KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta Release
Here are the new modules available in the Plasma 6.7 beta:
- plasma-bigscreen
- union
Some important features and changes included in 6.7 beta are highlighted on KDE community wiki page.
Help stress-test the Union theming system
This releases marks the first public tech preview of the new Union theming system!
To make it easier to test Union in 6.7 Beta 2 and onwards, Union can now be enabled globally by setting it as your Application Style in System Settings > Colors & Themes > Application Style. Applications must be restarted to use Union.
If you’d like to test Union with a specific application, type QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE=org.kde.union [program name] into a terminal, where [program name] is, for example, systemsettings, plasma-systemmonitor, plasma-discover, spectacle, or any other QML-based app. Don’t set the environment variable globally, or this will break Flatpak apps.
The intention is for these apps to look as similar as possible when styled with Union to how they look without Union (though any minor visual improvements should be considered intentional!).
If you find any issues, make sure they’re Union-specific by running the app without Union, either by launching it with Breeze as your Application Style or by not overriding the QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE environment variable; this uses the current styling system so you can compare the two.
If you’ve found a Union-specific issue, report it here.
Everything else
View full changelogLive Images
The easiest way to try it out is with a live image booted off a USB disk. Docker images also provide a quick and easy way to test Plasma.
Download live images with Plasma Download Docker images with PlasmaPackage Downloads
Distributions have created, or are in the process of creating, packages listed on our wiki page.
Note that packages of this release might not be available on all distributions at the time of this announcement.
Package download wiki pageSource Downloads
You can install Plasma directly from source.
Community instructions to compile it Source Info PageFeedback
You can give us feedback and get updates on our social media channels:
Discuss KDE on the KDE Forums.
You can provide feedback direct to the developers via the #Plasma Matrix channel, Plasma-devel mailing list or report issues via Bugzilla. If you like what the team is doing, please let them know!
Your feedback is greatly appreciated.
Supporting KDE
KDE is a Free Software community that exists and grows only because of the help of many volunteers that donate their time and effort. KDE is always looking for new volunteers and contributions, whether it is help with coding, bug fixing or reporting, writing documentation, translations, promotion, money, etc. All contributions are gratefully appreciated and eagerly accepted. Please read through the Supporting KDE page for further information or become a KDE e.V. supporting member through our Join the Game initiative.
About KDE
KDE is an international technology team that creates free and open source software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE’s products are a modern desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many categories including Internet and web applications, multimedia, entertainment, educational, graphics and software development. KDE software is translated into more than 60 languages and is built with ease of use and modern accessibility principles in mind. KDE’s full-featured applications run natively on Linux, BSD, Windows, Haiku, and macOS.
Trademark Notices.
KDE® and the K Desktop Environment® logo are registered trademarks of KDE e.V..
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries.
All other trademarks and copyrights referred to in this announcement are the property of their respective owners.
Press Contacts
For more information send us an email: press@kde.org