<s>
KDE	B-Application
Plasma	O
5	O
is	O
the	O
fifth	O
and	O
current	O
generation	O
of	O
the	O
graphical	O
workspaces	B-Application
environment	O
created	O
by	O
KDE	B-Application
primarily	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDE	B-Application
Plasma	O
5	O
is	O
the	O
successor	O
of	O
KDE	B-Language
Plasma	I-Language
4	I-Language
and	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
on	O
15	O
July	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphical	O
interface	O
was	O
fully	O
migrated	O
to	O
QML	B-Language
,	O
which	O
uses	O
OpenGL	B-Application
for	O
hardware	O
acceleration	O
,	O
which	O
resulted	O
in	O
better	O
performance	O
and	O
reduced	O
power	O
consumption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plasma	B-Language
Mobile	I-Language
is	O
a	O
Plasma	O
5	O
variant	O
for	O
Linux-based	O
smartphones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDE	B-Application
Plasma	O
5	O
is	O
built	O
using	O
Qt	O
5	O
and	O
KDE	B-Language
Frameworks	I-Language
5	I-Language
,	O
predominantly	O
plasma-framework	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
improves	O
support	O
for	O
HiDPI	B-Algorithm
displays	O
and	O
ships	O
a	O
convergable	O
graphical	O
shell	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
adjust	O
itself	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
device	O
in	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qt	O
5	O
's	O
QtQuick	O
2	O
uses	O
a	O
hardware-accelerated	O
OpenGL(ES )	O
scene	O
graph	O
(	O
canvas	O
)	O
to	O
compose	O
and	O
render	O
graphics	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
for	O
the	O
offloading	O
of	O
computationally	O
expensive	O
graphics	O
rendering	O
tasks	O
onto	O
the	O
GPU	B-Architecture
,	O
freeing	O
up	O
resources	O
on	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
main	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDE	B-Application
Plasma	O
5	O
uses	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
and	O
Wayland	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
Wayland	B-Language
was	O
prepared	O
in	O
the	O
compositor	O
and	O
planned	O
for	O
a	O
later	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stable	O
support	O
for	O
a	O
basic	O
Wayland	B-Language
session	B-Protocol
was	O
provided	O
in	O
the	O
5.5	O
release	O
(	O
December	O
2015	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
NVIDIA	O
proprietary	O
driver	O
for	O
Plasma	O
on	O
Wayland	B-Language
was	O
added	O
in	O
the	O
5.16	O
release	O
(	O
June	O
2019	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
split	O
of	O
the	O
KDE	B-Language
Software	I-Language
Compilation	I-Language
into	O
KDE	B-Application
Plasma	O
,	O
KDE	B-Language
Frameworks	I-Language
and	O
KDE	B-Language
Applications	I-Language
,	O
each	O
subproject	O
can	O
develop	O
at	O
its	O
own	O
pace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDE	B-Application
Plasma	O
5	O
is	O
on	O
its	O
own	O
release	O
schedule	O
,	O
with	O
feature	O
releases	O
every	O
four	O
months	O
,	O
and	O
bugfix	O
releases	O
in	O
the	O
intervening	O
months	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
Plasma	O
5	O
features	O
the	O
following	O
workspaces	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Plasma	B-Language
Bigscreen	I-Language
for	O
TVs	O
and	O
set-top	O
boxes	O
incl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Activities	O
,	O
which	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
separate	O
methods	O
of	O
using	O
the	O
system	O
into	O
distinct	O
workspaces	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
activity	O
can	O
have	O
its	O
own	O
set	O
of	O
favorite	O
and	O
recently	O
used	O
applications	O
,	O
wallpapers	O
,	O
"	O
virtual	B-Application
desktops	I-Application
"	O
,	O
panels	O
,	O
window	O
styles	O
,	O
and	O
layout	O
configurations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
couples	O
with	O
(	O
X	B-Device
Session	I-Device
Manager	I-Device
implementation	O
)	O
which	O
keeps	O
track	O
of	O
apps	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
or	O
shutdown	O
along	O
with	O
given	O
activity	O
via	O
subSessions	O
functionality	O
that	O
keep	O
track	O
of	O
state	O
of	O
applications	O
(	O
not	O
all	O
applications	O
support	O
this	O
feature	O
as	O
they	O
do	O
n't	O
implement	O
XSMP	B-Device
protocol	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Session	B-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
allows	O
apps	O
which	O
were	O
running	O
when	O
the	O
system	O
shut	O
down	O
to	O
be	O
automatically	O
