This Week in Plasma: An Avalanche of Performance Improvements and Bug Fixes
Saturday, 31 October 2026
Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma!
This week the Plasma team continued to polish up Plasma 6.8, fixing many bugs. Most of the regressions reported in Plasma 6.8 have been resolved now, so the team moved onto older bugs and squashed a very large number of them! In addition, there are some nice UI and performance improvements:
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This Week in Plasma: Fixing All the Bugs, PiP, and Performance
Saturday, 24 October 2026
Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma. And it’s going to be a big one, folks!
This week, a familiar pattern played out: people upgraded to Plasma 6.8 and found all the bugs that nobody reported during the beta period, and the Plasma team worked incredibly hard to fix them! You’ll see the result below: tons of bug fixes.
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This Week in Plasma: New Weather Widget and On-Screen Keyboard
Saturday, 17 October 2026
Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma!
This week we released Plasma 6.8, but we didn’t stop there: work on Plasma 6.9 has been coming in hot and heavy, and there’s a lot to talk about! So let’s jump right in:
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This Week in Plasma: Finishing Touches on 6.8
Saturday, 10 October 2026
Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma!
This week, Plasma contributors put the finishing touches on Plasma 6.8, which is due to be released early next week, on October 14th.
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This Week in Plasma: 6.8 Beta 2; Keep Testing!
Saturday, 3 October 2026
Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma!
This week, Plasma 6.8 continues to pass through the bug-fixing process in preparation for its release on October 14th, including the release of a second beta version. So far we still don’t have many reported regressions, so again either Plasma 6.8 is amazing already, or else people aren’t testing it enough!
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This Week in Plasma: Akademy Special
Saturday, 26 September 2026
This week about 200 KDE contributors and enthusiasts attended Akademy, but somehow people still found the time to be productive! Plasma contributors released the second beta of Plasma 6.8 and landed a bunch of user interface improvements and bug fixes.
This Week in Plasma: Let the Polishing Begin
Saturday, 19 September 2026
This week, Plasma folks shifted to bug-fixing and polishing work for Plasma 6.8. As of the time of writing, there are only four open regression reports for Plasma 6.8, which means either the release is already amazing, or people aren’t testing the beta release enough! You know what you need to do. :)
This Week in Plasma: 6.8 Beta Release!
Saturday, 12 September 2026
Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma!
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This Week in Plasma: So Many Ways to Click and Scroll
Friday, 4 September 2026
Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma!
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This Week in Plasma: QtWidgets Apps Join the Union
Friday, 28 August 2026
Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma!
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