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Perhaps KDE6 will reach feature and stability parity earlier(or later) than KDE5 did (in relation to KDE4). But personally, I expect the scenario to look somewhat similar...
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This week in KDE: the Plasma 6 feature freeze approaches
Nate. November 24, 2023.
At this point nearly all the planned features for Plasma 6 are done, and everyone’s focus has begun to shift to bug-fixing and polishing.
Keep up, man!
Plasma 6 is looking *very* good and would be a perfect fit for the upcoming Slackware 16...
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
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This week in KDE: changing the wallpaper from within System Settings
Nate. December 1, 2023.
Plasma 6 beta 1 has been released! And so far the feedback has been very positive. A few final features snuck in before we started on the mega bugfixing marathon, which began this week! Please do continue to test the beta and report bugs. Other useful activities include fixing bugs and donating to the Plasma 6 fundraiser.........
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This week in KDE: DMA fence deadlines and lots of bug-fixing
Nate. December 8, 2023.
The bug-fixing marathon continued this week, alongside an avalanche of new bug reports! It appears people are indeed testing the Plasma 6 beta release, which is great! Fortunately most of the bugs being reported are minor. Keep it up, everyone! And don’t forget about the Plasma 6 fundraiser; we’re getting really close! ......
My water cooler pump quit, which fried the motherboard which created a 5-alarm emergency as I had work to do.
I pieced together a functional pc from the parts bin to continue working, and ordered a spanking new motherboard which I
just took out on the road.
The new motherboard came with 4 video outputs which sort of makes my NVidia card unnecessary for the present anyway.
The result is that "startkwayland" works quite well now with kde5 and plasma 6 (P6).
startplasma-wayland fails with complaints abour dmesg...
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This week in KDE: un-flashy important stability work
Nate. December 15, 2023.
Everyone kept hammering on the bugs this week. As a result, the number of open Plasma 6 issues decreased, and so did the number of older high and very high priority Plasma issues! I’m feeling really good about this release. Daily driving it is already a pleasure. I think it might be a winner. ..............
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This week in KDE: Holiday bug fixes
Nate. December 22, 2023.
Like last week, the focus remained on getting the megarelrease ready for, well, a mega release! Along the way folks have been starting their well-earned vacations, so the pace of work understandably decreased a bit. Accordingly, this will be the last regular weekly post of the year, with at least next week’s skipped, and possibly the next two. Happy holidays, everyone! Rest and recharge so we can hit the ground running in 2024. ........
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KTOWN Live ISO based on liveslak-1.8.1 and Plasma6 Beta2
Posted on December 24, 2023 by alienbob
My work on the new Plasma6 for Slackware finally reached a level that I am OK with. I have uploaded a new KTOWN Live ISO image based on liveslak-1.8.1 and it contains a fully functional KDE Plasma6 Beta2 release........
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KTOWN Live ISO based on liveslak-1.8.1 and Plasma6 Beta2
Posted on December 24, 2023 by alienbob
My work on the new Plasma6 for Slackware finally reached a level that I am OK with. I have uploaded a new KTOWN Live ISO image based on liveslak-1.8.1 and it contains a fully functional KDE Plasma6 Beta2 release....
FWIW: Booted it from a USB stick and used it, KDE6, for about thirty minutes. Didn't look or "feel" any different than KDE5, which I can do without.
Bah humbug!
On a positive note, the "wallpaper" Alienbob used was very nice.
Last edited by cwizardone; 12-25-2023 at 10:18 AM.
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