Tuesday, 19 October 2021. Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 5, versioned 5.23.1.
Plasma 5.23 was released in October 2021 with many feature refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience.
This release adds a week’s worth of new translations and fixes from KDE’s contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important and include:
- Discover: Flatpak, do not crash when a source is disabled. Commit.
- KScreenLocker: Fix sleep and hibernate actions. Commit.
- Plasma Desktop: Fix “clear emoji history” action. Commit. Fixes bug #443974
Live Images
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Package Downloads
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Source Downloads
You can install Plasma 5 directly from source.