kde plasma 6.5, gnome 49.1, and kernel 6.17.5 headline opensuse tumbleweed updates

openSUSE Tumbleweed received significant desktop and system updates in October. KDE Gear 25.08.2 and Plasma 6.5 enhanced desktop functionality with crash fixes, theme options, and improved notifications. GNOME 49.1 offered session reliability improvements, user interface fixes, and stronger system protections. Core updates such as Kernel 6.17.5, Mesa 25.2.5, and PipeWire 1.5.81 further improved hardware support and multimedia performance.