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Read MorePlasma 5.14 Comes with New Features and a Much Polished Environment
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Tuesday, 9 October 2018. Today KDE launches the first release of <a href="https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.14.0.php">Plasma 5.14</a>. </p>
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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 install Plasma 5.14. </p>
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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. </p>
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