KDE Plasma Users Are Still Running Into Multi-Screen Issues

KDE Plasma 5.7 was advertised as having better multi-screen support, but it turns out there's still more work to do as various problems in the open-source Linux desktop stack are leading to a less than ideal experience.

KDE developer Martin Gräßlin has acknowledged that some multi-screen issues remain since the Plasma 5.7 release. Among the "multi-screen woes" being encountered are display hardware keys not working on some notebooks, windows showing on incorrect screens or in non-visible areas, and related issues.

Martin attributes some of these KDE multi-screen problems to the lack of RandR support in virtual X Servers, the Intel X.Org driver being "broken" and not seeing a stable release in more than two years, and Qt's QScreen for X11.

Those running into KDE multiple display issues can find out more information via this blog post.