El mar, 2 abr 2024 a las 6:40, Aoife Moloney (<amolo...@redhat.com>) escribió:
> Wiki - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/FedoraPlasmaWorkstation > > This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes > process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive > community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved > by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee. > > == Summary == > Switch the default desktop experience for Workstation to KDE Plasma. > The GNOME desktop is moved to a separate spin / edition, retaining > release-blocking status. > > == Owner == > > * Names: [[User:joshstrobl | Joshua Strobl]], [[User:marcdeop | Marc > Deop i Argemí]], [[User:tdawson | Troy Dawson]], [[User:farchord | > Steve Cossette]], [[User:aleasto| Alessandro Astone]] > * Emails: jos...@buddiesofbudgie.org, marcd...@fedoraproject.org, > tdaw...@redhat.com, farch...@gmail.com, alea...@fedoraproject.org > > == Detailed Description == > > With the release of Plasma 6, KDE Plasma has developed into a high > quality, well-regarded desktop experience. > > === Improved end user experience === > > Plasma has been at the forefront of creating a cohesive desktop > platform that empowers the user to have full ownership of their > computing experience. > > Plasma provides this approachable, highly-flexible, user-extensible > experience with predictability across Plasma releases. Unlike other > desktop experiences such as GNOME Shell, the APIs leveraged by Plasma > applets / widgets have been more stable across “minor” Plasma > releases, reducing long-term user frustration and promoting a > healthier ecosystem for developers and users alike. > > This extensibility additionally applies to the underlying window > manager, KWin, with effects and scripts that provide both utility and > personalization, such as: > > * Automatically blocking compositing for full screen applications > * Fun effects such as window glitch and portals > > Plasma provides a more traditional user experience that could be > viewed as being more approachable to everyday computing users, serving > as a smoother "on-ramp" to using Linux-based operating systems. > Alongside its wide breadth of personalization capabilities, it > provides an out-of-the-box desktop experience that is more predictable > than some of its counterparts. As an example, Plasma provides a system > tray for applications supporting StatusNotifierItem (e.g. Flameshot, > OBS Studio, VPN clients), which is not functionality supported by > default in GNOME Shell and requires an extension which may break > between releases. > > === Standardization support === > > The KDE community has a long heritage of collaborative standards > development and supporting capabilities that application developers > and users need for a productive experience. > > KDE is heavily involved in the development of cross-desktop standards > and tools that benefit the larger open source desktop community. From > the XDG icon theme specification to D-Bus to StatusNotifierItems and > Wayland protocols, KDE has been front and center for evolving the > Linux desktop platform in a manner that benefits the wider community. > > Many of the specifications and protocols in use today originate or are > heavily influenced by KDE, and KDE has continued to be a bastion of > innovation in a user-centric and community-centric manner. > > Notably, the following recent Wayland protocols have been driven or > influenced by KDE: > > * xdg-toplevel-drag (dragging tabs in and out of windows) > * content-type > * drm-lease (enable applications to selectively gain privileged > display device access) > * tearing-control (enable faster than display framerate refreshing, ie > no “vsync lock”) > * ext-idle-notify > * xdg-activation (enable notifications to bring a window to the > foreground on user activation) > * xdg-decoration (server side decorations, derived from KDE’s protocol) > > There are several upcoming protocols being driven by KDE as well, such as: > > * alpha-modifier (set alpha values for a surface) > * ext-blur (enable blur effect underneath a surface) > * xdg-toplevel-icon (enable applications to set window icons) > * ext-placement (allow application window positioning) > * window-id (consistent, uniform method window IDs) > * xdg-pip (picture in picture overlays) > * dbus-annotation (link D-Bus objects to surfaces) > > This demonstrates that KDE works not to just enable new technologies > and features for Plasma Wayland, but they also do it in a way that > drives larger community adoption, success, and growth. > > === Wayland support === > > KDE Plasma offers the most advanced Wayland desktop experience today, > providing support for highly-demanded features, such as: > > * Fractional scaling > * Color management > * Variable Refresh Rate for capable displays > * Support for optionally allowing legacy X11 applications to access > desktop resources > * Screensharing for