[websites/blogs-kde-org] content/posts/twip/2026-07-18: Add content from this week so far

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Add content from this week so far

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 <!-- Can find some with https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests/?sort=merged_at_desc&state=merged&label_name%5B%5D=Feature&first_page_size=20 -->
 
 ### Plasma 6.8
+You can now manage assign processes to specific CPUs or groups of CPUs in System Monitor. (Taras Oleksyn, [KDE Bugzilla #429151](https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=429151))
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+The Task Manager widget now has global shortcuts for re-arranging and moving between tasks. (Salman Farooq, [plasma-desktop MR #3819](https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/3819))
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 ### Frameworks 6.28
 
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 ### Plasma 6.6.6
 
-### Plasma 6.7.3
+### Plasma 6.7.4
+Apply using the global shortcuts portal are now allowed to rename their shortcuts by requesting to re-register them. (David Redondo, [KDE Bugzilla #523063](https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=523063))
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 ### Plasma 6.8
+System Settings’ Window Behavior page has been ported to QML and modernized a bit in the process, bringing it up to par for most other pages in System Settings. (Tobias Ozór, [kwin MR #9370](https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/9370))
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 ### Frameworks 6.28
 
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 ### Plasma 6.6.6
 
 ### Plasma 6.7.3
+Fixed a recent regression that made the `ksystemstats` process sometimes crash when the system woke from sleep. (Iyán Méndez Veiga. [KDE Bugzilla #521353](https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=521353))
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+Fixed a weird issue that made the system stop sleeping according to the normal schedule if you interrupted certain monitors while they were right in the middle of shutting down. (Ameen Al-Asady, [KDE Bugzilla #523001](https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=523001))
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+### Plasma 6.7.4
+Fixed a somewhat common way that Discover could crash while installing updates. (Aleix Pol Gonzalez, [KDE Bugzilla #522255](https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522255))
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+The bandwidth usage reported by Plasma’s remote desktop server are now accurate. (Liu Jie, [krdp MR #216](https://invent.kde.org/plasma/krdp/-/merge_requests/216))
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+Fixed a layout glitch on System Settings’ Pointers page that prevented some pointer size options from being fully visible when using screen scaling. (Akseli Lahtinen, [KDE Bugzilla #521187](https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=521187))
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+Fixed two layout glitches in Discover when using the app with multiple app backends and  looking at large items on the Installed page. (Nate Graham, [discover MR #1358](https://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover/-/merge_requests/1358) and [DIscover MR #1357](https://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover/-/merge_requests/1357))
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+System Settings’ Effects page now behaves properly for KWin effects whose default values have been overridden at the distributor level. (Nicolas Fella, [kwin MR #8112](https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/8112))
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+The “Typing on the desktop activates KRunner” setting is not fully respected for Folder View widgets placed on the desktop, in addition to the embedded Folder View that *is* the desktop. (Christoph Wolk, [KD Bugzilla #523053](https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=523053))
+
 
 ### Plasma 6.8
+Fixed some positioning and theme compatibility issues with drop-down menus in Plasma and its widgets. (Filip Fila, [libplasma MR #1546](https://invent.kde.org/plasma/libplasma/-/merge_requests/1546))
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 ### Frameworks 6.28
 
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 ### Plasma 6.8
 
 ### Frameworks 6.28
+Reduced Plasma's memory usage by a little bit. (Nicolas Fella, [ksvg MR #113](https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/ksvg/-/merge_requests/113) and [kguiaddons MR #224](https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kguiaddons/-/merge_requests/224))
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+### KDE Gear 26.12
+System Settings’ Connection Preferences page has been removed. Its settings were extremely esoteric and they applied to almost nothing these days, so it was mostly just cluttering the place up. (Tobias Fella, [kio-extras MR #533](https://invent.kde.org/network/kio-extras/-/merge_requests/533))