KDE Megarelease 6 RC2 Available For Testing

[phoronix]

Phoronix: KDE Megarelease 6 RC2 Available For Testing

Releasing at the end of February is the much anticipated Plasma 6.0 desktop where the Wayland session is the default. Plasma 6.0 will be joined by KDE Frameworks 6.0 and the Qt6-ported KDE Gear apps too. Out today for closing out January is the second release candidate of these packages...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6-RC2

[chuckula]

Been very happy with the 6.0 beta/RC series so far and I'm really excited for Plasma 6 since we won't have to wait 2 years for it to be ready for real world use.

[stiiixy]

So, I forgot what the benefits of moving to QT 6.0 were. Or is it simply about keeping with the times/version?

[Steffo]

So, I forgot what the benefits of moving to QT 6.0 were. Or is it simply about keeping with the times/version?

Better Wayland support and improved performance for QML.

[Danny3]

There are still a lot of bugs, many present from previous releases.
It would be nice if more people would test it and send bug reports.

[Vistaus]

Still wish I could get it work on Tumbleweed, though…

[juxuanu]

Bug fest incoming

[shmerl]

There are still a lot of bugs, many present from previous releases.
It would be nice if more people would test it and send bug reports.

Would be nice if KDE project provided a repo for Debian distros (i.e. unstable and testing) for easier installation. It's a huge hassle to test it otherwise.

[mrg666]

Would be nice if KDE project provided a repo for Debian distros (i.e. unstable and testing) for easier installation. It's a huge hassle to test it otherwise.

I agree. Somebody could just distribute a single compressed tar file that can be expanded in a user's home directory. Let me see if I can do that.

[shmerl]

I agree. Somebody could just distribute a single compressed tar file that can be expanded in a user's home directory. Let me see if I can do that.

I don't think you can. It depends on a ton of stuff like frameworks and etc.