#plasma

KDE Plasma 6.9 Will Stop Leaking Memory When Right Clicking Files/Folders On Desktop

With Plasma 6.8 stable approaching one month old, KDE developers continue ramping up work toward Plasma 6.9. Here is some of the interesting work they've been up to so far in November...

Phoronix · EN

[$] Plasma X11 session removal surprises some Fedora users

The KDE Project announced, in 2025, that Plasma 6.7 would be the last version of the desktop environment that would support X11 sessions. Those who keep up with KDE's announcements no doubt expected it when Plasma 6.8 dropped X11 support as promised. What seems to have come as a surprise, at least to a number of Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop users, is that the Fedora 44 release—which shipped in April with Plasma 6.6 —received an update to Plasma 6.8 that swept away the X11 session without much warning. Despite the surprise, it is gone for good: the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee

LWN.net · EN

heise+ | Linux-Distribution Fedora 45: KDE Plasma 6.8, Gnome 51 und Kmscon

Ein Security-Vorfall verzögerte das Release, sodass KDE Plasma 6.8 noch drin landet. Außerdem kommt Fedora 45 mit Gnome 51 und einer aufpolierten Textkonsole.

Heise · DE