{"id":4890,"date":"2022-05-20T17:06:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T17:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kubuntu.org\/?p=4890"},"modified":"2022-05-20T17:06:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T17:06:25","slug":"plasma-5-25-beta-available-for-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kubuntu.org\/news\/plasma-5-25-beta-available-for-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Plasma 5.25 Beta available for testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are you using Kubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish, our current Stable release? Or are you already running our development builds of the upcoming 22.10 Kinetic Kudu?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We currently have Plasma 5.24.90 (Plasma 5.25 Beta)<\/a>\u00a0 available in our Beta PPA<\/a> for Kubuntu 22.04, and in the Ubuntu archive and daily ISO build<\/a> for the 22.10 development series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However this is a beta release, and we should re-iterate the disclaimer from the upstream release announcement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DISCLAIMER:<\/strong> Today we are bringing you the preview version of KDE\u2019s Plasma 5.25 desktop release. Plasma 5.25 Beta is aimed at testers, developers, and bug-hunters.\n\nTo help KDE developers iron out bugs and solve issues, install Plasma 5.25 Beta and test run the features listed below. Please report bugs to our bug tracker.\n\nWe will be holding a Plasma 5.25 beta review day on May 26 (details will be published on our social media) and you can join us for a day of bug-hunting, triaging and solving alongside the Plasma devs!\n\nThe final version of Plasma 5.25 will become available for the general public on the 14th of June.\n\nDISCLAIMER: This release contains untested and unstable software. It is highly recommended you do not use this version in a production environment and do not use it as your daily work environment. You risk crashes and loss of data.<\/p>https:\/\/kde.org\/announcements\/plasma\/5\/5.24.90<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Testers of the Kubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu development series:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Testers with a current install can simply upgrade their packages to install the 5.25 Beta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alternatively, a live\/install image is available at: http:\/\/cdimage.ubuntu.com\/kubuntu\/daily-live\/current\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Users on Kubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.25 Beta packages and required dependencies are available in our Beta PPA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PPA should work whether you are currently using our backports PPA or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are prepared to test via the PPA, then\u2026..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Add the beta PPA and then upgrade:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa\/beta && sudo apt full-upgrade -y<\/pre>\n\n\n\n

Then reboot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In case of issues, testers should be prepared to use ppa-purge to remove the PPA and revert\/downgrade packages. <\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Kubuntu is part of the KDE community<\/a>, so this testing will benefit both Kubuntu as well as upstream KDE Plasma software, which is used by many other distributions too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n