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KDE Gear 25.04 released with improved Orca screen reader integration for Dolphin, support for navigating files with the arrow keys and selecting them using Enter, support for PGP/GPG-based signatures in Okular, additional token import options for Keysmith TOTP app, OpenTimelineIO import/export support and revamped audio waveform editor for Kdenlive, “Copy Link Address” context menu item and support for sorting rooms in the sidebar based on their most recent activity in NeoChat, option to save drafts of toots and schedule them to be sent later in Tokodon, websocket blocking for Falkon browser, and a lot more:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-25-04-applications-suite-officially-released-heres-whats-new

LXQt 2.2 released with ability to set the default Wayland compositor and the screen locker by distribution or system-wide, improved support for multi-monitor setups by handling screens by names rather than numbers, other Wayland improvements, updates to PCManFM-Qt and QTerminal:
https://9to5linux.com/lxqt-2-2-desktop-environment-released-with-many-wayland-improvements

PipeWire 1.4.2 released with extra checks for MIDI to avoid 100% CPU usage on older kernels, support for using header metadata by default in the videoadapter plugin, improved pw-cat verbose sndfile format debug, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-4-2-adds-extra-midi-checks-to-avoid-100-cpu-usage-on-older-kernels

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@thelinuxEXP
For websites I log into (and trust) I switched back to #falkonbrowser from #kde .

For "casual browsing" I use and will stay with #librewolf because of script-blocker and other Addons available.

For mails etc. (PIM) I use Kontact/KMail and am really satisfied with this solution.

It's weird: #firefox would have the perfect opportunity to gather people around it because of manifest v3 in #chromium browsers. But they failed with flying colours. 🫣 It looks like intentionally, but who knows.

I've switched my home studio from Firefox to Falkon - we'll see how it goes - so far so good!
https://www.falkon.org/
#FalkonBrowser #Web #WebBrowsers #KDE