Only a week after its previous 6.2.1 release, the KDE team rolled out a new bugfix update for KDE Plasma 6, versioned 6.2.2, which brought various new features and enhancements to enrich the desktop experience.
It continues this trajectory by incorporating a week’s worth of new translations and crucial fixes from KDE’s community. Although these may seem minor, they smooth out any lingering user issues, providing an even more stable and refined desktop environment.
In light of this, this update addresses various components across KDE Plasma, making small but impactful changes. Some notable fixes include:
- KWin Backends/drm: To improve stability, all outputs, including VR headsets, are now disabled by default.
- Wayland Enhancements: KWin now sets the WAYLAND_DISPLAY environment variable before launching the Wayland server, helping ensure proper functionality.
- Plasma Audio Volume Control: A bug affecting the text display for the auto_null device has been fixed, providing a clearer experience for managing audio devices.
Plasma 6.2.2 also includes adjustments to KWin, such as enhancements for multi-GPU support, reducing the possibility of crashes, and improvements to gamma handling and color transformations.
Additionally, Plasma Desktop received tweaks to ensure smoother file operations, like saving item positions when renamed items.
For plasma-mobile users, improvements include reintroducing task maximization in the switcher and better keyboard handling on the lock screen, addressing long-standing issues.
The System Settings module has also been improved to save window states better and handle geometry changes, while the SDDM KCM received fixes related to theme paths and autologin functionality.
For more information, refer to the release announcement. Plasma 6.2.2 full changelog is here.
