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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 36 points 10 months ago

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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

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

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 1 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 0 points 9 months ago

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

[-] Secret300@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

I completely forgot about neon for a sec haha

[-] Moxvallix@sopuli.xyz 22 points 10 months ago

dang plasma looking sexy af there

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

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

[-] Gallardo994@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

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

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

[-] heliumlake@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Very excited for this release!

[-] const_void@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months 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 -6 points 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 0 points 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago

looks pretti

[-] 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

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

[-] 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.

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