The beta release of the KDE Plasma 6.4 beta desktop is now available for testing ahead of its official release in June.
New modules with Plasma 6.4 include KWin-X11 and Aurorae. KWin-X11 is splitting off of the X11/X.Org specific code into its own package separate from KWin as it becomes more Wayland-focused for the eventual deprecation of X11 support and removal at a later point. More details on that within KDE’s KWin Wayland & X11 Code Are Now Split, KWin_X11 To Be Maintained Until Plasma 7.
Aurorae is new to Plasma 6.4 for the theme engine for KWin window decorations. Aurorae uses SVG or QML to render decorations and buttons.
In addition to these new modules, Plasma 6.4 is bringing a variety of Wayland improvements and other shiny new features. KDE Plasma 6.4 brings some nice usability improvements, various crash fixes, better pixel perfection with KWin, and other refinements. See our prior Plasma 6.4 coverage for more information on changes.
More details on the Plasma 6.4 beta release via KDE.org.
Next up for Plasma 6.4 is a second beta release scheduled two weeks from now (29 June) and to then have the official KDE Plasma 6.4.0 release on 17 June.
