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KDE Plasma 6.0 Beta 1 Released With Frameworks & Gear Updated

Written by Michael Larabel in KDE on 29 November 2023 at 03:51 PM EST. 30 Comments

KDE today announced their first beta of the "KDE 6th Megarelease" as the Plasma 6.0, KDE Frameworks 6, and latest Gear applications.

Earlier this month saw the KDE's 6th Megarelease Alpha while for ending out November is now the beta release and a point at which KDE developers solidly begin pursuing bug fixes. KDE Plasma 6.0 stable along with KDE Frameworks 6.0 and the first KF6/Qt6-based Gear apps will be out at the end of February.

Since the earlier alpha milestone many bug fixes have landed, continued work on the Plasma Wayland session so it's ready to be used by default, and various other updates.

KDE Plasma 6

More details on today's beta release via KDE.org.

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