Packages for the release of KDE’s desktop suite Plasma 5.5.3 and KDE’s Frameworks 5.18.0 are available for Kubuntu 15.10. You can get them from the Kubuntu Backports PPA.

Bugs in the packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE.

To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository to your software sources list:

Special thanks to the Kubuntu team for packaging this update and to all testers who helped out on #kubuntu-devel IRC channel.

This release has been ported for some time now, but we delayed the announcement as there were some initial problems we had to tackle.

We want to show off the beauty of Plasma 5, as well as allow easy access for Kubuntu users to the latest news, downloads, documentation, and other resources.

We want your help! Whether you code/program or not.

Web development, packaging, bug triage, documentation, promotion and social media are all areas where we can use your talents and skill, as well as offering help to new or troubled users.

For instance, people regularly report problems on Facebook, Reddit, Google+, Twitter, Telegram now and of course, #kubuntu on Freenode IRC, rather than filing bugs.

Sometimes their problems are easily solved, sometimes they have encountered real bugs, which we can help them file.

Please use our new site to find what you need, and tell us if you find something which needs improvement.

Packages for the release of KDE’s desktop suite Plasma 5.3.2 and KDE’s Frameworks 5.12.0 are available for Kubuntu 15.04. You can get them from the Kubuntu Backports PPA.

Bugs in the packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE.

To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository to your software sources list:

Special thanks to sgclark for packaging this update and to testers who hang out on #kubuntu-devel IRC channel.

The Alpha-2 images can be downloaded from: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/wily/alpha-2/

More information on Kubuntu Alpha-2 can be found here: https://wiki.kubuntu.org/WilyWerewolf/Alpha2/Kubuntu

The Kubuntu team is proud to announce the references images for Plasma Mobile.

Plasma Mobile was announced today at KDE’s Akademy conference.

Our images can be installed on a Nexus 5 phone.

More information on Plasma Mobile’s website.

Packages for the release of KDE Applications 15.04 are available for Kubuntu 15.04. You can get it from the Kubuntu Backports PPA.

Bugs in the packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE.

To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository to your software sources list:

ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports

Packages for the release of KDE’s document suite Calligra 2.9 are available for Kubuntu 14.10. You can get it from the Kubuntu Backports PPA. They are also in our development version Vivid.

Bugs in the packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE.

To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository to your software sources list:

The 14.10 packages include updates to Qt 5.4 which will remove any Unity packages.

Bugs in the packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE.

To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository to your software sources list:

14.10:

Or, from a command line:

“How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?” – Guybrush Threepwood, Monkey Island

The first Alpha of Vivid (to become 15.04) has now been released!

The Alpha-1 images can be downloaded at:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/vivid/alpha-1/

More information on Kubuntu Alpha-1 can be found here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/Alpha1/Kubuntu