fuddlesworth/PlasmaZones v3.0.16

PlasmaZones v3.0.16

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PlasmaZones v3.0.16

Changed

• Support KDE Plasma 6.7 (#638): the build baseline moves to the Plasma 6.7 stack — KDE Frameworks 6.26, Qt 6.10, and KWin 6.7 — and the KWin C++ effect is ported to the 6.7 effect API. Notable upstream changes handled: prePaintScreen/prePaintWindow dropped their presentTime argument (the effect now self-sources frame time from a steady clock, matching KWin's own effects), EffectWindow::frameGeometry() and EffectsHandler::clientArea() now return KWin::RectF, the clientArea per-desktop overload was removed, addRepaint() gained RectF/Rect/Region overloads, and GLShader::isValid() was removed. Plasma 6.6 is no longer supported.

Fixed

• Snap-assist window thumbnails on Plasma 6.7 (#638): KWin 6.7 removed the offscreen-QML readback (OffscreenQuickView::bufferAsImage()) that the in-process thumbnail capture relied on. Capture was reworked to render each candidate window into an offscreen GLFramebuffer via effects->drawWindow() and read it back with GLTexture::toImage(), so snap-assist thumbnails keep working without a second screenshot round-trip.

Installation

Arch Linux (AUR):

yay -S plasmazones  # or plasmazones-bin

Arch Linux (manual):

sudo pacman -U plasmazones-3.0.16-*-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

KDE Neon / Debian-based:

sudo dpkg -i plasmazones_3.0.16-*_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):

# Fedora 44
sudo dnf install plasmazones-3.0.16-*.fc44.x86_64.rpm

openSUSE Tumbleweed (OBS):

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

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

tar xzf plasmazones-3.0.16-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