KDE Plasma 5.2.1, Bugfix Release for February
Plasma 5.2 was released in January 2015 with many feature refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience.
This release adds a month’s worth of new translations and fixes from KDE’s contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important and include:- Don't turn off the screen or suspend the computer when watching videos in a web browser
- Fix Powerdevil from using full CPU
- Show the correct prompt for a fingerprint reader swipe
- Show correct connection name in Plasma Network Manager
- Remove kdelibs4support code in many modules
- Fix crash when switching to/from Breeze widget style
- In KScreen fix crash when multiple EDID requests for the same output are enqueued
- In KScreen fix visual representation of output rotation
- In Oxygen style improved rendering of checkbox menu item's contrast pixel, especially when selected using Strong highlight.
- In Plasma Desktop improve rubber band feel and consistency with Dolphin.
- In Plasma Desktop use smooth transformation for scaling down the user picture
- When setting color scheme information for KDElibs 4, don't read from KF5 kdeglobals
- Baloo KCM: Show proper icons (porting bug)
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