KDE Plasma 5.8.3, Bugfix Release for November

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Tuesday, 1 November 2016. Today KDE releases a Bugfix update to KDE Plasma 5, versioned 5.8.3. Plasma 5.8 was released in October with many feature refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience.

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

User Manager: do not ask for root permissions when it's unnecessary. Commit.

PowerDevil no longer crashes on logout. Commit. Fixes bug #371127

Mute volume when decreasing volume to zero. Commit.

Live Images

The easiest way to try it out is with a live image booted off a USB disk. You can find a list of Live Images with Plasma 5 on the KDE Community Wiki.

Package Downloads

Distributions have created, or are in the process of creating, packages listed on our wiki page.

Source Downloads

You can install Plasma 5 directly from source. KDE's community wiki has instructions to compile it. Note that Plasma 5 does not co-install with Plasma 4, you will need to uninstall older versions or install into a separate prefix.

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