KDE tidies up Plasma 6.5 with 60-odd fixes and smoother setup for OEMs

The KDE Plasma 6.5 graphical shell arrived last week for Unix-like operating systems, and now 6.5.1 is here for the more cautious. The team's squashed over 60 bugs – and they're by no means all new. KDE Plasma 6.5 is a significant release with a lot of small improvements in fit and finish; the project's announcement refers to …

[NewModelArmy]

Thanks for the Article

Given the demise of Linux Format, these type of articles are great for keeping up with things as a summary, as opposed to reviewing many websites.

[TVU]

Re: Thanks for the Article

Yes, I regret the passing of that magazine as it was the more accessible of the two Linux magazines, particularly as they covered a lot of softwares that are available for Linux.

[Bryan W]

Re: Thanks for the Article

I get mine from Phoronix. Even seemingly mundane releases get articles there and as a bonus you get actual greybeards and rusties arguing about the usual stuff in the comments/forum.

El Reg is way more entertaining writing though and gives me the enterprise and mainstream perspective that actually matters when I'm trying to make money.

But yea, more commentary on Linux DE developments with that El Reg swagger would be delicious.

[keithpeter]

Bug fixing

Outrageously selective quote from OA

"[...] which has no new features at all but contains fixes [...]"

More like this please. No features just make it work smoother.

Icon: off out on a wet autumn day

PS: when the KDE Linux project emits something beta-ish and reasonably stable I'll try it out as a potential 'just work' OS.

[Anonymous Coward]

KDE is by far the best Linux desktop, there is nothing coming close. GNOME is too weird and opinionated, Xfce et al. are too basic. At least that's my opinion.

I've always been recommending KDE to newcomers to Linux and have been donating for several years. Although I have now stopped my donations to voice my protest against Paul Brown's hateful and divisive comments which he made in his role as paid KDE staff. Until he is removed or apologises, I will be using KDE "for free".

Posting anonymously so I don't get put on a target list by trolls. You never know these days.

[collinsl]

Is Google still blocking KDE from accessing it's cloud services? This is the main reason I don't use it and use Cinnamon instead, because for my sins I still need google cloud for Reddit Enhancement Suite synchronisation.