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Subject:    [kde-announce] New Plasma brings a cleaner interface on top of a new graphics stack
From:       Sebastian =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=FCgler?= <sebas () kde ! org>
Date:       2014-07-15 12:51:24
Message-ID: 2153164.BhTaDx0Cgg () miro
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	New Plasma brings a cleaner interface on top of a new graphics stack


July 15, 2014. KDE proudly announces the immediate availability of Plasma 5.0, 
providing a visually updated core desktop experience that is easy to use and 
familiar to the user. Plasma 5.0 introduces a new major version of KDE's 
workspace offering. The new Breeze artwork concept introduces cleaner visuals 
and improved readability. Central work-flows have been streamlined, while 
well-known overarching interaction patterns are left intact. Plasma 5.0 
improves support for high-DPI displays and ships a converged shell, able to 
switch between user experiences for different target devices. Changes under 
the hood include the migration to a new, fully hardware-accelerated graphics 
stack centered around an OpenGL(ES) scenegraph. Plasma is built using Qt 5 and 
Frameworks 5.

Major changes in this new version include:

* An updated and modernized, cleaner visual and interactive user experience

  The new Breeze theme is a high-contrast, flat theme for the workspace. It is    
  available in light and dark variants. Simpler and more monochromatic 
  graphics assets and typography-centered layouts offer a clean and visually 
  clear user experience.

* Smoother graphics performance thanks to an updated graphics stack 
  
  Plasma's user interfaces are rendered on top of an OpenGL or OpenGL ES 
  scenegraph, offloading many of the computational-intensive rendering tasks. 
  This allows for higher framerates and smoother graphics display while  
  freeing up resources of the main system processor.

Read the full announcement at http://kde.org/announcements/plasma5.0/

Cheers,
-- 
sebas

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