KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta 2 Released With Union Theming Engine Maturing
KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta 2 Released With Union Theming Engine Maturing Written by Michael Larabel in KDE on 24 September 2026 at 09:27 AM EDT. Add A Comment Following the KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta from earlier this month, the second and last beta of the upcoming Plasma 6.8 desktop is now available for testing. With this second beta they are promoting their modern Union theming system being in the second-half of their public tech preview phase.
- ▪KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta 2 Released With Union Theming Engine Maturing Written by Michael Larabel in KDE on 24 September 2026 at 09:27 AM EDT.
- ▪Add A Comment Following the KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta from earlier this month, the second and last beta of the upcoming Plasma 6.8 desktop is now available for testing.
- ▪With this second beta they are promoting their modern Union theming system being in the second-half of their public tech preview phase.
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| Publication time | Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:27:33 -0400 |
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KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta 2 Released With Union Theming Engine Maturing Written by Michael Larabel in KDE on 24 September 2026 at 09:27 AM EDT. Add A Comment Following the KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta from earlier this month, the second and last beta of the upcoming Plasma 6.8 desktop is now available for testing. With this second beta they are promoting their modern Union theming system being in the second-half of their public tech preview phase. Union with Plasma 6.8 now themes QtWidgets-based apps, including the likes of the Dolphin file manager and Kate text editor. KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta 2 with the KWin compositor is also now depending upon Plasma-Wayland-Protocols 1.23 in order to address a memory leak.
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