tisdag, 24 juni 2025. Idag ger KDE ut en felrättningsuppdatering av KDE Plasma 6, med version 6.4.1.
Plasma 6.4 gavs ut juni 2025 med många förfinade funktioner och nya moduler för att göra skrivbordsupplevelsen fullständig.
Utgåvan lägger till en veckas nya översättningar och rättningar av KDE:s bidragsgivare. Felrättningarna är typiskt små men viktiga och omfattar:
Visa fullständig ändringsloggA new version of Plasma is here, and it feels even more like /home, as it becomes smoother, friendlier and more helpful.
Plasma 6.4 improves on nearly every front, with progress being made in accessibility, color rendering, tablet support, window management, and more.
As this is going to be a long read, let’s get right into it…
Choose a different tile layout for each of your virtual desktops
Spectacle gets an overhaul to make it even more awesome
Enter a color code in any notation and let KRunner show you what it looks like
Plasma already offers Virtual Desktops to help organize your windows and activities; and customizable Tiles you can stick windows to so they don’t overlap, allowing you to see everything important at a glance.
Plasma 6.4 combines these features by letting you choose a different configuration of tiles on each virtual desktop.
The video below shows the power of this feature: you can tile two windows on your main virtual desktop, each taking up half of the screen. Then in another virtual desktop, you can place tile apps: two on either side, and the other two floating in the middle.
This new feature lets you create any other kind of layout combination that best works for you.
Accessibility is a top priority for KDE. This work is endless, but we make improvements in every new Plasma release!
The Wayland session in Plasma 6.4 brings some new accessibility features: you can now move the pointer using your keyboard’s number pad keys, or use a three-finger touchpad pinch gesture to zoom in or out.
In addition, a great deal of subtle but important work has been done throughout Plasma to improve keyboard navigation, screen reader usability, and text readability.
Straddling the boundary between accessibility and visual design, another way of making Plasma easier to use is by increasing the contrast between the foreground and background elements.
In that respect, we’ve made our Breeze Dark theme a bit darker. This subtle change helps the text and user interface elements pop, making them easier to read and see.
Plasma 6.4 also darkens the background of the desktop or window when an authentication dialog shows up. This will help you locate and focus on the window asking for your password.
The energy page in the Info Center and the entirety of KMenuEdit (the app you can use to edit apps’ presentation and grouping in the launcher menu) have all had their looks overhauled to make them cleaner, clearer, and easier to use.
Speaking of settings, there’s a brand-new Animations page in System Settings that groups all the settings for purely visual animated effects into one place, making it easier to find and configure them.
Plasma 6.4’s lock screen plays nicer with multiple-screen setups, too. The lock screen’s interactive elements will now only appear on the screen that has focus or the pointer on it. And when it’s time to input your password, the text entered into one password field is synced across all others, avoiding any errors that may cause passwords to be half-entered in a field on one screen, and then the rest in a different one on another screen.
Notifications are how Plasma communicates what’s going on within your system.
The file transfer notification now shows a speed graph, giving you a more visual idea of how fast the transfer is going, and how long it will take to complete.
When you get notified that updates are available, you can now install them directly from the notification.
When any applications are in full screen mode — like when you’re playing a game, working on a critical project, or watching a video — Plasma will enter Do Not Disturb mode and only show urgent notifications. When you exit full screen mode, you’ll see a summary of any notifications you missed, and they’ll be right there in the System Tray for your perusal.
Have you ever found yourself talking during an online meeting, and no one can hear you because you forgot to unmute your microphone? No more! Now when an app tries to access the microphone and finds it muted, a notification will pop up.
Finally, notifications with interactive buttons will still show them in the history view.
Widgets are the building blocks of Plasma: small programs that carry out specific tasks on your Plasma desktop. They can launch programs, track the weather, set alarms, or tell you when you have updates.
Among many other improvements, a new feature in the Application Launcher widget will place a green New! tag next to newly installed apps, so you can easily find where something you just installed lives in the menu. The tag disappears after 3 days, or after you run the app for the first time.
The Media Player widget now allows you slow down or speed up whatever audio or video is currently playing (for players that support this feature).
And the Disks & Devices widget used to access internal and removable disks now checks and even offers to repair your disks if it finds errors in them.
Plasma 6.4 features many other smaller changes to the included widgets as well; explore them to see everything that’s new!
Plasma continues the push to improve support for devices used by digital artists and graphic designers.
In Plasma 6.4, we’ve made configuring the buttons on your stylus much more intuitive:
If you make a mistake while calibrating your tablet, Plasma offers an easy way to reset everything and start over.
And when you aren’t making art, you can still continue using your tablet, since Plasma now supports relative mode which makes the stylus behave more like a regular mouse.
