KDE Plasma 5.21 Now In Beta With Much Improved Wayland Support

KDE Plasma 5.21 is now in beta as what will be the first major KDE desktop update of the new year.

There is a lot to find with KDE Plasma 5.21 while the good Wayland support is certainly exciting and a lot of polishing throughout the KDE Plasma desktop. Some of the Plasma 5.21 highlights include:

- Extensive improvements to KWin's Wayland compositing code as well as support for mixed-refresh-rate display configurations, among other Wayland improvements.

- Firewall settings are now available within the Plasma System Settings.

- The new application launcher design is ready for users.

- Various application theme improvements.

- Breeze Twilight is a new theme that is a combination of dark/light theme for Plasma -- the dark elements being the Plasma desktop while the applications are lighter.

- A new UI for the Plasma System Monitor.

- Various Plasma Mobile enhancements.

More details on today's Plasma 5.21 Beta release via KDE.org.

Plasma 5.21 stable should be released next month on 16 February.