KDE Plasma 6

Last updated

Developer(s) KDE
Initial release28 February 2024;8 months ago (2024-02-28) [1]
Stable release
6.2.3 [2]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / 5 November 2024
Preview release
n/a
Written in C++, QML
Operating system Unix-like
Platform FreeBSD, OpenBSD [3] and Linux
Predecessor KDE Plasma 5
Type Desktop environment
License GPL 2.0 or later [4]
Website kde.org/plasma-desktop

KDE Plasma 6 is the sixth generation of the KDE Plasma desktop environment. It is the successor of KDE Plasma 5 and was first released on 28 February 2024. [1]

Contents

Overview

KDE Plasma 6 was designed to not be a very large departure from KDE Plasma 5, instead being a series of improvements. [5] KDE Plasma 6 is built using Qt 6, KDE Frameworks 6 and KDE Gear 24.02. [1] [6] In addition, support for the Wayland protocol was mainstreamed as the default graphical session, with X11 support made secondary. [7] It introduces a new sound theme, Ocean, replacing Oxygen's sound theme as the default. [1] [6] [8] Plasma 6 on Wayland has partial support for High Dynamic Range (HDR) and color blindness correction filters. [1] [6] [9] The Discover app and settings were also improved and the 3D cube desktop effect was brought back. [10]

New features

Compared to the latest Plasma 5 release, the sixth generation brings the following new features:

History

The first Technology Preview of Plasma 6 was released on 28 February 2024. [1]

Releases

Releases of new versions are planned every 4 months (3 times a year) initially. Though it may move to 2 releases a year in the future. [12]

Normal releases will stop receiving bugfixes as soon as the following release is available. The exception to this rule are LTS releases.

Plasma 6 releases [13]
VersionDateKey features
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.0 [1] 28 Feb 2024First release of KDE MegaRelease 6
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.0.1 [12] 5 Mar 2024First bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.0
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.0.2

[14]

12 Mar 2024Second bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.0
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.0.3

[15]

26 Mar 2024Third bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.0
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.0.4

[16]

16 Apr 2024Fourth bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.0
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.1

[17]

18 Jun 2024Remote desktop, better widget editing, persistent apps, synchronizing keyboard LEDs with accent color.
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.1.1

[18]

25 Jun 2024First bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.1
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.1.2

[19]

2 Jul 2024Second bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.1
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.1.3

[20]

16 Jul 2024Third bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.1
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.1.412 Aug 2024Fourth bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.1
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.1.5

[21]

10 Sep 2024Fifth bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.1
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.2

[22]

8 Oct 2024Drawing tablet calibration wizard and test mode, improved HDR support, support for PostmarketOS packages in Discover, overhauled Accessibility page in System Settings.
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.2.1

[23]

15 Oct 2024First bugfix release for Plasma 6.2
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.2.2

[24]

22 Oct 2024Second bugfix release for Plasma 6.2
Current stable version:6.2.3

[25]

5 Nov 2024Third bugfix release for Plasma 6.2
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