KDE Plasma 5.27.12, Bugfix Release for January
Monday, 6 January 2025. Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 5, versioned 5.27.12.
Plasma 5.27 was released in February 2023 with many feature refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience.
The bugfixes are typically small but important and include:
- Lookandfeel: Explicitly set theme to Breeze in defaults.Commit.
- Applets/battery: Check actual battery for charge state workaround.Commit.
- Weather/dwd: don't crash on empty json objects.Commit. Fixes bug#481596
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