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Plasma 6 Release Candidate 1 has landed. (cdn.masto.host)
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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 34 points 1 year ago

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[-] kde@floss.social 17 points 1 year ago

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[-] Secret300@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[-] Secret300@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I completely forgot about neon for a sec haha

[-] Moxvallix@sopuli.xyz 21 points 1 year ago

dang plasma looking sexy af there

[-] Bro666@lemmy.kde.social 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[-] Gallardo994@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Bro666@lemmy.kde.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[-] gorky@fedia.social 4 points 1 year ago

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

[-] patze_pop@social.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

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"one of the biggest and more complex upgrades in KDE's history"

...there was four... and then all of a sudden there was five... it was so confusing and... I think... now it never stops!!!! 😣 😫 😭

[-] Bro666@lemmy.kde.social 11 points 1 year ago

5 came out... TEN YEARS AGO. I would not call that break neck speed that would give you update whiplash.

[-] heliumlake@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Very excited for this release!

[-] const_void@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

What features are you excited for?

[-] heliumlake@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year 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.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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

[-] aquaponieee@mastodon.social 1 points 1 year ago

@ikidd @kde no. you cannot install multiple DEs without breaking stuff. especially different versions of the same DE. if it is even possible, i would not recommend it.

[-] Bro666@lemmy.kde.social 10 points 1 year ago

you cannot install multiple DEs without breaking stuff.

You definitely can. There is no problem on having, say, Plasma, GNOME. XFCE, and so on on the same machine, even on the same partition and switching from one to another from the login menu.

[it is not a good idea to have] different versions of the same DE

This, however, is absolutely correct. The overlapping different versions of libraries and other common software would make things very messy indeed.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Pretty much what I suspected. I was hoping there was a segregation method that was used for development/testing that I was missing.

[-] aquaponieee@mastodon.social 1 points 1 year ago

@Bro666 well yeah, it is possible to install multiple DEs and it should work just fine. though i wouldn't really recommend it since the configs will break a lot from the DEs fighting, and you'll have a lot of redundancy because of the same utilities and apps for different desktops coexisting.. not saying it is not possible though, but do it at your own risk

[-] Bro666@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 1 year ago

i wouldn’t really recommend it since the configs will break a lot from the DEs fighting

Hm. Yeah, you have to be careful with that. There may be configs with coinciding names. You are right. Be careful @ikidd@lemmy.world ! Do your research.

[-] CheesyFox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

looks pretti

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[-] DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Will it be on SteamOS?

[-] leopold@lemmy.kde.social 5 points 1 year ago

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

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