Use Plasma to surf the web; keep in touch with colleagues, friends and family;
manage your files, enjoy music and videos; and get creative and productive at
work. Do it all in a beautiful environment that adapts to your needs, and with
the safety, privacy-protection and peace of mind that the best Free Open Source
Software has to offer.
KDE: Update KDE Plasma to 6.6.0
Announcement: https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.0/
The Digital Clock applet now uses timerfd(2) which may cause
high CPU usage on FreeBSD due to bug [1]. As a workaround
tweak Clock settings to not show seconds.
Ports changes:
graphics/plasma6-spectacle:
- Require KQuickImageEditor
security/plasma6-ksshaskpass:
- Switch from KWallet to QtKeychain
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KDE: Update KDE Plasma to 6.5.0
Announcement: https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.5.0/
Caution!!
This update breaks Plasma Wayland for FreeBSD users. Do not upgrade
(or switch to the quarterly packages) if you prefer Wayland session.
Ports changes:
Add new Plasma port:
- sysutils/plasma6-knighttime: helpers for scheduling the dark-light cycle.
kde.mk:
- Add knighttime to the Plasma components
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KDE: Update Plasma 6 to 6.3.1
Announcement: https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.1/
x11/plasma6-plasma-workspace:
- run wayland session with ConsoleKit
x11-wm/plasma6-kwin:
- drop stale patches
KDE: Update KDE Plasma to 6.3.0
Announcement: https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.0/
kde.mk:
- Bump kdecoration library version.
devel/plasma6-plasma5support:
- USE_KDE+= idletime
x11-wm/plasma6-kwin:
- Backport upstream fix for kwin_x11 crash.
www/plasma6-plasma-browser-integration:
- Do not build flatpak-integrator, which is no-op for us
and fails to build due to missing headers.
sysutils/plasma6-kinfocenter:
- Add build dependence on graphics/vulkan-headers and pkgconfig.
Special thanks to Loïc Bartoletti <lbartoletti@> for tracing
clang/c++/Qt culprit, and to Jason E. Hale <jhale@> for prompt fix.
KDE: Update KDE Plasma to 6.2.5
Tuesday, 31 December 2024. Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 6,
versioned 6.2.5.
This release adds a month's worth of new translations and fixes from KDE's
contributors.
Announcement: https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/plasma/6/6.2.4-6.2.5/
KDE: Update KDE Plasma to 6.2.4
Tuesday, 26 November 2024. Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 6,
versioned 6.2.4.
Plasma 6.2 was released in October 2024 with many feature refinements and new
modules to complete the desktop experience.
This release adds three weeks' worth of new translations and fixes from KDE's
contributors.
Announcement: https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/plasma/6/6.2.3-6.2.4/
KDE: Update KDE Plasma to 6.2.3
Tuesday, 5 November 2024. Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma
6, versioned 6.2.3.
Plasma 6.2 was released in October 2024 with many feature refinements and new
modules to complete the desktop experience.
This release adds two weeks' worth of new translations and fixes from
KDE's contributors.
View full Plasma 6.2 changelog:
https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/plasma/6/6.1.5-6.2.0/
Co-authored-by: Tobias C. Berner <tcberner@FreeBSD.org>
KDE: KDE Plasma 6.1.2, Bugfix Release for July
Tuesday, 2 July 2024. Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma
6, versioned 6.1.2.
Plasma 6.1 was released in June 2024 with many feature refinements and
new modules to complete the desktop experience.
This release adds a week's worth of new translations and fixes from
KDE's contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important and
include:
* Discover: Fix share dialog.
* Libtaskmanager: improve efficiency when window icon frequently
changes.
* Do not hide panel settings when a panel-parented dialog takes focus.
View full changelog:
https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/plasma/6/6.1.1-6.1.2
KDE: KDE Plasma 6.1.1, Bugfix Release for June
Tuesday, 25 June 2024. Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma
6, versioned 6.1.1.
Plasma 6.1 was released in June 2024 with many feature refinements and
new modules to complete the desktop experience.
This release adds a week's worth of new translations and fixes from
KDE's contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important and
include:
* KScreenLocker Greeter: Fix Shader Wallpaper plugin and possibly others.
* Increase minimum plasma wayland protocols version to 1.13.
* Use snap:// URLs rather than appstream:// ones on snap only distros.
