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KDE Plasma 6_25.12 for Slackware-current

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 29, 2025

Quoting: KDE Plasma 6_25.12 for Slackware-current – Alien Pastures —

A couple of days ago, I promised to use my holiday to come up with packages for KDE Plasma6. Today I finished compiling packages for 32bit and 64bit Slackware-current and uploaded a fresh package repository to my ‘ktown‘. The name seems to stick with people, even when it has not seen activity for two years, so I will keep calling it ‘ktown‘.

You will find these packages at the origin location: https://slackware.nl/alien-kde/current/testing/ together with an expansive README which will help you remove KDE Plasma5 from your Slackware-current computer and install the ‘ktown‘ version of KDE Plasma6 instead.

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