Backports Landing – Kubuntu https://kubuntu.org Friendly Computing Fri, 21 Apr 2017 01:31:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.3 KDE PIM update for Zesty available for testers https://kubuntu.org/news/kde-pim-update-for-zesty-available-for-testers/ Fri, 21 Apr 2017 01:31:07 +0000 http://kubuntu.org/?p=3173 Since we missed by a whisker getting updated PIM (kontact, kmail, akregator, kgpg etc..) into Zesty for release day, and we believe it is important that our users have access to this significant update, packages are now available for testers in the Kubuntu backports landing ppa.

While we believe these packages should be relatively issue-free, please bear in mind that they have not been tested as comprehensively as those in the main ubuntu archive.

Testers should be prepared to troubleshoot and hopefully report issues that may occur. Please provide feedback on our mailing list [1], IRC [2], or optionally via social media.

After a period of testing and verification, we hope to move this update to the main backports ppa.

You should have some command line knowledge before testing.
Reading about how to use ppa purge is also advisable.

How to test KDE PIM 16.12.3 for Zesty:

Testing packages are currently in the Kubuntu Backports Landing PPA.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports-landing
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

1. Kubuntu-devel mailing list: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
2. Kubuntu IRC channels: #kubuntu & #kubuntu-devel on irc.freenode.net

]]> Kubuntu and Linux Mint doing Plasma 5.8 testing https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-and-linux-mint-doing-plasma-5-8-testing/ Sun, 11 Dec 2016 15:02:41 +0000 http://kubuntu.org/?p=3017 Since Linux Mint 18 KDE uses the Kubuntu Backports we both thought it would be very productive if we asked both our users to help test our work, bring Plasma 5.8 to both Xenial and Yakkety. This update will also bring updated Frameworks 5.28 and Applications 16.04.3 so your favorite applications like Dolphin, Konsole, Kate will be updated with fixes, new features.

You should have some command line knowledge before testing.
Having a quick read about how to use ppa purge is also a big plus

How to test Plasma 5.8
Plasma 5.8.4 is currently in the Kubuntu Backports Landing PPA.

If your currently on Kubuntu 16.04.1 or 16.10 you can add this ppa with Konsole:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports-landing

Then update:
sudo apt update

Once that is complete:
sudo apt dist-upgrade

Once everything is done you can reboot.

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