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Some Of The Changes Coming To KDE Plasma 5.10

Written by Michael Larabel in KDE on 7 March 2017 at 06:31 AM EST. 38 Comments

KDE developer Kai Uwe has provided a look at some of the new features coming for Plasma 5.10, including some screenshots.

Some of the changes coming to KDE Plasma 5.10 include media controls being added to the lock screen, PowerDevil power management can now pause media players automatically before sleeping a computer, file manager jump list actions have been improved, the folder view will be the default desktop containment, improvements to the folder view, interactive notification previews, context menu enhancements, and more.

For more details on some of the changes coming to KDE Plasma 5.10 along with screenshots, see Kai's blog.

KDE Plasma 5.10 is planned for release on 30 May while the feature freeze and beta is on 11 May.

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