The upcoming KDE Software Compilation 4.8, where the Plasma Workspace is a part will get various improvements. The Plasma environment, it would be faster to run with support for OpenGL ES acceleration.
The changes that the KDE developers will make in the 4.8-release version of the Plasma Workspace are described on the blog of Aaron Seigo. The performance improvements in Plasma Desktop are now possible thanks to improvements and optimizations in the code of the KWin window manager. In addition, the support for OpenGL ES now standard in the code included, which makes hardware acceleration for the KDE environment also on a large number of mobile devices available.
KDE 4.8 gets an improved power management. So is it possible to powersave profiles for specific tasks. Also detects the power management is now done in a second monitor, such as a laptop, an external monitor is connected, and adjusts his behavior.
The Plasma Workspaces will receive in version 4.8, a number of new features. So is the ability to lock the system improved by this in the KWin-module, and there are new splashscreens implemented. Also, various applications and user interface components have been updated.