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@PreCosmos PreCosmos released this 26 Oct 17:52
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v0.7.0
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Vaela 0.7.0 brings multi-monitor support, editable shortcuts and an adjustable radial menu hold time.

What's new

  • Choose your monitors. Vaela now runs on your primary monitor by default (the one with priority 1 in System Settings → Display & Monitor) and follows it when that changes. Under Monitors in Vaela Settings you can switch to All monitors or pick the ones you want. Each of those gets its own layout switch and workspace bar, plus gestures, the radial menu and tiling. On the other monitors, windows float and right-click works as in plain Plasma. (Fixes Vaela appearing on the left monitor instead of the primary one, #1.)
  • Views open where you are. Quick Commands, Settings and the keyboard radial menu open on the monitor you're using.
  • Edit every shortcut in Settings. Click a shortcut and press the new keys. Esc cancels and Backspace removes it. This covers the layout keys too (Meta+arrows, Meta+Plus/Minus, Ctrl+Meta+arrows). If the keys are already in use by another app or another Vaela action, Vaela names it and asks before taking them over. A reset button restores the default.
  • Radial menu hold time. Set how long to hold the right button before the radial menu opens, from 0.15 to 2 seconds (default 0.5 s).
  • New radial menu shortcut: Meta+Ctrl+M. Meta+Ctrl+R is Spectacle's window-recording shortcut. If you still have the old default, it moves to Meta+Ctrl+M automatically (#2).

Requirements

  • Fedora 44 or 45, x86_64, with current updates: both releases ship KWin 6.7.5, and the RPM requires exactly that version.
  • Check your release with rpm -E %fedora, then pick the matching file below.

Install

Fedora Atomic (Bazzite, Kinoite, Silverblue), Fedora 45:

rpm-ostree install ./vaela-desktop-0.7.0-1.fc45.x86_64.rpm

Upgrading from an earlier Vaela RPM:

rpm-ostree install --uninstall vaela-desktop ./vaela-desktop-0.7.0-1.fc45.x86_64.rpm

Fedora Workstation:

sudo dnf install ./vaela-desktop-0.7.0-1.fc45.x86_64.rpm

On Fedora 44, use the fc44 file instead. Log out and choose Vaela at the login screen.

SHA256SUMS lists the checksums of all four files.

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