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Plasma 5.14 Beta Updates Discover, KWin and Adds New WidgetsThursday, 13 September 2018. Today KDE launches the beta release of Plasma 5.14. Plasma is KDE's lightweight and full featured Linux desktop. For the last three months we have been adding features and fixing bugs and now invite you to test the beta pre-release of Plasma 5.14. A lot of work has gone into improving Discover, Plasma's software manager, and, among other things, we have added a Firmware Update feature and many subtle user interface improvements to give it a smoother feel. We have also rewritten many effects in our window manager KWin and improved it for slicker animations in your work day. Other improvements we have made include a new Display Configuration widget which is useful when giving presentations. Please test and send us bug reports and feedback. The final release is scheduled for three weeks' time. Browse the full Plasma 5.14 Beta changelog to find out about more tweaks and bug fixes featured in this release: Full Plasma 5.14 Beta changelog New in Plasma 5.14 BetaNew Features
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Plasma DiscoverDiscover, our software and add-on installer, has more features and improves its look and feel.
KWin and Wayland:
BugfixesWe fixed many bugs, including:
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Comments
Automatic update?
Hi, can we set Discover/Muon to automatically update, in background?
Typo
Hi,
Great news. Thanks work community.
Just note typo of article, the first image is not centered on and erase left blocks (maybe my screen 13.3).
Best regards
New features
Hi there,
Glad to see so many new features in Plasma. The Breeze widget and improved compatibility with Libre Office deserve particular attention while switching between monitors also looks interesting. With that, I didn't quite understand the VPN feature. Can it fully replace VPN services (for example reviewed here) and offer the same functionality?