KDE Plasma 6
The KDE Plasma 6 desktop | |
Developer(s) | KDE |
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Initial release | 28 February 2024; 3 months ago (2024-02-28)[1] |
Stable release | 6.0.5[2] / 21 May 2024 |
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]
Overview
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]
New features
Compared to the latest Plasma 5 release, the sixth generation brings the following new features:
- The panel floats by default. Panels can be configured using auto-hide mode and be resized, including being turned into a dock.[9][5]
- Plasma Search allows customizing the ordering of search results, supports timezones conversion and matches the text in both the current system language and English.[4][5]
- Support for the Astronomical and Umm al-Qura Calendars in the calendar applet.[5]
- Support for use of both password and fingerprint authentication at the same time.[1][10]
- Support for sound themes.[5]
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.[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 |
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.0[1] | 28 Feb 2024 | First release of KDE MegaRelease 6 |
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.0.1[11] | 5 Mar 2024 | First bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.0 |
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.0.2 | 12 Mar 2024 | Second bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.0 |
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.0.3 | 26 Mar 2024 | Third bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.0 |
Current stable version: 6.0.4 | 16 Apr 2024 | Fourth bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.0 |
Future release: 6.1 | 18 Jun 2024 | |
Future release: 6.1.1 | 25 Jun 2024 | |
Legend: Old version Older version, still maintained Latest version Latest preview version Future release |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "KDE MegaRelease 6". KDE. 28 February 2024. Archived from the original on 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "KDE Plasma 6.0.5, Bugfix Release for May". 21 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Copying of Plasma Workspace". KDE Invent. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ a b Wallen, Jack (11 September 2023). "I tested KDE Plasma 6 and found it very familiar. Here's why that's a good thing". ZDNET. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g Nestor, Marius (28 February 2024). "KDE Plasma 6 Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What's New". 9to5Linux. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ Wallen, Jack (14 February 2024). "The first Linux distribution to deliver a pure KDE Plasma 6 environment is here". ZDNET. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ Sneddon, Joey (28 February 2024). "KDE Plasma 6.0 Has Arrived, This is What's New". OMG! Ubuntu. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ Davenport, Corbin (28 February 2024). "KDE 6 Update Arrives With Big Plasma Desktop Updates for Linux". How-To Geek. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ a b Rudra, Sourav (28 February 2024). "KDE Plasma 6: The Big Release is Here!". It's FOSS News. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ "Plasma/Plasma 6". KDE Community Wiki. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ a b "KDE Plasma 6.0.1, Bugfix Release for March". announcements.kde.org. 5 March 2024. Archived from the original on 6 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "KDE Plasma 6.0.2, Bugfix Release for March". 12 March 2024. Archived from the original on 27 March 2024.
- ^ "KDE Plasma 6.0.3, Bugfix Release for March". 26 March 2024. Archived from the original on 27 March 2024.
- ^ "KDE Plasma 6.0.4, Bugfix Release for April". 16 April 2024. Archived from the original on 15 May 2024.
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