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 The KDE Plasma 6 desktop | |
| Developer(s) | KDE |
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| Initial release | 28 February 2024 [1] |
| Stable release | |
| Preview release | n/a |
| Written in | C++, QML |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Platform | FreeBSD and Linux |
| Predecessor | KDE Plasma 5 |
| Type | Desktop environment |
| License | GPL 2.0 or later [3] |
| Website | kde |
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]
KDE Plasma 6 was designed to not be a very large departure from KDE Plasma 5, instead being a series of improvements. [4] KDE Plasma 6 is built using Qt 6, KDE Frameworks 6 and KDE Gear 24.02. [1] [5] In addition, support for the Wayland protocol was mainstreamed as the default graphical session, with X11 support made secondary. [6] It introduces a new sound theme, Ocean, replacing Oxygen's sound theme as the default. [1] [5] [7] Plasma 6 on Wayland has partial support for High Dynamic Range (HDR) and color blindness correction filters. [1] [5] [8] The Discover app and settings were also improved and the 3D cube desktop effect was brought back. [9]
Compared to the latest Plasma 5 release, the sixth generation brings the following new features:
The first Technology Preview of Plasma 6 was released on 28 February 2024. [1]
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. [11]
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 | ||
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| Version | Date | Key features |
| 6.0 [1] | 28 Feb 2024 | First release of KDE MegaRelease 6 |
| 6.0.1 [11] | 5 Mar 2024 | First bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.0 |
| 6.0.2 | 12 Mar 2024 | Second bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.0 |
| 6.0.3 | 26 Mar 2024 | Third bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.0 |
| 6.0.4 | 16 Apr 2024 | Fourth bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.0 |
| 6.1 | 18 Jun 2024 | |
| 6.1.1 | 25 Jun 2024 | |
Old version Older version, still maintained Latest version Future release | ||
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