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KDE MegaRelease 6
Posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Feb 28, 2024,
updated Mar 01, 2024
KDE Plasma is a modern, feature-rich desktop environment for Linux-based operating systems. Known for its sleek design, customizable interface, and extensive set of applications, it is also open source, devoid of ads, and makes protecting your privacy and personal data a priority.
Install Plasma on your current laptop and enjoy all the perks of a state-of-the-art computing experience, even if your hardware is not supported by Windows 11. You can also opt for some very elegant machines pre-installed with Plasma such as the Steam Deck and many laptops and ultrabooks.
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KDE Plasma 6 Desktop Released, Here’s What’s New
Arriving nearly a decade following the debut of its predecessor, Plasma 5, in June 2014, and after 27 interim versions, Plasma 6.0 is here as one of the major events in the open-source ecosystem for 2024.
Why does this hold such significance? The reason is straightforward: Plasma is one of the top two desktop environments, with a user base spanning millions globally.
Moreover, it serves as the foundation for numerous Linux distributions, shaping the desktop experience for their users. As a result, the Open Source community quite understandably awaited this release with keen anticipation.
KDE Plasma 6.0 Has Arrived, This is What’s New
But I want to touch on the “intangible” changes too. KDE Plasma 6.0 upgrades its underlying application framework, Qt, to a major new version, and fully embraces the Wayland display server.
KDE Plasma 6: Revolutionizing Linux desktop with far prettier and superior interface than Microsoft Windows 11
The Plasma 6 desktop environment has undergone significant upgrades with a transition to the latest version of the Qt application framework and a migration to the Wayland graphics platform. These changes aim to improve security, efficiency, and performance while ensuring a smooth and familiar user experience. Plasma 6 also introduces a new Overview Effect, combining the Overview and Desktop Grid effects, and adds partial support for High Dynamic Range (HDR) on Wayland. Users can now enjoy richer colors, individual ICC profile settings, and color blindness correction filters.
More Updates:
KDE Plasma 6 brings big updates to the desktop environment for Linux-based operating systems
While the team hasn’t been sitting still for ten years, and has issued a number of point releases with updates and new features, Plasma 6 brings some big changes. While the new version looks a lot like earlier versions of Plasma, under the hood it’s using an updated version of the Qt application framework and makes the move from x11 to Wayland for graphics (by default, anyway – users can still use x11 sessions if they prefer).
KDE 6 Update Arrives With Big Plasma Desktop Updates for Linux
The KDE team wrote in a blog post, “With Plasma 6, our technology stack has undergone two major upgrades: a transition to the latest version of our application framework, Qt, and a migration to the modern Linux graphics platform, Wayland. We have done our best to ensure that these changes are as smooth and unnoticeable to the users as possible, so when you install this update, you will see the same familiar desktop environment that you know and love. But these under-the-hood upgrades benefit Plasma's security, efficiency, and performance, and improve support for modern hardware.”
How-To Geek:
KDE 6 Update Arrives With Big Plasma Desktop Updates for Linux
The KDE team wrote in a blog post, “With Plasma 6, our technology stack has undergone two major upgrades: a transition to the latest version of our application framework, Qt, and a migration to the modern Linux graphics platform, Wayland. We have done our best to ensure that these changes are as smooth and unnoticeable to the users as possible, so when you install this update, you will see the same familiar desktop environment that you know and love. But these under-the-hood upgrades benefit Plasma's security, efficiency, and performance, and improve support for modern hardware.”
Dawe:
The future has arrived - KDE Plasma 6 desktop released
The KDE team announced "MegaRelease 6", a big upgrade that includes Plasma 6, Frameworks 6 and Gear 24.02 with tons of improvements to this popular desktop environment that's used on the Steam Deck for Desktop Mode. Hopefully we will see Valve give it an update in the next major SteamOS release.
Hours ago:
KDE 6 UK Release Party
There are release parties around the world, the UK has a party in Cambridge.
Action plan is to go to The Haymakers, High Street, Cambridge and get pizza, drinks and more pizza. at 19:00 Thursday the 29th Feb.
Look for the guy in the blue KDE T-shirt.
Planet KDE:
Plasma 6 and Beyond!
It has been a long year of development and porting since our last major release of the shell, as well as mobile applications. This post will outline many of the highlights!