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KDE Plasma 5.10

Tuesday, 27 June 2017. Today KDE releases a Bugfix update to KDE Plasma 5, versioned 5.10.3. Plasma 5.10 was released in May with many feature refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience.

This release adds a two week's worth of new translations and fixes from KDE's contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important and include:

Fix KWin draws 1px overlay on the left screen border: properly block the edge also for touch screen edges. Commit. Fixes bug #380476. Phabricator Code review D6304

Fix Buffer objects (VBO, FBO) need remapping after suspend/vt switch with NVIDIA. [platforms/x11] Add support for GLX_NV_robustness_video_memory_purge. Commit. Fixes bug #344326. Phabricator Code review D6344

Make shadows work for windows 100% width or height. Commit. Fixes bug #380825. Phabricator Code review D6164

Introduce KDE_NO_GLOBAL_MENU env variable to disable global menu per-app. Commit. Phabricator Code review D6310

Workaround Qt regression of no longer delivering events for the root window. Commit. Fixes bug #360841. Phabricator Code review D6258

Fix can't control brightness. Revert 'skip the disabled backlight device'. Commit. Fixes bug #381114. Fixes bug #381199

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