restarted	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
state	O
they	O
were	O
in	O
before	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
spring	O
2015	O
,	O
Plasma	O
5	O
replaced	O
Plasma	B-Language
4	I-Language
in	O
many	O
popular	O
distributions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Fedora	O
22	O
,	O
Kubuntu	B-Application
15.04	O
,	O
and	O
openSUSE	B-Operating_System
Tumbleweed	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
version	O
5.8	O
LTS	O
KDE	B-Application
plans	O
to	O
support	O
each	O
new	O
LTS	O
version	O
for	O
18	O
months	O
with	O
bug	O
fixes	O
,	O
while	O
new	O
regular	O
releases	O
will	O
see	O
feature	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ported	O
missing	O
features	O
from	O
Plasma	B-Language
4	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
and	O
touchpad	O
applets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initial	O
Wayland	B-Language
session	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
QML-based	O
audio	O
volume	O
applet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Improved	O
Wayland	B-Language
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
basic	O
workflows	O
now	O
fully	O
functional	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
Plasma	O
Wayland	B-Language
session	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wayland	B-Language
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wayland	B-Language
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wayland	B-Language
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Integration	O
with	O
non-KDE	O
web	O
browsers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GTK	B-Application
global	O
menu	O
integration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wayland	B-Language
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
virtual	B-Application
desktops	I-Application
,	O
touch	O
drag-and-drop	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
XdgStable	O
,	O
XdgPopups	O
and	O
XdgDecoration	O
protocols	O
in	O
the	O
Plasma	O
Wayland	B-Language
session	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
the	O
NVIDIA	O
proprietary	O
driver	O
on	O
Wayland	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Full	O
support	O
for	O
WireGuard	B-Application
VPNs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Full	O
touchpad	O
configurability	O
on	O
X11	B-Operating_System
with	O
Libinput	O
driver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UI	O
improvements	O
throughout	O
Plasma	O
and	O
Discover	O
Night	O
Color	O
available	O
for	O
X11	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fractional	O
scaling	O
support	O
in	O
the	O
Plasma	O
Wayland	B-Language
session	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Improved	O
GTK	B-Application
app	O
integration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
screencasting	O
,	O
shared	O
clipboard	O
,	O
middle-click	O
paste	O
,	O
window	O
thumbnails	O
,	O
and	O
adjusting	O
the	O
scrolling	O
speed	O
in	O
the	O
Plasma	O
Wayland	B-Language
session	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
virtual	O
keyboards	O
in	O
GTK	B-Application
applications	O
in	O
the	O
Plasma	O
Wayland	B-Language
session	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stability	O
improvements	O
for	O
the	O
Plasma	O
Wayland	B-Language
session	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
enablement	O
status	O
configurable	O
and	O
remembered	O
across	O
reboots	O
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Application	O
launch	O
feedback	O
animations	O
and	O
stability	O
improvements	O
for	O
the	O
Plasma	O
Wayland	B-Language
session	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
support	O
for	O
colors	O
,	O
VR	O
,	O
and	O
drawing	O
tables	O
in	O
Plasma	O
Wayland	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overview	O
manager	O
displays	O
all	O
open	O
windows	O
and	O
virtual	B-Application
desktops	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sharper	O
scaled	O
text	O
on	O
XWayland	B-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Konqi-powered	O
wizard	O
,	O
window	O
tiling	O
system	O
,	O
a	O
more	O
stylish	O
app	O
theme	O
,	O
cleaner	O
and	O
more	O
usable	O
tools	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
control	O
Flatpak	B-Language
permissions	O
in	O
Discover	O
(	O
similar	O
to	O
Flatseal	O
)	O
,	O
additional	O
widgets	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
control	O
their	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
