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KDE Plasma 5.14 Released (kde.org)

Posted by BeauHD on from the come-and-get-it dept.

jrepin writes: KDE has released Plasma 5.14 desktop. Among many other things, Plasma 5.14 simplifies managing multiple displays thanks to its new Display Configuration widget; Global Menus a la macOS now work also with GTK applications like GIMP; a new safeguard feature warns you if other users are logged in when you log out; and Discover now lets you install Snaps from all available channels (not just the default), orders software by release date, and shows package dependencies. Downloads can be found here.

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  1. KDE without compromise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    KDEvuan ... in case you like your KDE without systemd.

    1. Re:KDE without compromise by youngone · · Score: 2

      Meh. Thanks anyway. I'd much rather have systemd.

  2. Re:What I would like to read: "1024 bugs fixed" by ntropia · · Score: 5, Interesting

    To be fair, I found a more detailed changelog that mentions a few more bugs, but it's just lot of papercut fixes: tons of warnings removed, Unicode quircks corrected, UI changes... but nothing about high CPU usage, instability, and other major issues.

    It's still possible to see the desktop and all the windows on it every time the system resumes on a laptop, before the KScreenLocker kicks asking for the password... but, hey, now it compiles with "strict" compile flags, and finally exports the install location for DBUS interfaces via CMake.

    "Shake it, baby!"

  3. Re:What I would like to read: "1024 bugs fixed" by tap · · Score: 2

    but, hey, now it compiles with "strict" compile flags, and finally exports the install location for DBUS interfaces via CMake.

    Isn't that something dbus should do? The dbus-glib pkgconfig file has a partial set with interfaces_dir, system_bus_services_dir and session_bus_services_dir. The flaw is really with the kitware cmake module for dbus, which doesn't bother to expose any of those.