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2024 desktop environment

The KDE Plasma 6 desktop
Developer(s)KDE
Initial release28 February 2024; 10 months ago (2024-02-28)
Stable release6.2.5 Edit this on Wikidata / 31 December 2024
Preview releasen/a
Written inC++, QML
Operating systemUnix-like
PlatformFreeBSD, OpenBSD and Linux
PredecessorKDE Plasma 5
TypeDesktop environment
LicenseGPL 2.0 or later
Websitekde.org/plasma-desktop

KDE Plasma 6 is the sixth generation of the KDE Plasma desktop environment. It is the successor of KDE Plasma 5 and was first released on 28 February 2024.

Overview

KDE Plasma 6 was designed to not be a very large departure from KDE Plasma 5, instead being a series of improvements. KDE Plasma 6 is built using Qt 6, KDE Frameworks 6 and KDE Gear 24.02. In addition, support for the Wayland protocol was mainstreamed as the default graphical session, with X11 support made secondary. It introduces a new sound theme, Ocean, replacing Oxygen's sound theme as the default. Plasma 6 on Wayland has partial support for High Dynamic Range (HDR) and color blindness correction filters. The Discover app and settings were also improved and the 3D cube desktop effect was brought back.

New features

Compared to the latest Plasma 5 release, the sixth generation brings the following new features:

  • The panel floats by default. Panels can be configured using auto-hide mode and be resized, including being turned into a dock.
  • Plasma Search allows customizing the ordering of search results, supports timezones conversion and matches the text in both the current system language and English.
  • Support for the Astronomical and Umm al-Qura Calendars in the calendar applet.
  • Support for use of both password and fingerprint authentication at the same time.
  • Support for sound themes.

History

The first Technology Preview of Plasma 6 was released on 28 February 2024.

Releases

See also: KDE Software Compilation § Release cycle

Releases of new versions are planned every 4 months (3 times a year) initially. Though it may move to 2 releases a year in the future.

Normal releases will stop receiving bugfixes as soon as the following release is available. The exception to this rule are LTS releases.

Plasma 6 releases
Version Date Key features
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.0 28 Feb 2024 First release of KDE MegaRelease 6
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.0.1 5 Mar 2024 First bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.0
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.0.2

12 Mar 2024 Second bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.0
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.0.3

26 Mar 2024 Third bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.0
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.0.4

16 Apr 2024 Fourth bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.0
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.1

18 Jun 2024 Remote desktop, better widget editing, persistent apps, synchronizing keyboard LEDs with accent color.
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.1.1

25 Jun 2024 First bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.1
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.1.2

2 Jul 2024 Second bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.1
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.1.3

16 Jul 2024 Third bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.1
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.1.4 12 Aug 2024 Fourth bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.1
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.1.5

10 Sep 2024 Fifth bugfix release for KDE Plasma 6.1
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.2

8 Oct 2024 Drawing tablet calibration wizard and test mode, improved HDR support, support for PostmarketOS packages in Discover, overhauled Accessibility page in System Settings.
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.2.1

15 Oct 2024 First bugfix release for Plasma 6.2
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.2.2

22 Oct 2024 Second bugfix release for Plasma 6.2
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.2.3

5 Nov 2024 Third bugfix release for Plasma 6.2
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.2.4

26 Nov 2024 Fourth bugfix release for Plasma 6.2
Current stable version: 6.2.5

31 Dec 2024 Fifth bugfix release for Plasma 6.2
Legend:Old versionOld version, still maintainedLatest versionLatest preview versionFuture release

References

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  15. "KDE Plasma 6.0.3, Bugfix Release for March". 26 March 2024. Archived from the original on 27 March 2024.
  16. "KDE Plasma 6.0.4, Bugfix Release for April". 16 April 2024. Archived from the original on 15 May 2024.
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  18. "KDE Plasma 6.1.1, Bugfix Release for June". KDE Community. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  19. "KDE Plasma 6.1.2, Bugfix Release for July". KDE Community. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  20. "KDE Plasma 6.1.2, Bugfix Release for July". KDE Community. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  21. "KDE Plasma 6.1.5, Bugfix Release for September". KDE Community. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  22. "Plasma 6.2". KDE Community. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  23. "KDE Plasma 6.2.1, Bugfix Release for October". KDE Community. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  24. "KDE Plasma 6.2.2, Bugfix Release for October". KDE Community. 22 October 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  25. "KDE Plasma 6.2.3, Bugfix Release for November". KDE Community. 5 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  26. "KDE Plasma 6.2.4, Bugfix Release for November". KDE Community. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  27. "KDE Plasma 6.2.5, Bugfix Release for December". KDE Community. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
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