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Plasma 6 Beta 2 released! We are nearly there, but more testing needed.

Just in time for the Winter Holidays πŸŽ„, Happy New Beta πŸŽ‰!

https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/beta2/

After this second Beta, there will be two Release Candidates, one on the 10th and the other on the 31st of January. All these releases are **not** final, they are for testing and should not be used in production...

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

... But many people are confirming that the current version is already very mature and quite stable. Ultimately it is your choice. Use at your own risk -- and report all those bugs to

https://bugs.kde.org

The final release is only 10 weeks away!

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

You can also help us reach our supporting membership goal! We only need 20 more sign-ups to reach our first goal:

https://kde.org/fundraisers/plasma6member/

If you would prefer a one-off donation or more options, check out:

https://kde.org/community/donations/

https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2022/

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Simply wanna say how stoked I am to try this once it hits Arch, out of beta. Been following the development of this via Nicco Loves Linux on YouTube, and the hype has only continued to build. Let's go!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

@zak @kde kde unstable on arch has been working beautifully. Some errors happen. I expect the submitted reports are useful for making the release perfect.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I've been using it on arch. Works pretty good

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes, floating panels were added in Plasma 5.25.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

@leopold correct me if i'm wrong but wasn't 5.15 the last 5.* release

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

No, the last was 5.27.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

@[email protected] @[email protected] That is so cool!! Cannot wait to get my hands on it πŸ˜ƒ

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If I want a Debian based distro with the latest stable plasma, which one would you recommend?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hmm, if you count something based on Ubuntu as being Debian based (some people do, some people don't) then I believe that is exactly what KDE Neon is supposed to be!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hmm.. does it have any telemetry? I'm worried about user data collection. I know Ubuntu has that. It's fairly easy to remove but I'd rather not have it to begin with.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

That I'm not sure of unfortunately. From the Plasma side of things I know telemetry has always been specifically opt-in, but I don't know whether KDE Neon has the canonical telemetry disabled out of the box (my gut instinct says it would be disabled, but I have zero proof of this).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

@cyborganism @kde Debian

The last stable release supplies 5.27.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

@[email protected] @[email protected] is it possible to install alongside plasma 5?

I'm happy to test but would love it if I could keep my daily driver setup as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Unlikely. Best option would be to it in a VM, or install a second distro to your drive and upgrade it to Plasma 6.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah.... Dual boot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

@[email protected] @[email protected] i downloaded the KDE Neon ISO and have it running in a VM.

so far, many bug reports sent out!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Looks great! February can't get here any quicker!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

It looks awesome! I admire your work and dedication, KDE guys!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Those wallpapers are part of plasma 6?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Just updated my Arch laptop to Beta 2 this morning. Can't wait to use it much more later. :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Isn't it disorienting to have the wallpaper change every 2 seconds?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure it is only configured like that to show off the new wallpaper through the video. I don't think I've ever seen a distro ship KDE with a rotating wallpaper (its always a static one, whether its KDE's main wallpaper, or the distro's selected wallpaper).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can have a wallpaper slideshow. That said, the default is a change every 10 minutes and not every 2 seconds like here. But as we don't know the final winner of the wallpaper contests yet, we decided to run through the six finalists (which we do know and are public).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

However, let me show you something that is a builtin to the Plasma wallpaper feature:

https://mastodon.social/@linux_spain/111615371870942890

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Oh that's pretty sweet! I've used the slideshow for a while (and have always wondered why Plasma is the only desktop I have used that lets you set wallpapers per-screen...), but I had no clue about that one!