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• BlueDevil: a list of desktop components to manage Bluetooth 
devices. It will set up your mouse keyboard, send and receive files, 
and you can browse devices.
• KSSHAskPass: if you access computers with ssh keys, but those keys 
have passwords, this module will give you an image UI to enter those 
passwords.
• Muon: It installs and manages software and other addons on your 
computer.
• Login theme setting (SDDM): SDDM is now the default Plasma 
login manager, and this new System Settings module allows you to 
customize the theme.
• KScreen: detecting its first release of Plasma 5 is a System Settings 
module to set up multiple monitoring support.
• GTK Program Style: this new module allows you to customize the 
theme of applications from GNOME.
• KDecoration: The new library makes it easier and more reliable to 
create themes for KWin, the Plasma window manager. It has impres-
sive memory, performance, and sustainable development. If you 
miss the feature, don’t worry. It will come back to Plasma 5.3.
KDE Plasma 5.3
April 28, 2015: KDE releases Plasma 5.3, adding a few new features and 
several bug fixes.
Improved Power Management
• Power management settings can be configured differently from 
other functions.
• The laptop cannot be paused when closing the lid while the external 
monitor is connected.
• Power control barriers prevent screen locking again.
• Screen light changes have now been animated on most computer 
systems
• It is not stopped when you close the lid while turning it off
• Support for keyboard button light controls on the lock screen

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• KIinfoCenter provides statistics on power consumption
• The battery monitor now shows which apps are currently holding the 
power barrier.
Plasma Widgets
• The clipboard applet gains support by displaying barcodes
• The desktop codecs for desktop content and Folder View have been 
merged and seen performance improvements
• Recent documents and the latest application categories in the 
Application Menu (Kicker) are now enabled by KDE activities.
• Rewards of comic widget
• Return of plasmoid monitoring systems, such as CPU Load Monitor 
and Hard Disk usage
Plasma Media Center has been added as a preliminary technical test for 
this release. Fully stable but miss a few features compared to version 1. You 
can go directly to the Plasma Media Center session if you want to use it on 
a media device such as a TV or projector or use it from Plasma Desktop. 
It will scan videos, music, and photos on your computer to allow you to 
browse and play them.
KDE Plasma 5.4
August 25, 2015: KDE releases a feature to release a new version of 
Plasma 5.4. Its Plasma release brings users many good touches, like 
advanced DPI support, KRunner automation complete, and beautiful 
Breeze icons.
New Volume Applet
Our new Audio Volume applet works directly with PulseAudio, the popu-
lar Linux audio server, to give you complete control of the volume and 
output settings on a well-designed interface.
Another Dashboard Launcher
Plasma 5.4 introduces an entirely new full-featured Application Dashboard 
with KDE Plasma-addons: Includes all app menu features, includ-
ing sophisticated measurement to screen size and full local keyboard 

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navigation. The new launcher lets you easily and quickly find applications 
and recently used documents or favorites and contacts based on your pre-
vious work.