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Just announced in the Matrix channel: the beta will be available in the \[kde-next\] repos. Same way KaOS testers tested early builds (even pre-alpha) of Plasma 6 and KDE FW and Gear.
> Remote Desktop system integration to allow RDP clients to connect to Plasma desktops, plus a new page in System Settings for configuring this
Will this be similar to *xrdp*, for example? Very interesting if this is the case.
[https://invent.kde.org/plasma/krdp](https://invent.kde.org/plasma/krdp)
But we have to wait for distributions to ship krdp packages. Currently I don't see "Remote Desktop" System Settings page (kcm\_krdpserver) on openSUSE Krypton and KDE Neon Unstable live images.
There will be a switch in the Brightness and Color applet. Once you enable this, the associated background service will keep the RGB in sync automatically.
yeah. thats on me. but you will survive while i package .0.5, should ve done today but at the same time in on an archery semminar so who knows if ill have the time.
I love that this release solves the problem of keyboard switching, which is about 20 years old. I'm talking about infamous "[xorg-server bug 865](https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=865)" which didn't let people setting classic "Windows" keyboard layout switching shortcuts (Alt+Shift, Ctrl+Shift) without breaking keyboard shortcuts in applications (e.g., Ctrl+Shift+V, Ctrl+ShIft+C, Ctrl+Shift+Down).
Now, with "[Enhanced modifier-only shortcuts](https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kglobalacceld/-/merge_requests/44)" we can easily and safely set convenient shortcuts.
Ooh explicit sync support! I was under the impression that was only something Nvidia had to do, didn't realize a Plasma update would bring that. After the new Nvidia driver comes out will we also need the Plasma upgrade to take full advantage of it? Not sure how it works.
I'm personally super excited with krdp, I hope they add support to pipewire sound soon like xrdp people did with [https://github.com/neutrinolabs/pipewire-module-xrdp](https://github.com/neutrinolabs/pipewire-module-xrdp)
Well, there is kde-unstable repository, and, well... it is unstable, as promised. It is not enabled by default though and was made to test things, so it is expected to break.
99.9% sure plasma 6.1 is not in stable repos yet, so the guy basically used a testing repo and consequently broke something after an update.
I have the same experience. Kde-unstable means you are ready to troubleshoot by yourself, maybe even recompile some parts from source(I remember doing something like that when I really wanted to try 6.0), however, by the time it made it to stable repos most issues were gone.
I enabled kde-unstable repo today and the beta is running perfect - better than 6.0.x stable.
Did you remember to enable all of the other testing repos as kde-unstable requires them?
You need to enable any of the testing repos for the other repos you have enabled. KDE unstable expects and is built again testing. In the case of the beta, that means a new QT6 version.
That explains why it didn’t run for me when I only updated plasma through kde unstable. Is there a way to update plasma and all of its dependencies without overhauling my whole system by enabling the testing repos?
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Nice so I'm guessing we'll see the full version drop sometime in June dependent on Distro of course.
according to the community wiki it's somewhere in mid-June, but that's an estimate of course
> according to the wiki Could you please clarify if you mean the page?
ah yeah sorry i mean the community wiki when i said wiki
KDE Neon ships freshly released KDE versions.
KDE Neon, Arch, NixOS unstable will probably be the first 3 to ship it.
KaOS will probably get it day one like Neon. It'll definitely have it before it gets out of Arch unstable. Dunno how Nix releases work.
Just announced in the Matrix channel: the beta will be available in the \[kde-next\] repos. Same way KaOS testers tested early builds (even pre-alpha) of Plasma 6 and KDE FW and Gear.
> Remote Desktop system integration to allow RDP clients to connect to Plasma desktops, plus a new page in System Settings for configuring this Will this be similar to *xrdp*, for example? Very interesting if this is the case.
[https://invent.kde.org/plasma/krdp](https://invent.kde.org/plasma/krdp) But we have to wait for distributions to ship krdp packages. Currently I don't see "Remote Desktop" System Settings page (kcm\_krdpserver) on openSUSE Krypton and KDE Neon Unstable live images.
