fuddlesworth/PlasmaZones v1.11.6 on GitHub

PlasmaZones v1.11.6

Dynamic poll timer: Poll rate switches from 500ms (idle) to 32ms (~30Hz) only when LMB is pressed, eliminating continuous 60Hz stacking-order scans on the compositor thread when no drag is active ([#167])
Early-exit idle polls: DragTracker::pollWindowMoves() skips the full stacking-order iteration when no drag is active and no button is held
Reduced D-Bus traffic during drag: Active-drag poll rate lowered from 16ms (60Hz) to 32ms (30Hz) — zone detection doesn't need sub-33ms updates, and halving D-Bus message serialization on the compositor thread reduces frame-time jitter on high-refresh-rate displays ([#167])
Guard redundant daemon work: hideOverlayAndClearZoneState() now short-circuits when overlay is already hidden and zone state is clear, preventing 30Hz clearHighlights()/clearHighlight() calls that could congest the daemon event loop and create D-Bus back-pressure ([#167])

Arch Linux (AUR):

yay -S plasmazones  # or plasmazones-bin

Arch Linux (manual):

sudo pacman -U plasmazones-1.11.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

Ubuntu/Debian (25.10+):

sudo dpkg -i plasmazones_1.11.6-1_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f  # Install dependencies if needed

Fedora:

sudo dnf install plasmazones-1.11.6-1.fc43.x86_64.rpm

Universal Linux (AppDir):
For Fedora Atomic, Steam Deck, or non-root user installation:

tar xzf plasmazones-1.11.6-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
cd plasmazones-linux-x86_64
./install.sh

NixOS (flake):

# flake.nix inputs
plasmazones.url = "github:fuddlesworth/PlasmaZones";

# configuration.nix
programs.plasmazones.enable = true;

NixOS (standalone):
Download plasmazones.nix from the release assets, then:

# configuration.nix
environment.systemPackages = [
  (pkgs.callPackage ./plasmazones.nix {})
];

systemctl --user enable --now plasmazones.service
systemsettings kcm_plasmazones