For those looking to adjust the colors for gaming or watching movies, the Display and Monitor page in System Settings comes with a brand new HDR calibration wizard in Plasma 6.4.
Plasma 6.4 can also do Extended Dynamic Range (a different kind of HDR) on screens that support it, and gives you a tool to limit color depth — again for screens that support that feature.
Finally, Plasma now supports the P010 video color format, improving power efficiency with HDR video content.
In a nutshell, Plasma helps you make the best use of your fancy screen hardware!
KRunner is Plasma’s powerful built-in assistant. If you need to find something, define something, calculate something, or convert something, press Alt + Space and ask KRunner.
In Plasma 6.4, KRunner can help you visualize colors. Just enter the color in hex notation, as a hexadecimal number, or its CSS/SVG name (like “MintCream”, “PeachPuff”, or “PapayaWhip” — yes, those are all names of colors and not fancy desserts). Then KRunner will show you how that color looks and its equivalent name/code in many other notations.
Spectacle, the built-in app for taking screenshots and screen recordings, looks very different in Plasma 6.4 — for the better!
Press the PrtSc key and Spectacle opens directly in screenshot mode: drag a box to select a region of the screen, or press Enter immediately and Spectacle will take a shot of the whole screen.
You can also start annotating right away, by drawing arrows, blurring sections, adding explanatory text, and more.
Finally, quality has been massively improved for screen recordings using the WebM format or taken on screens using fractional scaling.
Plasma 6.4’s System Monitor helps you stay on top of how your system is working in even more ways.
First, the Overview and History pages have been overhauled to show more information and be more generally useful:
And on those pages, you can find usage monitoring for Intel GPUs. In addition, it can even show the GPU usage on a per-process basis for Intel and AMD GPUs.
There’s also a new “Background Services” group on the Applications page, giving you the complete picture of the system resources being used by things that aren’t apps.
In addition, the built-in free space monitor now checks for free space on all non-cache partitions of all disks, not just a disk’s Root and Home partitions.
And finally, a new Sensors page in Info Center shows raw sensor data for things like the temperature of your CPUs and GPUs.
When dragging files to another location on the same disk using Dolphin or the Plasma desktop, you can now have the system always move the files, rather than being asked what to do every time.
The Plasma browser integration feature that allows you to control the playback of media in your browser from the desktop (among many other things) now supports the Flatpak versions of Firefox and Chromium variants like LibreWolf and Ungoogled Chromium.
And finally, for the more technically-minded, Plasma 6.4 adds support for a large number of Wayland protocols, including the “Relative tablet dials”, “idle notify“, “color representation”, “FIFO”, “toplevel tag”, and “single pixel buffer” protocols. This will help apps integrate better into Plasma’s Wayland session.
Idag ger vi ut GCompris version 25.1.
Den innehåller felrättningar och grafikförbättringar för flera aktiviteter.
Den är fullständigt översatt på följande språk:
Den är också delvis översatt på följande språk:
Du kan hitta paket av den nya versionen för GNU/Linux, Windows, Android och Raspberry Pi på nerladdningssidan. Dessutom kommer uppdateringen snart att vara tillgänglig i Android Play Store, F-Droid arkivet och Windows Store.
Vi ger också ut GCompris version 4.3.1.
Det är en underhållsversion för 32-bitarssystem som endast innehåller ett fåtal bakåtkonverterade felrättningar.
Tack allesamman,
Timothée och Johnny
Här är de nya modulerna som är tillgängliga i Plasma 6.4 beta:
KDE’s flexible file and folder browser/manager gets a makeover, starting with its new icon including an actual dolphin!
KDE developers and designers are working hard to improve Dolphin’s accessibility and usability. Your favorite file explorer has improved its integration with Orca, Linux’s de facto screen reader. This improvement was made possible thanks to the support of funding from the European Commission and NLnet.
Focus now works intuitively when you click on an element in the Places sidebar or click on Open Path and Open Path in New Tab in the context menu after searching for an item. And when in Selection mode (hit Space to get there), Dolphin lets you navigate files with the arrow keys and select them using Enter, bypassing the need to hold down Ctrl. Subtle changes like these, boost productivity and make Dolphin easier to use for everyone.
This version of Dolphin also makes it harder to make catastrophic mistakes. The “Empty Trash” icon is now red, indicating that this is a dangerous action that cannot be undone. And the Restore context menu item has moved away from Delete to keep you from accidentally doing the opposite of what you want, which could lead to data loss.
In our quest to support an ever-growing audience, Dolphin now comes with initial support for right-to-left written languages, such as Arabic or Hebrew.
Type dolphin --reverse in a terminal window to try it out! Thanks to the European Commission and NLnet for funding this work.
Fler ändringar Dolphin inkluderar:
KDE’s 25-year-young file/web browser keeps receiving updates. This time it’s the Save As dialog that now remembers where a file was last downloaded and will show that location the next time you pick the option.
