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KDE Plasma 5.8

Wednesday, 25 October 2017. Today KDE releases an LTS bugfix update to KDE Plasma 5, versioned 5.8.8 LTS. Plasma 5.8 LTS was released in October with many feature refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience.

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



Fix crash when using Discover during updates. Commit. Fixes bug #370906

Try to read CPU clock from cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq instead of /proc/cpuinfo. Commit. Fixes bug #382561. Phabricator Code review D8153

DrKonqi crash handler: make attaching backtraces to existing bug reports work. Commit.

Look and Feel/Notifications. Fix crash when removing panel with system tray in it. Commit. Fixes bug #378508. Phabricator Code review D6653

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