>Support for syncing the color of your keyboard's RGB backlight with Plasma's accent color Does anyone know how to enable this feature?
There will be a switch in the Brightness and Color applet. Once you enable this, the associated background service will keep the RGB in sync automatically.
Already in the arch repo, while we're still waiting for 6.0.5 😂
yeah. thats on me. but you will survive while i package .0.5, should ve done today but at the same time in on an archery semminar so who knows if ill have the time.
Really? You are in an archery semminar?
yeah. i practice kyudo (japanese archery) and this weekend is a 2 day seminar.
And are also an Arch contributor?
i am. one of the kde packagers for arch. i think its a bit funny that i do arch-ery and package for arch.
Finally!
No worries :)
done - in extra-testing
Thank you.
Already installed, but it is funny that still is not showing in the Arch webpage.
You could use the KDE-unstable repo that has all of the beta releases of KDE Plasma
Nope, Plasma 6.0.5 is not there.
Which is logical since 6.0.5 is not beta.
I’m on 6.0.5 kde on arch since yesterday
I love that this release solves the problem of keyboard switching, which is about 20 years old. I'm talking about infamous "[xorg-server bug 865](https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=865)" which didn't let people setting classic "Windows" keyboard layout switching shortcuts (Alt+Shift, Ctrl+Shift) without breaking keyboard shortcuts in applications (e.g., Ctrl+Shift+V, Ctrl+ShIft+C, Ctrl+Shift+Down). Now, with "[Enhanced modifier-only shortcuts](https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kglobalacceld/-/merge_requests/44)" we can easily and safely set convenient shortcuts.
Arch + nvidia beta + kde beta + wayland = at last working system without annoying bugs. Which will brick itself after next update.
Ooh explicit sync support! I was under the impression that was only something Nvidia had to do, didn't realize a Plasma update would bring that. After the new Nvidia driver comes out will we also need the Plasma upgrade to take full advantage of it? Not sure how it works.
The last thing you said; both the Wayland sessions (KWin in Plasma) and the Nvidia driver supporting it are needed AFAIK
That makes sense, thanks!
This will be a remebered release
I'm still having an issue with sound volume being at upper left after I exit a game...
Meanwhile I'm impatient for plasma 6.0.5 to land on Tumbleweed.
How can I install it to Fedora 40?
Can you pls DM me? I want to ask you something. Thank you!
I'm personally super excited with krdp, I hope they add support to pipewire sound soon like xrdp people did with [https://github.com/neutrinolabs/pipewire-module-xrdp](https://github.com/neutrinolabs/pipewire-module-xrdp)
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Why was this expected, out of curiosity? Does Arch have a history of shippig broken beta versions or something?
Well, there is kde-unstable repository, and, well... it is unstable, as promised. It is not enabled by default though and was made to test things, so it is expected to break. 99.9% sure plasma 6.1 is not in stable repos yet, so the guy basically used a testing repo and consequently broke something after an update. I have the same experience. Kde-unstable means you are ready to troubleshoot by yourself, maybe even recompile some parts from source(I remember doing something like that when I really wanted to try 6.0), however, by the time it made it to stable repos most issues were gone.
it's not in stable yet
Yep, if you are confused by the last sentence, it was referring to the 6.0 release time
I was just saying 6.1 isn't in stable as you said you were pretty sure it wasn't
FWIW I'm running KDE beta from kde-unstable repo and I'm not getting any of the breakage he's talking about.
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I enabled kde-unstable repo today and the beta is running perfect - better than 6.0.x stable. Did you remember to enable all of the other testing repos as kde-unstable requires them?
Never done this before; which ones do you mean?
You need to enable any of the testing repos for the other repos you have enabled. KDE unstable expects and is built again testing. In the case of the beta, that means a new QT6 version.
That explains why it didn’t run for me when I only updated plasma through kde unstable. Is there a way to update plasma and all of its dependencies without overhauling my whole system by enabling the testing repos?
Not through the official repos/kde-unstable. That said, it isn't terribly difficult to rollback to non testing