KDE Frameworks 5.83 Brings More Than 200 Changes, Improves Support for Flatpak Apps | Linux Today

KDE Frameworks 5.83 Brings More Than 200 Changes, Improves Support for Flatpak Apps

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Marius Nestor
Jun 14, 2021

KDE Frameworks 5.83 is a monthly update and brings numerous bug fixes and improvements to make your KDE Plasma and apps experience more stable, reliable, and enjoyable. There are over 220 changes included in this update, which is a highly recommended update for all users using the KDE Plasma desktop. Highlights include the ability to select folders in the folder selector dialog in Flatpak apps, as well as other apps that use XDG portals, new KMyMoney icon, new Goodvibes icon, support for blur effect behind plasmoids, a fix for a memory leak that occurred when updating Cover images in the ASF (WMA) file format, as well as a fix for a regression that caused the Dolphin file manager to crash when searching for files.

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Marius Nestor

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