legacy applications > * Global shortcut support for legacy applications > * Support for accessibility, including integration with the Orca screen > reader > * Support for AR/VR displays > > === Industry support === > > KDE Plasma has been garnering wider industry support in consumer > products over the last couple years. This includes various PINE64 > products (PinePhones, PineBooks, etc.), the Steam Deck from Valve, and > Tuxedo OS from Tuxedo Computers. > > The Steam Deck in particular has brought the Linux desktop in the form > of KDE Plasma to more people than ever before, through the desktop > mode in SteamOS 3.x releases. As a result, Valve has heavily invested > into KDE and its technology stack for mainstream usage. Game > developers are also testing on KDE Plasma more often nowadays as part > of SteamOS compatibility testing. > > === Community Support === > > A number of Fedora downstreams have launched with KDE Plasma as the > flagship experience or migrated to it over time. Notably Fedora Asahi > Remix uses KDE Plasma as the flagship due to significantly better > support and features for ARM based platforms and the hardware that > Apple Silicon systems have. Nobara uses KDE Plasma as the flagship due > to a high quality Wayland experience that supports gaming and game > development well. > > Developers of Linux XR applications and services already recommend > using KDE Plasma to be able to leverage AR/VR experiences in a modern > desktop. > > Starting in 2025, KDE Plasma’s release cycle switches to a semi-annual > cadence that lines up with Fedora Linux releases, enabling a tight > interlock of development and integration between Fedora and KDE. > > == Feedback == > > > == Benefit to Fedora == > > * Fedora Linux advertises and advocates for the most advanced Wayland > desktop experience with broad community support and engagement. > * We ship a desktop experience that supports the wide range of user > needs and enables the experiences people expect from a modern desktop > (HDR, VRR, VR gaming, HiDPI) and strives to support as many users as > possible in a manner that results in positive engagement with the > community. > * We align the default Fedora workstation experience with what the > larger PC ecosystem expects for a high quality desktop. > > == Scope == > > * Proposal owners: fedora-release: -kde subpackages get renamed to > -workstation-kde. -workstation subpackages get renamed to > -workstation-gnome. > > * Other developers: Fedora Plasma Workstation is added to the main > landing page and promoted as the default desktop experience > > * Release engineering: [https://pagure.io/releng/issue/12043 12043] > <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES --> > > * Policies and guidelines: No, it would not required changes as it is > already release-blocking. > > * Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change) > * Alignment with Community Initiatives: N/A > > == Upgrade/compatibility impact == > > Existing Fedora Workstation systems will not be switched to KDE > Plasma. This will only affect new installs of Fedora Workstation. > Existing Fedora KDE installs will be upgraded to the Plasma > Workstation branding. > > == How To Test == > > As the fundamental experience is not changing in the existing KDE > Plasma variant, users can try out the Fedora KDE spin to see what > Fedora Plasma Workstation looks like. > > == User Experience == > The user experience does not change from the existing KDE Plasma > variant. Existing Fedora Workstation users won’t see their experience > change. New users of Fedora will get KDE Plasma instead of GNOME. > > == Dependencies == > > N/A > > == Contingency Plan == > > Retain the existing default GNOME experience for Fedora Workstation. > Move Fedora Plasma Workstation back to spin branding. > > == Documentation == > > Documentation would need to be updated to reference Plasma and point > links to KDE rather than GNOME. > > == Release Notes == > > Fedora Linux now offers a new default workstation experience as > “Fedora Plasma Workstation” using KDE Plasma Desktop. This replaces > the previous Fedora KDE Plasma spin. The previous "GNOME Shell"-based > desktop experience can now be accessed through its dedicated Edition > page. > > > -- > Aoife Moloney > > Fedora Operations Architect > > Fedora Project > > Matrix: @amoloney:fedora.im > > IRC: amoloney > -- > _______________________________________________ > devel-announce mailing list -- devel-annou...@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > devel-announce-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel-annou...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > I am a happy KDE user, since the good old days of version 1.0. I celebrate this decision! My recognition goes to the enormous and sustained work of the entire KDE community. Cheers, Sergiio -- -- Sergio Belkin LPIC-2 Certified - http://www.lpi.org
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