KRDC is the app that allows you to view and control the desktop session on another machine, whether it’s on the same local network, or over the Internet 1,000 kilometers away.
This version allows you to scale down the remote machine’s desktop to fit inside KRDC’s window, adds support for the domain field in the authentication process, and now works with the new version of the FreeRDP protocol.
KDE Connects bridges the gap between your phone and computer. This version improves the speed of transferring data when using Bluetooth.
Every new version of Itinerary increases the number of transport and event services supported in the app. This one adds support for Bilkom and PKP PDF tickets, International Trenitalia ticket barcodes, Danish language support for Booking.com, ticket emails for Universe (e.g. Lollapalooza), and many east European travel companies, especially from Poland, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic.
Not only that, but this version adds a My Data page where you can keep track of your program memberships, health certificates, saved locations, and travel statistics. It also lets you import and export all that data.
This version features a redesign of the timeline and the query result pages when searching for a public transport connection. They now work better with a small screen, while still showing all the relevant information, like platform information for bus reservations. It also unifies the formatting of temperature ranges depending on the home country, and shows Imperial speed units for countries that use them.
The app that helps you navigate congresses, summits, and other events now includes the name of the speaker for each talk.
Merkuro provides a modern suite of groupware utilities, including contact management, calendar, tasks, and soon email.
Merkuro Calendar’s region settings for holidays is now configurable, so you can also select more than one region. You can also show holidays in the week view and the month view.
Other new features included in this version are that you can filter tasks to only display the ones due today, and the contact list now supports multiple selections as well as applying actions to all selected contacts.
The feature-rich Kontact suite of groupware applications provides an extensive array of tools to manage everything, from your email and calendars, to RSS feeds and journals.
Improvements to KMail’s security features make it easier to check the validity of an unknown OpenPGP certificate, as it now automatically checks a key server when you click on it.
KOrganizer gets a new date picker that makes navigating to a selected date faster.
Okular, KDE’s document viewer, ramps up its support for digital signing with support for PGP/GPG based signatures. PGP signatures have the advantage of being a lot easier to get a PGP key than a S/MIME key — something that Okular has supported for a while. Note that this feature is not yet enabled by default, and for the moment only works between Okular users.
Apart from supporting more types of signatures, you can now filter the list of certificates to only show certificates for Qualified Signatures. The mobile version of Okular has also improved how it displays signature and certificate details.
Furthermore, when creating a new signature, Okular will now automatically scale the text to fit the available space. This allows you to make signatures much smaller than before.
In non-signing related news, it’s now possible to choose a custom default zoom level in Okular, and the look of the banner messages has been tidied up.
Keysmith supports importing tokens from QR codes and the unmaintained app andOTP.
Kdenlive is KDE’s powerful video editor, which can now import and export projects using the OpenTimelineIO format. This allows importing and exporting projects files to/from other video-editing applications that implement this open standard.
The audio waveform viewer was completely rewritten in this version; it’s now twice as fast to generate and much more accurate. In addition, the clip monitor background can optionally use a checkerboard pattern.
KWave is an audio editor. This version significantly improves playback performance.
NeoChat lets you chat using the Matrix messaging system. This version can now sort rooms in the sidebar based on their most recent activity instead of by unread notifications. NeoChat also gains a “Copy Link Address” item in the context menu when you right-click on a message with a web link in it.
Tokodon is you gateway to the Mastodon social network. You can use it on your desktop and your phone (although the Android version is still work-in-progress).
This version allows you to save drafts of toots and schedule them to be sent later — even if you’re away from your computer and it’s turned off.
A healthy relationship with social media runs though filtering out what you don’t want to see. Mastodon has done its part and now so has Tokodon, as this version includes a menu item under the Filters timeline to help you configure what shows up in your feed. Tokodon now also hides tags and polls when the post has a content notice, and includes a button to mute conversations so you don’t get any notifications for conversations you aren’t interested in.
To make sure you don’t accidentally overshare or boost the wrong thing from the wrong place, Tokodon now features a confirmation dialog that pops up before the post is sent. Tokodon will now also remind you to add an alt text to your images.
Finally, Tokodon now works better with screen readers and has better performance.
KDE’s web browser can now also block websockets.
Kate is KDE’s advanced text editor. In this version, Kate adds support for the debputy language server, used when writing Debian packages.
You can now add paths to the PATH environment variable used by Kate, which is useful if you use LSP servers, formatters, or linters not present in your default PATH variable.
The build plugin, which allows you to trigger a rebuild from Kate’s interface, now supports multiple projects being open at the same time without having to constantly reload the list of targets every time you switch projects.
KDevelop is KDE’s full-fledged IDE. This version supports the Language Server Protocol (LSP) in addition to the native support for C++, PHP and Python. This reuses Kate’s LSP plugins, so at the moment, it is only available when Kate is also installed.
