disappears, for example when watching a video on MPV, they happen in plasma login as well, they stop once I move the mouse, but once it disappears they return back, so what is that exactly?

Check out that radial launcher App called KARYON, that I made to improve my workflow (vape with left hand + compute with right hand). For a clean Desktop without Task- or Traybar, including Mudltimedia Controls and Gestures. NO Touchpad support (for now).

Please check it out and leave some feedback, that would be very much appreciated. Avaliable as simple AppImage. https://github.com/eiseneuter/karyon/releases

Before anyone asks: it's a customized Otto theme.

Cheers,
eisen

Anyway, you probably want to check if your /var/lib/systemd/coredump contains dozens, if not hundreds of crash dumps. If it's happening, see the link for a temporary fix.

In a previous version of Dolphin all windows/tabs were saved in .config/session as separate files that would then reopen when KDE launches. However now it seems that only the most recent window is saved in the file dolphin_dolphin_dolphin.

Is this by design that only a single window may be saved as a part of the session? Is there a way to restore the previous functionality? Or is this something already addressed by a newer version of Dolphin than what is in SteamOS? (25.04.3 as of this writing)

I am using Garuda Linux Mokka edition, Kde Plasma. Recently I am facing a problem related to windows button after a system update

Here between application Launcher and windows title I have windows button. And here is the error it's showing

file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.windowbuttons/contents/ui/main.qml:13:1: Cannot load library /usr/lib/qt6/qml/org/kde/appletdecoration/libappletdecorationplugin.so: libPlasma.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I updated to Plasma 6.8 and my notifications went from nicely being on my 2nd monitor , to being very rudely on my main monitor. I can't find any setting to change it back , only change the position of the notification on the main monitor , which is unacceptable for me. How do I fix this ?

The new KDE update just doesn't seem right, the boot time has become slower, the sddm is slow asf too, it used to log into system immediately before, now it just waits there, also DE itself takes longer to load than before, it used to be so quick I couldn't even take a look at the splash screen properly. Also, when the machine wakes up from sleep, on entering password, the DE instantly used to show the screen, now it shows a black screen for a split second, like why man? We didn't need that at all... The new UI for sddm also doesn't seem great, the removed the ALT key navigation for "Desktop sessions" tab, now you have to press tabs to navigate towards instead of "ALT + D"ing it. NOT HAPPY AT ALL!!!

Hello!

As an openSUSE KDE onuser, I always struggled to find a simple, native-feeling sticky notes application. Most available options are built with GNOME/GTK in mind or feel out of place on Plasma.

So, I wrote my own sticky notes app optimized for Plasma desktop users.

You can check out the source code, installation steps, and releases here:
https://github.com/danielearrighi/kde-sticky-notes

Feel free to try it out, leave feedback, or report any issues. Hope you find it useful!

Ciao

A sticky note widget with my name on it appeared on my desktop. i did not do that i swear to god.what the hell is/was that?!

A new major new improvement have been introduced in Material Decoration compared with the last release.

Shadow-Only Decoration (Plasma 6.8)

Plasma 6.8 introduces the option to force kwin to render only a window’s shadow, which is useful for certain applications such as Steam, WPS Office and Wine applications without decoration. Material-Decoration is now compatible with this option.

Further improvements

Various optimisations to the search functions, shadow rendering and button design

How to get it

• Build from source: https://github.com/guiodic/material-decoration
• On Arch and derivatives, install material-kwin-decoration-git from the AUR. Precompiled package is available in chaotic-aur. There is not yet a PKGBUILD for the stable version, it will be available soon. The -git version can be regarded as effectively stable, as it is used by the developer on a daily basis in a work environment.
• (K)Ubuntu (26.04+): a deb package is available: https://github.com/guiodic/material-decoration/releases/tag/26.10.16

Requirements

• Plasma 6.5+ for the master branch, working older versions are in other branches but are not updated/maintained.
• Works both on Wayland and X11 session!

Feature requests? Bugs?

• open an issue here: https://github.com/guiodic/material-decoration/issues