fuddlesworth/PlasmaZones v2.8.4

PlasmaZones v2.8.4

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PlasmaZones v2.8.4

Fixed

• Ephemeral windows entering autotile tree (#271): The KWin effect's minimum window size filter initialized to 0x0 and was only populated after an async D-Bus settings load. During that startup race window, all windows — including Steam splash screens and Electron notification popups — bypassed the size check and entered the tiling tree. The cache now initializes to 200x150 (matching daemon defaults) so the filter is active from effect load.

Added

• --log-file flag for daemon: plasmazonesd --log-file /tmp/pz.log redirects all log output to a file (append mode, thread-safe). Combines with --debug for easy bug report capture without piping or journalctl.
• Autotile eligibility diagnostics: Windows accepted into the autotile tree now log their window class, skipSwitcher, keepAbove, and transient properties at debug level, making it possible to identify why specific windows pass the filter.

Installation

Arch Linux (AUR):

yay -S plasmazones  # or plasmazones-bin

Arch Linux (manual):

sudo pacman -U plasmazones-2.8.4-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

KDE Neon / Debian-based:

sudo dpkg -i plasmazones_2.8.4-1_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f  # Install dependencies if needed

Fedora (COPR):

sudo dnf copr enable fuddlesworth/PlasmaZones
sudo dnf install plasmazones

Fedora (manual RPM):

sudo dnf install plasmazones-2.8.4-1.fc43.x86_64.rpm

openSUSE Tumbleweed (manual RPM):

sudo zypper install plasmazones-2.8.4-1.x86_64.rpm

openSUSE Tumbleweed (OBS):

sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:ilFrance/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/home:ilFrance.repo
sudo zypper refresh
sudo zypper install plasmazones

Community-maintained package by ilFrance

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

tar xzf plasmazones-2.8.4-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 {})
];

Post-Installation

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