Arianna is a modern and easy to use eBook reader. Arianna’s new rendering engine based on foliate.js makes KDE’s eBook reader faster and gives it better support for languages that are written right-to-left books.
Kasts connects you to your favorite podcasts, both on your desktop and on your phone. In this version, you can choose whether you want to use mobile or desktop mode, and the configuration dialog now works better on mobile devices.
Elisa is a simple local music player. In this version, Elisa will play files automatically when opened from a different app (e.g. Dolphin).
AudioTube is the best way to look for and play music on YouTube. This version gains the ability to show synchronized lyrics provided by LRCLIB.
Även om vi stöder distributioner som levererar vår programvara fullt ut, är också programmen i KDE Gear 25.04 snart tillgängliga på dessa Linux programbutiker:
Om du skulle vilja hjälpa oss att få in fler program i programbutikerna, stödja fler programbutiker och få programmen bättre integrerade med vår utvecklingsprocess, kom och hälsa i vårt chattrum All About the Apps.
Idag ger vi ut GCompris version 25.0.
Som du kan se, baserar vi nu huvudversionsnumret på utgivningsåret. Det är vettigt eftersom vi gör en större version per år. Det är också ett bra tillfälle att göra det nu för att fira GCompris 25 år.
Versionen lägger till översättningar för ytterligare ett språk: sanskrit.
Den innehåller 195 aktiviteter, inklusive 5 nya:
Den innehåller felrättningar och grafikförbättringar för flera aktiviteter.
Med hjälp av lärare skrev vi om en stor del av aktivitetsbeskrivningen för att bli tydligare.
När vi byter språk i menyn används nu det nya språket direkt, utan att behöva starta om GCompris.
På den tekniska sidan är det också den första utgåvan som använder Qt6.
Vi har också ställt in den grafiska återgivningen till direct3d11 som standard på Windows.
Den är fullständigt översatt på följande språk:
Den är också delvis översatt på följande språk:
Du kan hitta paket av den nya versionen för GNU/Linux, Windows, Android, och Raspberry Pi på nerladdningssidan. Uppdateringen kommer också snart att vara tillgänglig i Android Play Store, F-Droid arkivet och Windows Store.
Tack allesamman,
Timothée och Johnny
Idag ger vi ut GCompris version 4.3.
Den innehåller felrättningar och grafikförbättringar för flera aktiviteter.
Den är fullständigt översatt på följande språk:
Den är också delvis översatt på följande språk:
Du kan hitta paket av den nya versionen för GNU/Linux, Windows, Android, Raspberry Pi och macOS på nerladdningssidan. Dessutom kommer uppdateringen snart att vara tillgänglig i Android Play Store, F-Droid arkivet och Windows Store.
Tack allesamman,
Timothée och Johnny
Idag ger vi ut GCompris version 4.2.
Den innehåller felrättningar och grafikförbättringar för flera aktiviteter.
Versionen lägger till översättningar för lettiska.
Den är fullständigt översatt på följande språk:
Den är också delvis översatt på följande språk:
Du kan hitta paket av den nya versionen för GNU/Linux, Windows, Android, Raspberry Pi och macOS på nerladdningssidan. Uppdateringen kommer också snart att vara tillgänglig i Android Play Store, F-Droid arkivet och Windows Store.
Tack allesamman,
Timothée och Johnny
Idag ger vi ut GCompris version 4.1.
Den innehåller felrättningar och grafikförbättringar för flera aktiviteter.
Den är fullständigt översatt på följande språk:
Den är också delvis översatt på följande språk:
Du kan hitta paket av den nya versionen för GNU/Linux, Windows, Android, Raspberry Pi och macOS på nerladdningssidan. Uppdateringen kommer också snart att vara tillgänglig i Android Play Store, F-Droid arkivet och Windows Store.
Tack allesamman,
Timothée och Johnny
Idag ger vi ut GCompris version 4.0.
Versionen lägger till översättningar för ytterligare tre språk: bulgariska, galiciska och swahili.
Den innehåller 190 aktiviteter, inklusive 8 nya:
Den innehåller felrättningar och grafikförbättringar för flera aktiviteter.
En viktig milstolpe har uppnåtts med den här versionen: efter nästan nio års arbete, är uppgiften att arbeta om all grafik för att följa riktlinjerna slutförd!
Den är fullständigt översatt på följande språk:
Den är också delvis översatt på följande språk:
Du kan hitta paket av den nya versionen för GNU/Linux, Windows, Android, Raspberry Pi och macOS på nerladdningssidan. Uppdateringen kommer också snart att vara tillgänglig i Android Play Store, F-Droid arkivet och Windows Store.
Tack allesamman,
Timothée och Johnny
