Thanks for the heads up :) On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 2:00 PM, Bhushan Shah <bhus...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > KDE is releasing Plasma 5.13 – a new version of its Free desktop > environment - > tomorrow. > > https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.13.0.php > > Optimized and less resource-hungry, Plasma 5.13 can run smoothly on > under-powered ARM laptops, high-end gaming PCs, and everything in between. > > Feature-wise, Plasma 5.13 comes with "Browser Integration". This means both > Chrome/Chromium and Firefox web browsers can be monitored and controlled > using > your desktop widgets. For example, downloads are displayed in the Plasma > notification popup, so even if your browser is minimized or not visible, > you can > monitor the download progress. Likewise with media playing in a tab: you > can use > Plasma's media controls to stop, pause and silence videos and audio > playing in > any tab – even the hidden ones. This a perfect solution for those annoying > videos that auto-start without your permission. Another Plasma-browser > feature > is that links can now be opened from Plasma's overhead launcher (Krunner), > and > you can also send links directly to your phone using KDE Connect. > > Talking of KDE Connect, the Media Control Widget has been redesigned and > its > support of the MPRIS specification has been much improved. This means more > media > players can now be controlled from the media controls in the desktop tray > or > from your phone using KDE Connect. > > Plasma 5.13 is also visually more appealing. The redesigned pages in 5.13 > include theming tools for desktops, icons and cursors, and you can > download new > splash screens from the KDE Store directly from the splash screen page. The > desktop provides a new and efficient blur effect that can be used for > widgets, > the dashboard menu and even the terminal window, giving them an elegant and > modern look. Another eye-catching feature is that the login and lock > screens now > display the wallpaper of the current Plasma release, and the lock screen > incorporates a slick fade-to-blur transition to show the controls, > allowing it > to be easily used as a screensaver. > > Discover, Plasma's graphical software manager, improves the user > experience with > list and category pages that replace header images with interactive > toolbars. > You can sort lists, and they also show star ratings of applications. App > pages > and app icons use your local icon theme to better match your desktop > settings. > > Vaults, Plasma's storage encryption utility, includes a new CryFS backend, > better error reporting, a more polished interface, and the ability to > remotely > open and close vaults via KDE Connect. > > Connecting to external monitors has become much more user-friendly. Now, > when > you plug in a new external monitor, a dialog pops up an lets you easily > control > the position of the additional monitor in correlation to your primary one. > > For more images of this release, check out: > > https://cdn.kde.org/promo/20180612_Plasma5.13/ > > Live images with Plasma 5.13 will be available soon, you can find links to > various distributions providing live images at following page. > > https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Live_Images > > We look forward to hearing your comments on Plasma 5.13 - let us know how > it > works for you! > > Kind Regards! > > > -- > Bhushan Shah > http://blog.bshah.in > IRC Nick : bshah on Freenode > GPG key fingerprint : 0AAC 775B B643 7A8D 9AF7 A3AC FE07 8411 7FBC E11D >