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KDE Plasma 5.16

Tuesday, 18 June 2019. Today KDE releases a Bugfix update to KDE Plasma 5, versioned 5.16.1. Plasma 5.16 was released in June with many feature refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience.

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

PanelView: no more transparent line between panels and maximized windows with some 3rd-party Plasma themes. Commit. Phabricator Code review D21803

Breeze theme: Re-read color palettes when application color changes. Commit. Fixes bug #408416. See bug #382505. See bug #355295. Phabricator Code review D21646

Discover: Flatpak, Indicate that updates are being fetched. Commit. Fixes bug #408608

Powerdevil runner: Make Sleep/Suspend command work again. Commit. Fixes bug #408735

Feedback Discuss Plasma 5 on the KDE Forums Plasma 5 board. You can provide feedback direct to the developers via the Plasma Matrix chat room, Plasma-devel mailing list or report issues via bugzilla. If you like what the team is doing, please let them know! Your feedback is greatly appreciated.

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