https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/plasma/6/6.5.5-6.5.90/
Category: KDE
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The KDE Plasma 6.5 stable release is scheduled for October 21, 2025. A beta version of Plasma 6.5 was released on September 18, 2025, allowing for public testing.
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A very handy tool to convert screenshots in to text. If you have for example a scanned document or PDF you can easily copy the contents just using Spectacle.
A package dependency is Tesseract, that you can find in AUR.
There is also this pull request that adds native support for this functionality.
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I can not unfortunately test the beta as I can not even login after reboot. Typing my credentials lead to a new loop of password prompt.
KDE Plasma 6.5 Beta Highlights
- Release Timeline
- Beta released: Thursday
- Stable release expected: 21 October
- New Features
- KNightTime: Schedules dark/light cycles and adjusts screen color temperature by time of day.
- Rounded Bottom Corners: Default window design update.
- GPU Underlays: Resolves a 22-year-old feature request.
- Wayland Enhancements: Picture-in-picture, pointer warping, and more.
- Improved Functionality
- Configurable tablet dials and touch rings in Plasma settings.
- Enhanced Sticky Notes usability when placed in a panel.
- Clipboard entries can now be marked as favorites that will be permanently saved for easy access in the future.
- Availability
- Beta downloads and details available via KDE.org.
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/09/20/this-week-in-plasma-6.5-beta-and-start-of-the-bug-fix-a-palooza/
- Release Timeline
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Over 180 individual programs plus dozens of programmer libraries and feature plugins are released simultaneously as part of KDE Gear.
Today they all get new bugfix source releases with updated translations, including:
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Today I have something very exciting to share: the Alpha release of KDE Linux, KDE’s new operating system! Many of you may be familiar with KDE Linux already through Harald Sitter‘s 2024 Akademy talk about it (slides; recording), or the Wiki page, or its web page on kde.org. For everyone else, let me briefly explain: […]
Announcing the Alpha release of KDE Linux -
Nice icons of the right click menu.
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