KDE Plasma
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KDE Plasma is a graphical desktop environment with customizable layouts and panels, supporting virtual desktops and widgets. It is available on most Linux distributions and FreeBSD.
| Release | Released | Active Support | Critical bug fixes | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | 1 month and 3 weeks ago (28 Feb 2024) |
Yes | Yes |
6.0.4
(16 Apr 2024)
|
| 5.27 (LTS) | 1 year and 2 months ago (14 Feb 2023) |
Yes | Yes |
5.27.11
(06 Mar 2024)
|
| 5.26 | 1 year and 6 months ago (11 Oct 2022) |
Ended
1 year and 2 months ago (14 Feb 2023)
|
Ended
1 year and 2 months ago (14 Feb 2023)
|
5.26.5
(03 Jan 2023)
|
| 5.25 | 1 year and 10 months ago (14 Jun 2022) |
Ended
1 year and 6 months ago (11 Oct 2022)
|
Ended
1 year and 6 months ago (11 Oct 2022)
|
5.25.5
(06 Sep 2022)
|
| 5.24 (LTS) | 2 years ago (08 Feb 2022) |
Ended
1 year and 10 months ago (14 Jun 2022)
|
Ended
1 year and 6 months ago (14 Oct 2022)
|
5.24.7
(14 Oct 2022)
|
| 5.23 | 2 years and 6 months ago (14 Oct 2021) |
Ended
2 years ago (03 Feb 2022)
|
Ended
2 years ago (03 Feb 2022)
|
5.23.5
(04 Jan 2022)
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| 5.18 (LTS) | 4 years ago (11 Feb 2020) |
Ended
3 years and 10 months ago (04 Jun 2020)
|
Ended
2 years ago (11 Feb 2022)
|
5.18.8
(19 Oct 2021)
|
KDE Plasma releases roughly three major feature releases a year, with one Long Term Support release every other year. There is a detailed schedule for future bug fix releases and major releases.
Release Cadence
- The last Plasma 5 release will be version 5.27 LTS and the end of critical bug fixes is not yet announced.
- Bugfix tags/releases are made on Tuesdays in a Fibonacci sequence of weeks (1, 1, 2, 3, 5) after each previous release of the same series.
More information is available on the KDE Plasma website.
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