Plasma 5.27 Beta

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Feb 14, 2023,
updated Feb 16, 2023

Today we are bringing you the preview version of KDE's Plasma 5.27 release. Plasma 5.27 Beta is aimed at testers, developers, and bug-hunters. As well as our lightweight and feature rich Linux Desktop this release adds a Bigscreen version of Plasma for use on televisions.

To help KDE developers iron out bugs and solve issues, install Plasma 5.27 Beta and test run the features listed below. Please report bugs to our bug tracker.

The final version of Plasma 5.27 will become available for the general public on the 14th of February.

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Also: KDE Plasma 5.27 Slated for a Valentine's Day Release

Two more:

• Plasma 5.27

  Today is 💖 Free Software Day and what better way to celebrate than with a brand new version of Plasma!

  Plasma 5.27 brings exciting new improvements to your desktop, and the first thing you'll notice when firing up Plasma is our new Konqi-powered wizard which will guide you through setting up the desktop.

  Other big new features include a window tiling system, a more stylish app theme, cleaner and more usable tools, and widgets that give you more control over your machine.

• Final Version of KDE Plasma 5 Released – This is What’s New

  Notably, this is expected to be the final release in the KDE Plasma 5.x series, with the following stable release set to be KDE Plasma 6.0, due for release towards the end of the year.

  Naturally, the developers working on this phenomenally popular (not to mention increasingly lightweight) desktop environment chose to end things on a high, so they’ve doubled-down to dish out some final finishing touches in the form of new features, UI tweaks, bug fixes, and performance buffs.

Linuxiac:

• Plasma 5.27 Brings Tailing Capabilities and Is Better than Ever

  KDE Plasma is one of the two leaders in the Linux world when we talk about desktop environments. Because of this, each new version is eagerly anticipated by the Open Source community.

  The just released KDE Plasma 5.27 will excite KDE fans and Linux enthusiasts, demonstrating the community’s continued commitment to delivering a top-notch user experience and bringing some exciting new features. So, let’s see what it has for us without further ado.

Additional:

• KDE Plasma desktop 5.27 Released! PPA for (K)Ubuntu 22.04

  KDE Plasma desktop announced the new 5.27 release today! It’s a LTS release with support until 2024!

  Plasma 5.27 features new window tiling system. By enabling it in “System Settings > Workspace Behavior > Desktop Effects“, user can press and hold Shift key and then drag app windows to auto-resize and place them in the screen side by side.

  By pressing the Windows logo key + T will go into the tile editing mode. There user can configure to have custom tile layouts.

• The KDE Plasma Desktop on Linux Just Got a Big Update

  KDE Plasma is one of the most popular desktop environments on Linux computers, taking inspiration from Windows and macOS and adding countless customization options on top. There’s now a new release that makes it even better.

  Just in time for Free Software Day, the KDE community has released Plasma 5.27, the latest version of the desktop environment used in operating systems like Kubuntu, KDE Neon, openSUSE, and Fedora KDE. The best improvement might be the new tiling system, which allows you to set up custom tile layouts and resize adjacent windows simultaneously. It’s much more powerful than the window tiling features in Windows, but the feature is “still in its infancy” and might not work well for everyone.

• KDE Plasma 5.27 released with multi-monitor & Wayland upgrades, Steam Deck updater

  KDE Plasma 5.27 sounds like a really great update to this desktop environment, the same one used on the desktop mode for the Steam Deck and my personal choice for my PC too.

  Coming in on Valentines Day and the "I Love Free Software Day" (that's apparently a thing?), it brings an absolute ton of enhancements to the desktop experience including a new introduction wizard to guide you through a first time install that might help a few confused users. There's also a window tiling system, updates to app themes, upgrades to the widgets system, adjustments to system settings so it's not so overloaded, Discover now supports full Steam Deck system upgrades and so much more.

Makeuseof:

• KDE Delivers Plasma 5.27 Valentine

  The new version celebrates Free Software Day and is set to be the final KDE Plasma 5 release.

  The KDE Community has announced the release of version 5.17 of its flagship Plasma Linux desktop environment.

One more, now Fedora:

• KDE Plasma 5.27.0 on Fedora (via our COPR)

  There's a catch though: you will have to use our COPR.

  The regular update on Fedora repositories will follow shortly, I will keep you all posted.

  Feel free to join us at our Matrix room!.

• KDE Plasma 5.27 LTS Desktop is Out. What’s New!

  The KDE developers and contributors have once again gone above and beyond to offer you Plasma 5.27, packed with tremendous enhancements for the Linux desktop environment! Plasma 5.27 offers thrilling updates to your desktop, beginning with the Konqi-powered wizard, which will assist you in setting up the desktop!