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Kali Linux 2021.4 Released: Wider Samba Compatibility, Social-Engineer Toolkit, New Tools, and More!

Offensive Security released Kali Linux 2021.4, which comes with a number of improvements: wider Samba compatibility, switching package manager mirrors, enhanced Apple M1 support, Kaboxer theming, Updates to Xfce, GNOME and KDE, Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W + …

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Top 10 Linux Distributions for KDE Plasma [Compared]

Are you planning to adopt a stable KDE Plasma-based desktop in Linux and thinking about it as a daily driver? Here, we present the top 10 Linux distributions that integrate well with KDE Plasma.
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KDE Gear 21.12 Software Suite Released as a Massive Update, Here’s What’s New

After several months of development, KDE Gear 21.12 is now ready for mass deployment with an improved Dolphin file manager that now makes it easier than ever to locate and identify files and folders, shows previews for .cbz comic book files that contain WebP images, and improves icon zooming. Dolphin is also one of the […]

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KDE Plasma Introduces GNOME-like Overview. Is it Good?

We give you a preview of the new KDE Plasma Overview Effect. Here’s how it looks, and our opinion around it.
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KDE Plasma 5.23.3 Further Improves the Wayland Session

Coming two weeks after KDE Plasma 5.23.2, the KDE Plasma 5.23.3 point release is here to further improve the Plasma Wayland session by making the Mozilla Firefox web browser more responsive to files that are being dragged and dropped. It also fixes the panel’s auto-hide animation, addresses a Plasma crash that occurred when turning an […]

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The November 2021 Issue of the PCLinuxOS Magazine

The PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the November 2021 issue. In the November 2021 issue: Happy 25th Birthday, KDE! GIMP Tutorial: Common GIMP Mistakes Softmaker FreeOffice 2021 On PCLinuxOS Short Topix: Google Chrome Could Break Ad Blockers Facial Recognition: The New Digital Menace Life’s Better When You Avoid Windows 11 […]

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KDE Gear 21.08.3 Released as the Last in the Series, KDE Gear 21.12 Arrives December 9th

KDE Gear 21.08.3 is here about a month after KDE Gear 21.08.2 and it brings one last batch of bug fixes and improvements for those of you using the KDE Gear 21.08 software suite. A total of 74 changes are included in this last KDE Gear 21.08 point release across several KDE apps and core […]

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NVIDIA 495.44 Graphics Driver Adds GBM Support, Indicator for Resizable BAR Support

NVIDIA 495.44 is a new feature branch version and introduces support for the GBM API, which implements a GBM backend driver that can be used with the GBM loader from the Mesa 21.2 or later. This is good news, especially for KDE Plasma users as the late…

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KDE Connect Arrives for iPhone at Last. Here’s How to Try.

The long-awaited KDE Connect is now available for iPhone (iOS 15 and up). Here are the details.
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KDE Plasma 5.24 Desktop Environment to Introduce Support for Fingerprint Readers

Renowned KDE developer Nate Graham shared today the big news that a fingerprint authentication feature, which is in development for quite a while now, has finally been merged and will be ready for deployment as part of the upcoming KDE Plasma 5.24 desktop environment series, due for release next year. Fingerprint authentication support has been […]

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You Can Now Install KDE Plasma 5.23 on Kubuntu 21.10, Here’s How

Released last week, Kubuntu 21.10 ships with KDE Plasma 5.22.5 as default desktop environment, but users who want to use the recently released KDE Plasma 5.23 “25th Anniversary Edition” desktop environment can now upgrade their installations if they have the Kubuntu Backports PPA repository installed. The Kubuntu team announced that the KDE Plasma 5.23.1 packages […]

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KDE Plasma 5.23 Gets First Point Release, Plasma Wayland Sees More Improvements

Last week on October 14th, the KDE Project celebrated its 25th anniversary with the launch of the KDE Plasma 5.23 desktop environment series, a major update that introduced numerous new features and improvements. Now, the first point release is already here, addressing several issues with the Plasma Wayland session like a crash that occurred immediately […]

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 17th, 2021

This week was all about Ubuntu 21.10, but we also saw some big announcements starting with the release of the KDE Plasma 5.23 desktop enviornment and the launch of the PinePhone Pro Linux smartphone, and continuing with several great distro releases li…

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Introduced PinePhone Pro Linux Smartphone, Shipped with KDE Plasma Mobile

Community Pine64, engaged in the creation of open devices, presented the smartphone PinePhone Pro, the preparation of which was taken into account the experience of the production of the first model PinePhone and customer feedback. The main goal of the project has not changed, and the PinePhone Pro continues to be positioned as a device […]

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How to Upgrade to KDE Plasma 5.23 from 5.22

The KDE team announced the stable release of KDE Plasma 5.23 with new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Here, in this quick guide, we give you the steps to upgrade to KDE Plasma 5.23 from 5.22.
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KaOS 2021.10 Is Here as One of the First Linux Distros to Ship with KDE Plasma 5.23 Desktop

In celebration of KDE’s 25th anniversary, the KaOS developers release KaOS 2021.10 with the latest and greatest KDE Plasma 5.23 desktop environment series, which also landed today. This makes KaOS one of the first GNU/Linux distributions to ship with KDE Plasma 5.23, following close on the heels of KDE neon. Therefore, if you want to […]

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 10th, 2021

This has been a really great week for Linux releases, starting with the Mozilla Firefox 93 web browser and continuing with the Debian GNU/Linux 11.1 “Bullseye” distribution. Also out this week were new maintenance updates for the KDE Gear and KDE Frameworks software suites for users of the Plasma desktop. On top of that, the […]

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KDE Gear 21.08.2 Is Out to Improve Dolphin, Okular, Konsole, Gwenview, Kate, and Other Apps

KDE Gear 21.08.2 is here about five weeks after the first point release to KDE Gear 21.08 with more improvements for your favorite KDE apps, including the popular Dolphin file manager, which no longer stays open in the background after running an archive operation using the context menu and then exiting the app. KDE’s standard […]

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Feren OS 2021.10 Available to Download

Feren OS is a desktop Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. Featuring the KDE Plasma desktop, the project’s latest snapshot is Feren OS 2021.10 which includes a new lock screen, new splash screen, and a customized Firefox experience.
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What’s New in KDE Plasma 5.24

The title of the pointiestick.con post alone tells you a lot: “Plasma in progress.” So this means that Plasma 5.23 beta is now available, and in the list of new features that have advanced today, there are many changes that will come in the next major release,. One of them concerns the accent color that […]

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