| guide | The KDE Project recently released KDE Frameworks 5.108, the latest version of the open source software suite consisting of more than 80 Qt add-on libraries that provide common functionality to the KDE Plasma desktop environment and KDE applications. |
KDE Frameworks 5.108 is here to fix the Plasma desktop crash that occurs when middle-clicking on the Task Manager icon to close all running applications Major regression, and fixed editing files with kio-admin to change file permissions.
This new KDE framework version also improves support for the JPEG XL (JXL) image format in KImageFormats, which provides additional image format plugins for QtGui, adds support for the libjxl 0.9 library, and drops support for the old 0.6. 1 version is supported.
The KHolidays library gained support for Juneteenth (a federal holiday in the US) as a variable holiday, an option to disable building geos: URI scheme handlers were added to KDE GUI Addons, and ReplayGain changes were reapplied to KFileMetaData.
KDE Frameworks 5.108 also improves syntax highlighting by adding support for highlighting QML pragma keywords. There are other minor fixes and improvements as well, so you should check out the full changelog on the release announcement page.
As you can see, KDE Frameworks 5.108 is a very minor update, as the KDE project is focusing on the development of the upcoming KDE Frameworks/KDE Plasma 6 release. Still, for extra stability and reliability of your KDE Plasma desktop, any improvements or bug fixes are more than welcome.
KDE Frameworks 5.108 is rolling out to your favorite GNU/ Linux distribution right now, so make sure you keep an eye out for new packages in the stable repositories. KDE Plasma users are advised to update to this new KDE Frameworks version as soon as possible!