Plasma 5 – Kubuntu https://kubuntu.org Friendly Computing Fri, 24 Feb 2017 00:56:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.3 Kubuntu 17.04 Beta 1 released for testers https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-17-04-beta-1-released-for-testers/ Fri, 24 Feb 2017 00:56:36 +0000 http://kubuntu.org/?p=3062

Today the Kubuntu team is happy to announce that Kubuntu Zesty Zapus (17.04) Beta 1 is released . With this Beta 1 pre-release, you can see and test what we are preparing for 17.04, which we will be releasing in April.

NOTE: This is Beta 1 Release. Kubuntu Beta Releases are NOT recommended for:

* Regular users who are not aware of pre-release issues
* Anyone who needs a stable system
* Anyone uncomfortable running a possibly frequently broken system
* Anyone in a production environment with data or work-flows that need to be reliable

Getting Kubuntu 17.04 Beta 1:
* Upgrade from 16.10: run `do-release-upgrade -d` from a command line.
* Download a bootable image (ISO) and put it onto a DVD or USB Drive : http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/zesty/beta-1/

Release notes: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZestyZapus/Beta1/Kubuntu

]]> Plasma 5.5.3 and Frameworks 5.18.0 Backported to Kubuntu 15.10 https://kubuntu.org/news/plasma-5-5-3-and-frameworks-5-18-0-backported-to-kubuntu-15-10/ Wed, 27 Jan 2016 19:59:55 +0000 https://kubuntu.org/?p=2487 plasma-5.5-wee

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:

ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports

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.

]]> Plasma 5.3.2 and Frameworks 5.12.0 Backported to Kubuntu 15.04 https://kubuntu.org/news/plasma-532-and-frameworks-5120-backported-kubuntu-1504/ Mon, 10 Aug 2015 19:59:31 +0000 https://www-new.kubuntu.org/?p=2371 plasma-5-banner

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:

ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports

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

]]> Plasma 5.3.1 https://kubuntu.org/news/plasma-531/ Sat, 30 May 2015 00:21:59 +0000 https://www-new.kubuntu.org/?p=2327 plasma-5-banner

Packages for the release of KDE’s desktop suite Plasma 5.3.1 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

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

]]> Plasma 5.3 https://kubuntu.org/news/plasma-5-3/ Tue, 28 Apr 2015 20:12:35 +0000 https://www-new.kubuntu.org/?p=2316 plasma-5-banner

Packages for the release of KDE’s desktop suite Plasma 5.3 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

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