The last (scheduled) release of Plasma 6.0 is here, with another round of bugfixes. Next up: The Plasma 6.1 series, initial version will be released on June 18th (if everything is going to plan).
I updated without thinking about it before installing a package and now plasmashell doesn’t seem to start anymore. Krunner, Meta + W, and the task switcher still work. Does anyone know of a way to fix this? Perhaps reset the desktop applet config?...
There seem to be some invalid plasmoids? Or an unfinished update? The error messages like “PlasmaCore.IconItem is not a type” look like a Plasma5 version of some plasmoid as that should by now be “Kirigami.Icon” (see develop.kde.org/docs/plasma/widget/porting_kf6/ )
I’m not sure which plasmoid is actually giving the error message, so it might be a third-party one, that’s to blame?
As most of the underlying work is in QtWayland, I’d say: yes, it’s Wayland only (not being the author nor an expert on display technology, so take my words with some caution). The blog post talks about some stuff that is impossible to do in X11 (“impossible” as in “would require massive changes to X11 itself, which no one wants to do”).
KDE Plasma 6.0.5, Bugfix Release for May ( kde.org )
The last (scheduled) release of Plasma 6.0 is here, with another round of bugfixes. Next up: The Plasma 6.1 series, initial version will be released on June 18th (if everything is going to plan).
Plasma shell not starting after Plasma 6 update
I updated without thinking about it before installing a package and now plasmashell doesn’t seem to start anymore. Krunner, Meta + W, and the task switcher still work. Does anyone know of a way to fix this? Perhaps reset the desktop applet config?...
On the Road to Plasma 6, Vol. Ⅲ – Kai Uwe's Blog ( blog.broulik.de )
Developer Kai Uwe talks about a lot of “under-the-hood” stuff (so don’t expect many pretty pictures) he’s been working on in the last weeks.
KDE Plasma 5.27.8, Bugfix Release for September ( kde.org )
Another 6 weeks have passed since 5.27.7 has been released, so here’s the newest update for Plasma 5.27
QtWayland 6.6 Brings Robustness Through Compositor Handoffs ( blog.davidedmundson.co.uk )
In this blog post, David Edmundson describes how applications will handle a compositor crash in Wayland.
September Plasma 6 update ( pointieststick.com )
Nate Graham has published an update on the progress of Plasma 6 porting and enhancements.