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  "tags": [
    "the second beta of Plasma 6.7",
    "many options for doing so",
    "KDE Bugzilla #495635",
    "KDE Bugzilla #437303",
    "KDE Bugzilla #370964",
    "KDE Bugzilla #501788",
    "KDE Bugzilla #517296",
    "plasma-desktop MR #3702",
    "plasma-workspace MR #322",
    "plasma-desktop #3726",
    "plasma-workspace MR #6626",
    "discover MR #1342",
    "discover MR #1343",
    "KDE Bugzilla #513220",
    "KDE Bugzilla #520145",
    "KDE Bugzilla #520595",
    "KDE Bugzilla #520674",
    "KDE Bugzilla #516314",
    "KDE Bugzilla #520144",
    "powerdevil MR #632",
    "KDE Bugzilla #520633",
    "KDE Bugzilla #511920",
    "KDE Bugzilla #520449",
    "KDE Bugzilla #517384",
    "KDE Bugzilla #520175",
    "KDE Bugzilla #515280",
    "KDE Bugzilla #515824",
    "KDE Bugzilla #484383",
    "KDE Bugzilla #519923",
    "KDE Bugzilla #483147",
    "libplasma MR #1468",
    "the Matrix room",
    "join the team",
    "getting involved",
    "making a donation",
    "the relevant merge request on invent.kde.org"
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  "textContent": "Welcome to a new issue of _This Week in Plasma!_\n\nThis week the team continued getting Plasma 6.7 in great shape for release. So there was lots of focus on bug-fixing and UI polishing.\n\nWe’ve released the second beta of Plasma 6.7, jam-packed with the latest fixes. If you can, please install it and test everything! There are many options for doing so.\n\n## Notable UI improvements\n\n### Plasma 6.7\n\nMade it impossible to accidentally drag a window so far off a screen edge that it couldn’t be moved back. (Vlad Zahorodnii, KDE Bugzilla #495635)\n\nUninstalling an application now removes it from the history section of all the various launcher widgets. (Christoph Wolk, KDE Bugzilla #437303)\n\nMade auto-hide panels compatible with the “Switch desktop on edge > Always enabled” setting. (Francesco Panarese, KDE Bugzilla #370964)\n\nThe Application Launcher’s “All Applications” view now groups apps case-insensitively, so apps whose first letter is lowercase no longer get pushed into their own group. (Christoph Wolk, KDE Bugzilla #501788)\n\nClarified how the option to create a virtual screen works in the screen chooser dialog. (David Redondo, KDE Bugzilla #517296)\n\n### Plasma 6.8\n\nThe lock screen now fully respects the timeout value set by PAM on the underlying system, instead of adding its own mandatory delay on top of it. This means on systems with the delay set to 0, you can re-type your password immediately after getting it wrong. (Tobias Fella, plasma-desktop MR #3702 and plasma-workspace MR #322)\n\nThe lock screen now notifies you when the “Slow Keys” accessibility feature is turned on, just in case you’re failing to type your password and don’t know why. (Martin Riethmayer, plasma-desktop #3726 and plasma-workspace MR #6626)\n\nDiscover’s dialog about a Flatpak app being replaced by another one now reassures you that your data will be automatically transferred, and also warns you that favorites/shortcuts/etc. to the old app will have to be re-made manually. (Nate Graham, discover MR #1342 and discover MR #1343)\n\nReduced the amount of visual flickering when Discover checks for updates. (Aleix Pol Gonzalez, KDE Bugzilla #513220)\n\n## Notable bug fixes\n\n### Plasma 6.6.6\n\nFixed a case where KWin could crash when a monitor was rapidly power-cycled or some of its settings were rapidly changed. (Vlad Zahorodnii, KDE Bugzilla #520145)\n\nFixed a case where the `kactivitymanagerd` service could crash in the background. (Marco Martin, KDE Bugzilla #520595)\n\nFixed a clipboard-related issue that could make XWayland-using apps lag or freeze right after locking the screen. (Vlad Zahorodnii, KDE Bugzilla #520674)\n\nFixed an issue that could make the large text of the digital clock displayed on the lock and login screens look kind of jagged with certain specific fonts. (Filip Fila, KDE Bugzilla #516314)\n\n### Plasma 6.7\n\nWorked around an oddly-specific issue in Qt that could make widgets break when enabled in the System Tray after having previously disabled them and then restarted the computer. (Tobias Fella, KDE Bugzilla #520144)\n\nWorked around an issue with the hardware or firmware on specific laptops that could trigger an infinite stream of keyboard brightness OSDs after closing the lid. (Vitaly Repin, powerdevil MR #632)\n\nFixed an issue that could make a renamed file on the desktop visually disappear (it still existed, and could be accessed through Dolphin) while multiple Activities were in use, or move to another location when there was only one Activity. (Akseli Lahtinen, KDE Bugzilla #520633 and KDE Bugzilla #511920)\n\nFixed an issue that made it impossible to use a hardware key to authenticate to an 802.1x-protected network. (Katharina Bogad, KDE Bugzilla #520449)\n\nFixed an issue that made the Networks widget show the wrong icon for an OVS bridge network. (Ivan Perevalov, KDE Bugzilla #517384)\n\nFixed an issue that could make Plasma’s built-in remote desktop server lag or freeze when copying certain specific things in certain specific apps. (Paul Hoskinson, KDE Bugzilla #520175)\n\nFixed an issue that made it impossible to focus the Network Widget’s search field using `Ctrl`+`F`. (Akseli Lahtinen, KDE Bugzilla #515280)\n\nFixed an issue that made the buttons on the fingerprint enrollment dialog get misplaced. (Harald Sitter, KDE Bugzilla #515824)\n\nFixed an issue with the Breeze theming of GTK apps that made sidebar separator lines turn bright white with dark color schemes. (Levi Leal, KDE Bugzilla #484383)\n\n### Plasma 6.8\n\nFixed two issues that could make KWin crash or fail to evaluate mathematical calculations from the Overview effect. (Alexander Lohnau, KDE Bugzilla #519923 and KDE Bugzilla #483147)\n\nFixed an issue that made it impossible to open the panel context menu while already in edit mode. (Tobias Fella, libplasma MR #1468)\n\n## How you can help\n\nKDE has become important in the world, and your time and contributions have helped us get there. As we grow, we need your support to keep KDE sustainable.\n\nWould you like to help put together this weekly report? Introduce yourself in the Matrix room and join the team!\n\nBeyond that, you can help KDE by directly getting involved in any other projects. Donating time is actually more impactful than donating money. Each contributor makes a huge difference in KDE — you are not a number or a cog in a machine! You don’t have to be a programmer, either; many other opportunities exist.\n\nYou can also help out by making a donation! This helps cover operational costs, salaries, travel expenses for contributors, and in general just keeps KDE bringing Free Software to the world.\n\n## To get a new Plasma feature or a bug fix mentioned here\n\nPush a commit to the relevant merge request on invent.kde.org.",
  "title": "This Week in Plasma: 6.7 Beta 2 Released"
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