Following the KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta from two weeks ago, a second beta of the upcoming Plasma 6.6 desktop is now available for testing. KDE Plasma 6.6 stable remains on-track for a mid-February release.
New modules with Plasma 6.6 include the Plasma Login Manager, Plasma Keyboard, and Plasma Setup. All three additions are nice, especially Plasma Login Manager as the new SDDM alternative as a modern log-in/display manager that is already being eyed by Fedora KDE and others. Plasma Setup as an initial setup tool is also useful as-is the new on-screen keyboard option.
KDE Plasma 6.6 also brings numerous Wayland improvements, oo7 secret service provider support, various crash fixes, improved BSD support, ambient light sensor handling, HDR enhancements, RandR emulation for KWin with XWayland, and better high refresh rate display handling. KDE Plasma 6.6 also adds support for Intel adaptive sharpening found with Lunar Lake and newer Intel graphics.
Downloads and more details on today’s Plasma 6.6 Beta 2 release via the KDE.org announcement. KDE Plasma 6.6.0 stable is expected for release on 17 February.
