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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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New in the FreeBSD Foundation Shop!
We’ve added fresh gear to help you show your support for FreeBSD:
-Foam Trucker Hat (Embroidery)
-Mouse Pad (Rectangle)
-Spiral Notebook
-Accent Coffee Mug
Every purchase supports the FreeBSD Foundation’s mission, funding development, advocacy, and community initiatives that keep FreeBSD strong.
Take a look at the new arrivals here:
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#FreeBSD #OpenSource #Community #SupportFreeBSD
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What’s Changed
- Fix custom colors not saving by @iamllama in #4326
- Decode images asynchronously during review. Please let us know if images in the review screen load faster or slower for you. By @abdnh in #4320
- Prevent clipping for QPushButton:default:hover by @jcznk in #4323
- Updated Dockerfile to use Ninja build system by @e-hamrin in #4321
- Fix/Add lower review limit to health check. by @Luc-Mcgrady in #4334
- Make timebox message translatable with flexible variable order by @snowtimeglass in #4338
- (UI polish) Improved margins in Card Browser’s “Previewer” by @jcznk in #4337
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An initiative of Klara Inc to launch a Webinar with the most experienced devs in the ZFS storage industry.
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Notable Changes
- Fixes an issue where the ACL editor ignored unchecked “Apply Owner” and “Apply Group” checkboxes and always applied owner/group changes recursively, potentially causing unintended ownership changes (NAS-137378).
- Fixes an issue where SMB threads could become stuck at 100% CPU usage on Windows clients, causing Windows Explorer to become unresponsive until the thread was manually killed (NAS-137095).
See the 25.04.2.4 Release Notes for more details.
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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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“For reference, Google Chrome ended support for 32-bit Linux in 2016. So in 2026, Mozilla will have supported 32-bit Linux for ten years longer than Chrome did.”
🔑 Timeline of Support Changes
- October 14, 2025
- Release of Firefox 144, last version supporting 32-bit Linux.
- Same day as Windows 10 end of life.
- October 2025 onward
- Firefox 145 and newer: 64-bit only.
- September 2026
- End of Firefox ESR 140 support for 32-bit Linux (last security updates).
- June 30, 2028
- End of Debian 12 LTS, the last Debian release supporting 32-bit.
https://www.ghacks.net/2025/09/10/firefox-to-end-support-for-32-bit-linux-in-2026/
- October 14, 2025
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