With only 91 days left before launch, today we are releasing the 1st Beta of Plasma 6.

https://cdn.masto.host/floss/media_attachments/files/111/495/713/032/137/872/original/162d8defe4249805.mp4

With only 91 days left before launch, today we are releasing the 1st Beta of Plasma 6.

https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/beta1/

This is the time when we call on all testers to download and install it, and stress-test all its features.

#Plasma6 #testing #beta

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

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kde@floss.social · 31 pts · 2y (2 replies)

WARNING: This is #betasoftware, lots of things are untested and can fail. We strongly recommend you do NOT use it in a production environments. The Beta release should only be used for testing and reporting bugs.

https://bugs.kde.org

kde@floss.social · 15 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Neon Unstable Edition is already ready with the updates,

https://neon.kde.org/download

but other unstable repositories of other distros will soon be available too. Look out for openSUSE, Arch, Kubuntu, Fedora, and more.

kde@floss.social · 9 pts · 2y

Remember you can help support KDE by becoming a Supporting Member:

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

Or by donating to our community:

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

#donations

WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 2y (7 replies)

Less gooo I am so hyped

Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y (4 replies)

On the one hand, eeeeeeee it’s plasma 6, gotta get the beta.

On the other hand, I can’t brick my Linux install otherwise I’m screwed (running fedora asahi, btrfs on 16k page size causes severe limitations when it comes to getting files out of a system)

Bro666@lemmy.kde.social · 3 pts · 2y

Do not try this on your production computer unless it is on another partition or virtual machine.

WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y

You should probs not flash it on your main machine

torben@mastodon.schweren.dev · 0 pts · 2y (1 reply)

@Kidplayer_666 @WeLoveCastingSpellz Create a btrfs snapshot of your current install. You can just revert if something breaks. Or doesn't this work on Asahi yet?

Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

No idea to be completely honest. Gotta read the goddamn manual…

const_void@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

What feature are you waiting for?

WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2y

More panel customizations,also the change to QT6

torben@mastodon.schweren.dev · 8 pts · 2y

@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social can't wait until my framework laptop arrives 2024 Q1 and I can install arch with plasma 6 on it

Perroboc@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Can I just enable the KDE-unstable repo in arch and test?

EDIT: Yes, just follow the wiki and reboot!

HDR (for games) here we gooo

Edit 2: Ok, gotta wait a bit more for the great work of Zamundaaa to be merged. Can't wait!

Blackmist@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Let's hope the HDR is better than Windows the last time I tried it.

Perroboc@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

Not just yet! For now only the desktop has HDR gamma and color settings, don’t expect more than that until more patches arrive.

And I understand that, at least in this first release, the objective is to have gaming hdr, not movies nor images…

Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

dont seem to get the new build. did you do anything exept adding the repo in pacman.conf

Perroboc@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Make sure you follow the wiki: you need to put the repo at the top of the list!

baduhai@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 2y (4 replies)

I wonder if I can get my hands on this beta on NixOS. Anybody know of a flake or overlay?

Edit: I found a flake! Testing it now.

theHamsta@mastodon.social · 0 pts · 2y (3 replies)

@baduhai @kde I can see a flake listed here among options for other distributions

baduhai@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Where? Ya got a link?

theHamsta@mastodon.social · 0 pts · 2y (1 reply)

@baduhai Sorry, failed to past the link https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Plasma_6

baduhai@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 2y

Thanks! I also eventually came across the link.

irix@wetdry.world · 4 pts · 2y

@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social i really hope the Wideness and Bigness of thigns are customizable

mfat@lemdro.id · 4 pts · 2y

Long live KDE! You guys are my heros.

YamiYuki@lemmy.kde.social · 2 pts · 2y

Will KDE Neon Testing Edition get the update, too?

IngrownMink4@masto.es · 1 pts · 2y
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Interstellar_1@pawb.social · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

The title is misspelled

Bro666@lemmy.kde.social · 2 pts · 2y

Corrected

joekamprad@mastodon.social · 1 pts · 2y

@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
i am into it .. looks awesome so far!

dr2okevin@norden.social · 1 pts · 2y

@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social can I remove all the round corners?