Upcoming Kwin changes extend battery life
I think most of us are aware that compositors use multiple planes to render our user interfaces, and in the case of KDE's Kwin specifically, they use two planes - one for the user interface, and one specifically for the mouse cursor. Kwin developer Xaver Hugl has been working on changing Kwin to use more than just two planes, and it turns out this delivers
https://www.osnews.com/story/143629/upcoming-kwin-changes-extend-battery-life/