The beta release of [1]Plasma 6.1 is now available for testing over the US holiday weekend.

KDE Plasma 6.1 delivers on [2]Wayland explicit sync support , [3]Adaptive-Sync / VRR fixes , [4]continued HDR progress , and being merged just at the last minute today ahead of the code branching was [5]KDE dynamic triple buffering .

KDE Plasma 6.1 has also wired up support for the Input Capture portal, Remote Desktop system integration with RDP, a new UX for Plasma's edit mode, support for passwordless screen locking, a better window layout algorithm for Plasma's Overview, System Settings enhancements, and an array of other improvements.

More details on today's Plasma 6.1 Beta release via [6]KDE.org . The beta marks the hard feature freeze and soft UI and string freeze for Plasma 6.1. The stable KDE Plasma 6.1 release is expected around 18 June.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/search/Plasma+6.1

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-KWin-Lands-Explicit-Sync

[3] https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Less-Bugs-Adaptive-Sync

[4] https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-HDR-Colors-Part-3

[5] https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Lands-Triple-Buffering

[6] https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.0.90/