Restoring the screen after KDE restarts

[Konstantin]

I don't think the issue lies in saving window positions to disk; data gets
written to disk constantly these days, and I don't believe that’s a concern
for anyone anymore.

To me, the bigger hurdles have to do with restoring application states.
What kind of software do you run across those eight desktops?

For instance, over the past year, I’ve typically had a couple of dozen
terminal windows open for working with AI agents; even if KDE restores all
those Konsole windows across the various desktops, that—honestly—won't help
me recover my context at all.

Lately, I’m leaning more towards treating virtual desktops like separate
virtual machines—ones that don't need to be shut down but can instead be
saved to disk when the host system reboots. That way, state restoration
would be nearly perfect.

сб, 19 сент. 2026 г. в 22:41, Dave Close <dave at compata.com>:

> I'm running the latest Fedora 44 fully updated on X11 with KDE 5
> (kf5-plasma-5.116.0-5.fc44.x86_64.rpm and related packages). I
> typically have at least eight virtual desktops active.
>
> Years ago, probably with an earlier version of KDE, when I would
> shut down KDE and restart it (usually in conjunction with a reboot),
> KDE would restore all the active windows to their previous positions
> on the appropriate desktops. For the last few years, that doesn't
> happen. Instead, most windows are positioned on one of the desktops,
> usually the last one visible before the shut down, and a few are
> opened multiple times with different geometries.
>
> I've been patiently waiting, hoping that KDE developers would eventually
> address this issue. Now, with the recent rash of new kernels related to
> security issues discovered by AI models, I seem to be booting much more
> often than before. This leads to enough frustration for me to post here.
>
> I see bug 15329 which has now been open for 26 years! The discussion
> seems to me to be confused by all the various edge cases that might
> occur. To me, the simple solution is to save all the current data
> when KDE exits and restore on restart (if restore is set as the
> desired approach). I know that "disk" memory is no longer "cheap"
> but for most systems its plentiful and we're only talking about a
> temporary file.
> --
>          Dave Close, Compata, Irvine CA       +1 714 434 7359
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>        dave at compata.com              dhclose at alumni.caltech.edu
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