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Im on Debian 13 + kde 6.3.6

i never use Krunner, so i don't understand why it would just launch by itself and start to consume 46 GB of ram. i might have accidentally hit the keyboard shortcut for it (it showing in the first screenshot) but im still confused as to why so much ram. i was able to just kill the process and reclaim the ram but its weird. any suggestions as to why this happened.

A few months ago, I shared the first version of KVitals here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/s/6Aw4M7zGab

At the time, the widget was mostly built around shell scripts and JSON parsing. It worked, but the architecture was honestly fragile and difficult to scale properly.

Since then, I spent a lot of time learning more about Plasma internals and eventually rebuilt the widget around the KDE system sensor backend. That completely changed the project.

Most of the improvements came directly from community feedback on Reddit and Github issues. Many users suggested features, pointed out UX issues, reported hardware detection problems, and tested different setups. A lot of the current widget exists because people took the time to comment and help.

Since the original post, KVitals has gained:

- a full backend rewrite
- direct Plasma sensor integration
- disk I/O monitoring
- network monitoring
- battery and power metrics
- better temperature detection
- compact mode improvements
- more customization options
- cleaner configuration UX
- improved performance and stability

The project is now at v2.8.0.

What started as a small personal widget somehow became one of the top monitoring widgets on the KDE Store, which still feels surreal to me.

I also created proper documentation and a website during the process:

https://kvitals.dev/changelog/

I mainly wanted to share the progress and thank everyone who helped shape the project over the past months.

Feedback, criticism, and feature ideas are still welcome :)

Tired of Yakuake being terminal-only? I've wrote a plasma-drop app - a KDE Plasma 6 dropdown launcher that brings Yakuake behavior to any app you want: Dolphin, Kate, Firefox, whatever. It started as a personal replacement of WTQ, tested on myself, so decided to share it.

Similar to other apps - just hit hotkey (e.g., Super+F9), and your app slides down from the top. Hit it again, it hides. No fancy UI, no heavy electron bloat, just dropdown windows that feel right.

Why it's cool:

• Lightweight. Runs as a systemd --user service consuming basically nothing
• No GUI. Config is just TOML - two minutes to set up
• Works with anything. Terminal, file manager, browser, Telegram - whatever you throw at it
• Global hotkeys. Registers via KWin so there's no conflicts
• Smart launching. Finds existing windows or starts them fresh
• Should work well in multi-display environment

Quick setup (more installation methods on github):

  cargo install --locked plasma-drop
  plasma-drop init --systemd
  systemctl --user enable --now plasma-drop.service

Then edit ~/.config/plasma-drop/config.toml (examples included) with your apps and hotkeys. Done.

Open source, GPL-3.0. Inspired by windows-terminal-quake, but KDE-native and extensible to any app.

Only works on: KDE Plasma 6 + Wayland (no X11, sorry, PRs welcome)

Try it out and contribute on GitHub: https://github.com/SkeLLLa/plasma-drop

Is there any way to change the item positions in the system tray? For example, battery and brightness icons should be side by side.

Hi again, this is another widget that I've been working on. For context, I am trying to make a KDE rice called Pear. Because, it's like Apple, but it's not.. Ok, anyways.

This maintains the same exact functionality as KDE's Global Menu, but has the following features.
- Overrides for font, color, and spacing between menu buttons.
- The ability to show application name (similar to the macOS menu bar)
- A default global menu with generic options for apps that don't support it natively.
- A global menu for the Desktop, which inherits Dolphin's menu.
- A few more negligible things. (see final screenshot)

By no means is this perfect, especially the menus for apps that don't support Global Menu. But, for my purposes, it looks really nice and accomplishes everything that I want it to.

If you make a GitHub issue, I will try and address/fix it within the day. Any support is appreciated. Thank 'ya.

GitHub | AUR

relatively new to KDE. How did I do?

Whenever we copy any text on a laptop, it is automatically shared with the connected phone via the KDE Connect app. But if I copy an image to the clipboard, it doesn’t show up on the mobile. (Only the text part is shown in the uploaded video, not the image part.)

Ok, I know this is silly, but I saw this on Instagram and have been trying to figure out how to have the app grid and the desktops in one screen like the picture. Also, I noticed there is an app folder that is like Mac or iOS that groups the apps in a “folder” but you can still see them. How do I make that? Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Hi everyone!

I'm really new to KDE and after updating it the windows have this animation that I LOVE when I move them! Are there more ? How can I add them?! :D

Thanks in advance!

Haven’t seen this before on any form of desktop. But is there any way to get a clock widget, masked behind a subject like you can on iPads and iPhones? Does kde even allow for easy lockscreen customization?