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This Week in Plasma: Plasma 6.5 is here!
Quoting: This Week in Plasma: Plasma 6.5 is here! - KDE Blogs —
And by all accounts, it’s pretty good! So far Plasma 6.5 has been a rather smooth release, with the only significant regression I’ve seen so far being a compatibility issue with older AMD GPUs that turned the cursor into Swiss cheese. It’s already fixed, to be released with Plasma 6.5.1. We’re also following up on an intentional change to the blur effect that unintentionally made it uglier in some cases.
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And we can dance and chew bubblegum too, so many eyes turned towards UI improvents and new features again! So this week there’s a good balance to report, methinks. Have a look:
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Why KDE Linux Chose to Bet on Immutability Instead of Native Packages
In a very interesting reading, KDE’s Nate Graham has shared some insights into why the still-in-development KDE Linux distribution chose to depart from traditional Linux system-level package management in favor of a fully immutable design.
The distro rolled out its alpha release in early September — and if you missed the news or haven’t heard of KDE Linux yet, here’s the idea behind it: to deliver a true and best possible KDE-first Linux experience, combining a modern desktop environment with advanced underlying technologies — all straight from the original developers.