 After a few months of intensive work, the KDE community is pleased to announce Plasma 5.9 which brings many improvements and features to your desktop. Global menu bars for applications have returned and can be used with either a desktop panel showing the menu or neatly tucked away in the window bar. Due to popular demand, we implemented switching between Windows and Task Manager using the new MetaKey plus a number key shortcut for heavy multitasking. It is now possible to create comprehensive look and feel desktop themes that will download all the extras needed from the KDE Store such as color schemes and Plasma themes. A utility called Look and Feel Explorer was added to create these Plasma themes and to ease publication on the KDE Store. There is a more compact and beautiful design for scroll bars and debris style giving our applications a sleek and modern look. KRunner actions such as run and terminal and opening containing folder are now also shown for the KRunner powered search results in application menus. Task Manager tooltips have been redesigned to provide more information while being significantly more compact. Plasma notifications now support interactive previews which you can drag from the notification pop up directly into a chat window, an email composer, or a web browser form. It's now possible to group together multiple desktop widgets in a single, tabbed interface. Applications currently playing audio are marked in the Task Manager similar to how it's done in modern web browsers so you can easily mute them. You can now add widgets to your desktop straight from the full screen application dashboard launcher. System Settings has a new module for configuring network connections with a fresh new look. The icon widget sees the return of a settings dialog so you can now change the icon, label text, working directory, and other properties. If you enjoy using Plasma please consider donating to KDE so that we can work together to make the best free software possible.