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Krohnkite turns KDE Plasma 6 into a Tiling Window Manager!

While I love KDE dearly (​:blobinlove:​) I must confess to a tiny touch of jealousy regarding Tiling Window Managers [TWMs] like Hyprland, Sway and i3.

On KDE I fight with window placement more than is probably healthy. Open a handful of programs of various window sizes and watch desktop space become tricky to manage. Virtual desktops ease the situation a little but not completely.

Tiling Window Managers' big sell is they do all that fussy placement for you: new windows snap into place while existing windows simply resize to accommodate....automatically. It's a seductive idea. You also get a brace of keyboard shortcuts to control focus or change layout schemes, and so on.

I was looking at Hyprland in particular. Problem is, Hyprland is quite fussy to set up. It involves that old Linux trope: config files and the terminal. Now, this is within my reach, skills-wise. I've learned a lot in the last two years. While undoubtedly my idea of fun It'd be somewhat of a pain and probably time-consuming getting everything the way I want it. I've been dithering yea/nay about trying it for some time.

But then I stumbled on an interesting compromise - Krohnkite!
Github link

Krohnkite is a simple Kwin Script that you load into KDE settings and with the click of a toggle box gives you that TWM magic, no fuss no muss, right there in Plasma 6!

I've been using it for a day now and so far it's really cool. ​:ablobdance:​ If you'd like to try it you'll find it in KDE Settings:

System Settings > Window Management > Kwin Scripts > ⭐Get New...

There's not much in there so it'll be easy to spot, and it's a tiny download so it takes mere seconds. Then you'll see it listed in Kwin Scripts with a config button for you to play around with. Top tip: to apply changes to Krohnkite, toggle Krohnkite off <apply> then back on again <apply>; you don't need to restart Plasma itself.

Let me know if any of you folks try it!

~U~

#Linux #KDE #Plasma6 #TilingWindowManager #Krohnkite

A screenshot of my Krohnkite in action on KDE Plasma 6. Three windows are presented one taking up the left half of the screen, the other two in the other half taking a quarter each. It's better to see this in motion but opening a new window sees all the other zip into new places, goverened by Krohnkite, to accomodate the new window. after so many years fiddling with windows myself it's a bit of a godsend!
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This Week in Plasma brings launch menu customizations, better screen recordings, and improvements to Plasma's calculator.

We have simplified KMenuEdit allowing you to customize your launch menu with ease, improved the quality of full-screen recordings with Spectacle, set the "Dim Screen for Administrator Mode" to be switched on by default, and enhanced the accessibility and keyboard navigation of Plasma's Calculator.

blogs.kde.org/2025/03/22/this-

#Plasma6 #freesoftware #linux #opensource

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A screen shoot of the new, clearer KMenuEdit, which you can use to customize Plasma's default launch menu .
This screenshot shows a messy desktop with lots of overlapping windows dimmed out, so you can more easily see the password dialog box which will give you admin privileges.
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devSJR :python: :rstats:

Thanks @vkc

<Start/tip nobody asked for>
For those who want something close to Debian testing, #siduction (by default #KDE #Plasma6) might be worth a try. It is unstable (Codename: Sid), thus before testing. This means it is tested but, it is certainly not as stable as testing.
But here is the twist. Use it with #btrfs or #timeshift and #ext4 to have efficient tools for a rollback once it breaks (and it will break sporadically) and you should be good.
<End/tip nobody asked for>

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#Linux #CoffeeTalk 02/2025 - #fosstopia:

Im Februar #LinuxCoffeeTalk behandelt verschiedene Themen wie z.B. das neue Release Modell bei #Thunderbird, Zukunftspläne von #Fedora, wie ein #LinuxKernel #Patch den Stromverbrauch senkt, dass #Debian13 mit #Gnome #Shell48 kommen wird und #KDE #Plasma6.3, sowie die beiden darauffolgenden kleineren Point-Releases. Auch sprechen wir über die Probleme bei der Veröffentlichung von #Ubuntu24.04.2, Streitereien zwischen #Fedora...

fosstopia.de/linux-coffee-talk

fosstopia · Linux Coffee Talk 02/2025 - fosstopiaTechnik-Blog für Linux, Unix, Open Source, Cloud Computing, Nachhaltigkeit und Co.
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Newsupdate 02/25 - #Python3.14, #FOSDEM 2025, #GNOME48 Beta, #KDE #Plasma6.3, #openSUSE und #SELinux - #FOCUS_ON: #Linux - #Podcast:

Python 3.14 und KDE Plasma 6.3 erscheinen, während sich der Umfang des kommenden GNOME 48 abzeichnet. Das SELFHTML-Projekt wird 30 Jahre alt und mit RePebble wird einem längst totgesagtem Projekt neues Leben eingehaucht. In der Kernel-Mailingliste entfacht ein Streit über Rust - mit Auswirkungen für das Kernel- und Asahi Linux-Projekt.

focusonlinux.podigee.io/147-ne

FOCUS ON: LinuxNewsupdate 02/25 - Python 3.14, FOSDEM 2025, GNOME 48 Beta, KDE Plasma 6.3, openSUSE und SELinuxPython 3.14 und KDE Plasma 6.3 erscheinen, während sich der Umfang des kommenden GNOME 48 abzeichnet. Das SELFHTML-Projekt wird 30 Jahre alt und mit RePebble wird einem längst totgesagtem Projekt neues Leben eingehaucht. In der Kernel-Mailingliste entfacht ein Streit über Rust - mit Auswirkungen für das Kernel- und Asahi Linux-Projekt.
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Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

KDE Plasma 6.3 released with improved fractional scaling, pixel-perfect zoom, improved Night Light, redesigned Drawing Tablet settings page, System Monitor has lower resource consumption, GPU monitoring now also works on FreeBSD, notification if an apps stops due to running out of memory, Discover can open Flatpak URLs, highlight changed permissions, and indicates whether app is from original devs etc.:
ostechnix.com/kde-plasma-6-3-r

KDE Frameworks 6.11 released with search providers for Nix packages, Docker Hub and Mozilla Developer Network in KRunner, option to undo changes text in filename field for open/save dialogs in KDE apps, keyboard navigation and accessibility improvements to Plasma Discover and Kirigami UI components etc.:
9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6
(Pretty cool stuff, especially the extra search providers for KRunner. I use MDN quite a lot during the development of FosseryWeb)

GNOME 48 Beta is available for public testing with Adwaita fonts, improved screen time limit support, new GNOME Display Control (gdctl) utility, GDM (GNOME Display Manager) no longer requires Xwayland if it’s installed in a Wayland-only environment, support for opening Flatpak URLs in Software etc.:
9to5linux.com/gnome-48-beta-is

GNOME 47.4 released with performance improvements for Nautilus, bug fixes for other GNOME programs:
9to5linux.com/gnome-47-4-relea

GNOME website is updated with new design, more colors, simplified header, simple animations:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/gnome-

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