KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta 2 is out, fixing two notable bugs: window dragging and renamed file disappearance. The update matters for anyone running the latest Plasma desktop on Linux.
Slow Keys warning coming to lock screen
Plasma is KDE's desktop environment for Linux. The 6.7 beta follows the stable 6.6 release and precedes the planned 6.8 version.
Plasma 6.7 Beta 2 addresses a bug where dragging windows could become unresponsive. It also fixes an issue where renamed files would vanish from the file manager view.
Discover warns about Flatpak shortcut recreation
The upcoming Plasma 6.8 will add a lock-screen warning when the Slow Keys accessibility feature is active. Slow Keys delays keystroke registration to help users with motor impairments. The lock screen will also respect PAM timeout values, allowing faster login when configured.
Discover, Plasma's software center, will warn users when a Flatpak replacement requires manually recreating application shortcuts. The union theme engine now uses CSS to unify design across Qt and GTK toolkits.
These changes come from KDE's development cycle. Plasma 6.7 is in beta, and 6.8 is in active development. No release dates have been announced for either version.
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