{"id":4990,"date":"2023-01-21T11:24:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T11:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kubuntu.org\/?p=4990"},"modified":"2023-01-21T11:24:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T11:24:16","slug":"plasma-5-27-beta-available-for-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kubuntu.org\/news\/plasma-5-27-beta-available-for-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Plasma 5.27 Beta available for testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


Are you using Kubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu, our current stable release? Or are you already running our development builds of the upcoming 23.04 (Lunar Lobster)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We currently have Plasma 5.25.90 (Plasma 5.27 Beta)<\/a> available in our Beta PPA<\/a> for Kubuntu 22.10 and for the 23.04 development series<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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DISCLAIMER<\/strong>: This release contains untested and unstable software. It is highly recommended you do not use this version in a production environment<\/strong> and do not use it as your daily work environment. You risk crashes and loss of data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5.27 Beta packages and required dependencies are available in our Beta PPA. The PPA should work whether you are currently using our backports PPA or not. If you are prepared to test via the PPA, then 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>\n\n\n\n

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