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KDE Plasma 6.7.2 Brings Fix For Most Common KWin Crash, Better Chromium Video Playback

([KDE] 84 Minutes Ago KDE Plasma 6.7.2)


KDE Plasma 6.7.2 is out today as the latest point release to deliver bug fixes for the [1]Plasma 6.7 desktop that debuted earlier this month.

Most notable with Plasma 6.7.2 is [2]fixing the most common crash within KWin that pertained to variable refresh rate handling with multi-monitor setups. Plasma 6.7.2 also fixes a possible crash within the KDE Info Center when trying to display information on select NVIDIA GPUs.

There is also improved full-screen video playback performance for Chromium-based apps in Plasma 6.7.2. Helping the performance is a Wayland workaround for some freezes in Chromium due to its buffer handling.

Plasma 6.7.2 KWin also brings some fixes for select AMD GPU setups, optimize querying of the X window shape, Plasma Big Screen fixes, and various other fixes.

Downloads and more details on today's Plasma 6.7.2 release via [3]KDE.org .



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/search/Plasma+6.7

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-This-Week-Crashes

[3] https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.7.2/



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