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Title: KDE Plasma 6.5 Released

Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/1948...

"Plasma is a popular desktop (and mobile) environment for GNU/Linux and other
UNIX-like operating systems," writes longtime Slashdot reader jrepin. "Among
other things, it also powers the desktop mode of the Steam Deck gaming
handheld. The KDE community today announced the latest release: Plasma 6.5."
From the announcement: This fresh new release is all about fine-tuning, fresh
features, and a making everything smooth and sleek for everyone. The new
version brings automatic light-to-dark theme switching based on the time of
day. You can configure which global themes it switches between. You can also
configure whether you want the wallpaper to switch between its light and dark
versions based on the color scheme, the time of day, or be always light or
dark. Next up is a "Pinned clipboard items" feature, which lets you save text
you use regularly into the clipboard. Breeze-themed windows will now have the
same level of roundness in all four corners, even the bottom one. Flatpak
Permissions page has been transformed into a general Application Permissions
page, where you can configure applications' ability to do things like take
screenshots and accept remote control requests. The utility that reads the
level of ink or toner from your printer now informs you when it's running low
or empty. For the gamers out there, you can now see more relevant info about
game controllers on System Settings' Game Controller page. Artists among you
can now configure any rotary dials and touch rings on your drawing tablet.
Users sensitive to color can now make use of a grayscale color filter, which
desaturates or removes color systemwide. Plasma 6.5 implements support for an
experimental version of the Wayland picture-in-picture protocol that promises
to allow apps like Firefox to eventually display proper PiP windows that stay
above others automatically. Support for "overlay planes" was added, which can
reduce CPU usage and power draw when displaying full-screen content using a
compatible GPU. You can read more about these and many other new features in
the Plasma 6.5 release announcement and complete changelog.

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