View full changelog:
https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/plasma/6/6.1.0-6.1.1
KDE: update KDE Plasma Desktop to 6.1
Your Future Desktop is Ready
Plasma 6.1 brings improvements and powerful new features to every part
of your desktop
Tuesday, 18 June 2024
Plasma 6 hits its stride with version 6.1. While Plasma 6.0 was all
about getting the migration to the underlying Qt 6 frameworks correct
(and what a massive job that was), 6.1 is where developers start
implementing the features that will take your desktop to a new level.
In this release, you will find features that go far beyond subtle
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KDE: Update KDE Plasma Desktop 6 to 6.0.4
KDE Plasma 6.0.4, Bugfix Release for April
Tuesday, 16 April 2024. Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma
6, versioned 6.0.4.
This release adds three weeks' worth of new translations and fixes from
KDE's contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important and
include:
* Foldermodel: Export urls to the Desktop Portal on drag and copy.
* System Monitor: Fix the column configuration dialog being too small
on the overview page.
* Applets/battery: Check actual battery for charge state workaround.
View full
changelog: https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/plasma/6/6.0.3-6.0.4
KDE: Update KDE Plasma Desktop 6 to 6.0.3
KDE Plasma 6.0.3, Bugfix Release for March
Tuesday, 26 March 2024. Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 6,
versioned 6.0.3.
This release adds two weeks' worth of new translations and fixes from
KDE's contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important and
include:
* System Monitor: Colorgrid: Use the same background color as pie/bar charts.
* Plasma SDK: Fix desktop file name for icon explorer.
* Startplasma: Use the sound theme setting for startup sound.
View full
changelog: https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/plasma/6/6.0.2-6.0.3
Announcement: https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.0.3/
Reminder: Plasma6 Desktop will require applications and kf5 from
the overlay to be usable without conflicts.
KDE: Update KDE Plasma Desktop 6 to 6.0.2
Changes in 6.0.1:
* KWin: Fix confined pointer being able to escape the surface.
* Fix kicker close on click away.
* Show panels on entering edit mode and "add widgets".
Changes in 6.0.2:
* Fix sending window to all desktops.
* Folder Model: Handle invalid URL in desktop file.
* Fix panels being set to floating by upgrades.
Announcement for 6.0.1: https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.0.1/
Announcement for 6.0.2: https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.0.2/
KDE: Update KDE Plasma 6 to 6.0.0
This updates KDE Plasma 6 to the first stable release.
Update plan for the rest of KDE:
* The KDE Applications will be updated to 24.02 at the beginning of the
next quarter in the tree. They will be mostly Qt6 based.
To test them beforehand, one can use the overlay [1].
* The idea is to wait out the first patch-release for the applications,
which should hopefully get rid of most of the new bugs.
* The Qt5 bases KDE Frameworks 5 and Plasma 5 ports should remain in the
tree for the next quarter -- Frameworks as long as it is required by
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KDE: Update KDE Plasma 6 to 5.92.0
KDE's 6th Megarelease - Release Candidate 1
Wednesday, 10 January 2024
Plasma 6, Frameworks and Gear draw closer
Every few years we port the key components of our software to a new
version of Qt, taking the opportunity to remove cruft and leverage the
updated features the most recent version of Qt has to offer us.
KDE's megarelease is less than 50 days away. At the end of February 2024
we will publish Plasma 6, Frameworks 6, and a whole new set of
applications in a special edition of KDE Gear all in one go.
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KDE: Update KDE Plasma Desktop 6 to 5.91.0 (beta 2)
Plasma is KDE's flagship desktop environment. Plasma is like Windows or
macOS, but is renowned for being flexible, powerful, lightweight and
configurable. It can be used at home, at work, for schools and research.
Plasma 6 is the upcoming version of Plasma that integrates the latest
version of Qt, Qt 6, the framework upon which Plasma is built.
Plasma 6 incorporates new technologies from Qt and other constantly
evolving tools, providing new features, better support for the latest
hardware, and supports for the hardware and software technologies to
come.
Announcement: https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/beta2/
KDE: Add Ports for the upcoming KDE Plasma Desktop 6 (beta1)
KDE's 6th Megarelease - Beta 1
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
En route to the new Plasma, Frameworks and Gear
Every few years we port the key components of our software to a new
version of Qt, taking the opportunity to remove cruft and leverage the
updated features the most recent version of Qt has to offer us.
It has been nearly 10 years since the last big release of our flagship
Plasma desktop environment, and the time has come again. KDE is making
available today the Beta version of all the software we will include in
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