KDE recently announced the release and general availability of the seventh maintenance update for the KDE Plasma 5.8 desktop environment, which boasts long-term support.
KDE Plasma 5.8.7 LTS is now considered the most advanced and stable version of the KDE Plasma 5.8 LTS (Long Term Support) desktop environment, which many of you are probably using right now on your favorite GNU / Linux distributions instead of the desktop. KDE Plasma 5.9 or next KDE Plasma 5.10.
“Today, KDE has released an update with bug fixes for KDE Plasma 5, whose version is 5.8.7 LTS. This version adds the translations and corrections made in the last 3 months by the KDE contributors. Bug fixes are usually small but important, ”say KDE representatives in an official announcement.
KDE Plasma 5.8.7 LTS enhancements
KDE Plasma 5.8.7 LTS brings a dozen improvements for various components, such as Plasma Workspace3 and Plasma Desktop, but also for KWin window manager, Bluedevil Bluetooth Daemon, Breeze GTK theme, KScreenlocker screen lock app and Plasma Audio Volume Control applet.
Some minor problems were also fixed in the system configuration tools and the user manager, as well as in the kde-cli-tools and libksysguard components.
The biggest changes are the possibility that the administrator can save new avatars, as well as the possibility that the logout screen shows a suspend button if the operating system allows it.
KDE Plasma 5.8.7 LTS is most likely on its way to the official software repositories of all supported GNU / Linux distributions at this point, so be sure to check for updates in the next few days or weeks if you want to make use of it. of the latest version of KDE Plasma LTS.
You can also take a look at all the improvements and bug fixes in the official change notes by clicking here.
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