The beta version of the Plasma 5.27 custom shell is available for testing. You can test the new release through a live build from the openSUSE project and a build from the KDE Neon Testing edition project. Packages for various distributions can be found on this page. The release is expected on February 14th.
Key improvements:
- Plasma Welcome is an introductory application that introduces users to the basic features of the desktop and allows you to perform basic configuration of basic settings, such as linking to online services.
- A new module has been added to the configurator for setting the permissions of Flatpak packages. By default, Flatpak packages are not granted access to the rest of the system, and through the proposed interface, you can selectively grant each package the necessary permissions, such as access to parts of the main FS, hardware devices, network connections, the audio subsystem, and printing.
- The widget for setting screen layouts in multi-monitor configurations has been redesigned. Significantly improved tools for managing the connection of three or more monitors.
- The clock widget provides the ability to display the Jewish lunisolar calendar.
- The KWin window manager has expanded the possibilities of tiling windows. In addition to the previously available options for snapping windows to the right or left, full control of window tiling is now available through an interface invoked by pressing Meta+T. When moving a window while holding down the Shift key, the window is now automatically placed using the tiled layout.
Source: opennet.ru