KDE Plasma 5.14 Desktop Environment Gets First Point Release, Update Now

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Marius Nestor
Oct 17, 2018

Released last week on October 9, 2018, the KDE Plasma 5.14 desktop environment improvements to Plasma Discover package manager, a new Firmware Update feature, various user interface enhancements, better and new desktop effects, as well as slicker animations in the KWin window manager.

Now, the first point release, KDE Plasma 5.14.1, is available with an extra layer of improvements. Among the highlights of the KDE Plasma 5.14.1 point release, we can mention keyboard support for navigating desktop icons and the KonsoleProfiles applet, as well as focus handling fixes, addressed visual artifacts caused by the maximize KWin effect, better Flatpak and Snap support in Plasma Discover, and firmware update (fwupd) improvements.

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Marius Nestor

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