Going to give KDE Plasma a real try, any "essential tweaks" or distro suggestions?

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  • touchegg

    Linux multi-touch gesture recognizer

  • Plasma doesn't come with gesture support out of the box yet, at least on X11 (not sure about Wayland). Touchegg is a really useful software that can enable gesture support really well. After you install it, you can use the touchegg config file from this repo as a good starting point.

  • ToucheggKDE

    TouchEgg configuration for MacOS and Windows like Touchpad Multi-Touch Gestures on KDE Plasma.

  • Plasma doesn't come with gesture support out of the box yet, at least on X11 (not sure about Wayland). Touchegg is a really useful software that can enable gesture support really well. After you install it, you can use the touchegg config file from this repo as a good starting point.

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  • krohnkite

    A dynamic tiling extension for KWin

  • If you like window tiling, Khronkite is a really good Kwin script that allows dwm like tiling in KDE plasma. I've never used a proper tiling wm before myself but I do like using this script and it works well for me.

  • latte-dock

    Replacement dock for Plasma desktops, providing an elegant and intuitive experience for your tasks and plasmoids

  • If you want multiple panels in a Unity like layout, I found it easier to do that with latte dock than with the builtin panels. I also like using this Plasma applet to display window title in a plasma/latte panel.

  • applet-window-title

    Plasma 5 applet that shows the application title and icon for active window

  • If you want multiple panels in a Unity like layout, I found it easier to do that with latte dock than with the builtin panels. I also like using this Plasma applet to display window title in a plasma/latte panel.

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