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Plasma 5.14.3 update for Cosmic backports PPA

On November 7, 2018, Posted by , In News, With No Comments

We are pleased to announce that the 3rd bugfix release of Plasma 5.14, 5.14.3, is now available in our backports PPA for Cosmic 18.10. The full changelog for 5.14.3 can be found here. Already released in the PPA is an update to KDE Frameworks 5.51. To upgrade: Add the following…

Plasma 5.14.2 available in Cosmic backports PPA

On October 24, 2018, Posted by , In News, By ,, , With No Comments

After the 5.14.1 release of Plasma 5.14 was made available for Cosmic 18.10 via our backports PPA last week, we are pleased to say the the PPA has now been updated to the 2nd bugfix release 5.14.2. The full changelog for 5.14.2 can be found here. Already released in the…

Kubuntu 18.10 is released today

On October 18, 2018, Posted by , In News, With No Comments

Kubuntu 18.10 has been released, featuring the beautiful Plasma 5.13 desktop from KDE. Codenamed “Cosmic Cuttlefish”, Kubuntu 18.10 continues our proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing new features…

Please help test our initial Cosmic 18.10 RC ISOs

On October 14, 2018, Posted by , In News,Testing, By , , With No Comments

The Ubuntu release team have announced a 1st test ISO RC build for all 18.10 flavours. Please help us test these and subsequent RC builds, so that we can have an amazing and well tested release in the coming week. As noted below, the initial builds will NOT be the…

Kubuntu Cosmic Cuttlefish (18.10) Beta Released

On September 28, 2018, Posted by , In News, By ,,, , With No Comments

The beta of the Cosmic Cuttlefish (to become 18.10) has now been released, and is available for download at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/18.10/beta/ This milestone features images for Kubuntu and other Ubuntu flavours. Pre-releases of the Cosmic Cuttlefish are not encouraged for: * Anyone needing a stable system * Anyone who is not…

Kubuntu 18.04 Reviewed in Linux ( Pro ) Magazine

On July 20, 2018, Posted by , In News, By ,,, , With No Comments

Kubuntu Linux has been my preferred Linux distribution for more than 10 years. My attraction to the KDE desktop and associated application set, has drawn from Kubuntu user, to a tester, teacher, developer, community manager and councilor. I feel really privileged to be part of, what can only be described…

KDE Plasma bugfix release 5.12.6 is now available for Kubuntu 18.04 LTS

On July 10, 2018, Posted by , In News, With No Comments

The Kubuntu Community is please to announce that KDE Plasma 5.12.6, the latest bugfix release for Plasma 5.12 was made available for Kubuntu 18.04 LTS (the Bionic Beaver) users via normal updates. The full changelog for 5.12.6 contains scores of fixes, including fixes and polish for Discover and the desktop….

Plasma 5.12.5 bugfix update for Kubuntu 18.04 LTS – Testing help required

On May 21, 2018, Posted by , In News, With No Comments

Are you using Kubuntu 18.04, our current LTS release? We currently have the Plasma 5.12.5 LTS bugfix release available in our Updates PPA, but we would like to provide the important fixes and translations in this release to all users via updates in the main Ubuntu archive. This would also…

Kubuntu 18.04 has been released, featuring the beautiful KDE Plasma 5.12 LTS

On April 26, 2018, Posted by , In News, With No Comments

The Kubuntu Team is happy to announce that Kubuntu 18.04 LTS has been released, featuring the beautiful KDE Plasma 5.12 LTS : simple by default, powerful when needed. Codenamed “Bionic Beaver”, Kubuntu 18.04 continues our tradition of giving you Friendly Computing by integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies…

Bionic (18.04) Release Candidate images ready for testing!

On April 22, 2018, Posted by , In News, With No Comments

Initial RC (Release Candidate) images for the Kubuntu Bionic Beaver (18.04) are now available for testing. The Kubuntu team will be releasing 18.04 on 26 April. The final Release Candidate milestone is available today, 21 April. This is the first spin of a release candiate in preparation for the RC…