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Plasma 6 Release Candidate 1 has landed.

We are less than 50 days away from the final version of #Plasma6.

Along with Frameworks 6 and KDE Gear 24.02, the Megarelaease on the 28th of February will be one of the biggest and more complex upgrades in KDE's history.

One more RC will be released on the 31st of January and then it will be (hopefully) clear sailing until the final release.

https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/rc1/

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[–] kde@floss.social 36 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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[–] kde@floss.social 17 points 10 months ago

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[–] Secret300@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Is there an iso I can download with it already installed? I wanna try it out in a VM

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Fedora has KDE 6 in a testing branch I think. Would be good if you're willing to test it because they're looking for people to go through user test scenarios.

[–] PerryPeak@noc.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

@Secret300 @kde I think KDE neon has editions for testing KDE software

[–] Secret300@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

I completely forgot about neon for a sec haha

[–] Moxvallix@sopuli.xyz 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

dang plasma looking sexy af there

[–] Bro666@lemmy.kde.social 23 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Two more that didn't make it over from mastodon:

[–] Gallardo994@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Could you share the wallpaper from the first screenshot? Thanks!

[–] Bro666@lemmy.kde.social 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

😬 Unfortunately not the official version, no, as that would have to come from the VDG, but take a look here, see if you can find what you need.

Also there are versions of the wallpapers in several sizes in the original topic.

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

That looks really sleek! I always liked how smooth an experience KDE was back when I used it.

[–] gorky@fedia.social 5 points 10 months ago

@kde @kde
Looking forward to get my hands on it...
Kudos to the #kde team.

[–] heliumlake@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Very excited for this release!

[–] const_void@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What features are you excited for?

[–] heliumlake@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

As silly as it sounds, the new taskbar modification pop up. Dragging the taskbar from one side of the screen to another was a point of jank that took away from the polish of the desktop. The floating panel retaining proper proportions upon maximizing windows is also a nice fix.

I think I’m most looking forward to Plasma becoming more polished overall. I like that this release isn’t completely revolutionary like 4 to 5 was. It’s about removing things that don’t work that well and tightening up what does.

[–] CheesyFox@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

looks pretti

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is it possible to install 6 as a separate DE so I can swap between stable and this in my DM?

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

I read on Mastodon that the tablet support was subpar as of a month ago. Is it still ? see https://mastodon.art/@raghukamath/111566624907293129 There seem to be quite a few regressions linked to Wayland if I understand correctly

[–] jensscherbl@mastodon.social 2 points 10 months ago

@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social This looks actually pretty nice! 😮

[–] DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Will my current plasma 5 themes work or will I need to port them over/find new ones?

[–] ThankGodItsFriday@social.vivaldi.net 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] leopold@lemmy.kde.social 5 points 10 months ago

Eventually, I guess. Plasma 5.27 didn't make it until last November tho, so it'll take a while.