When plasma 5.9?

[jony127]

Hello,

I have added repos backports to kde and I am still in kde 4.8.5. I'm not in a hurry but, when will the 5.9 plasma update? There are problems?

Thank you.

[GreyGeek]

Depends of which version of Kubuntu you are using. (KDE Neon is at 5.9.3)
http://www.tecmint.com/install-kde-plasma-5-in-linux/

[clivejo]

You are still on kde 4.8.5? What version of Kubuntu are you running?

Xenial (16.04) + Kubuntu Backports = Plasma 5.8.5
Yakkety (16.10) + Kubuntu Backports = Plasma 5.8.5

Because Plasma 5.8 is LTS, the Kubuntu team felt that we would keep Plasma 5.8.x on Xenial as it is LTS as well.

As Yakkety has a short life, EOL being in July 2017, we felt that the best use of limited resources would be to concentrate on getting Plasma 5.9.x into Zesty.

[GreyGeek]

There you go, jony, straight from the best source possible! (BTW, the link I posted discusses 5.9 BUT shows how to install 5.8.5 since 5.9 wasn't out at the time the article was written)

[jony127]

You are still on kde 4.8.5? What version of Kubuntu are you running?

Xenial (16.04) + Kubuntu Backports = Plasma 5.8.5
Yakkety (16.10) + Kubuntu Backports = Plasma 5.8.5

Because Plasma 5.8 is LTS, the Kubuntu team felt that we would keep Plasma 5.8.x on Xenial as it is LTS as well.

As Yakkety has a short life, EOL being in July 2017, we felt that the best use of limited resources would be to concentrate on getting Plasma 5.9.x into Zesty.

I understand, I use version 16.10. Do you recommend using backport or better use only the default repos?

[acheron]

BTW, the link I posted discusses 5.9 BUT shows how to install 5.8.5 since 5.9 wasn't out at the time the article was written)

Which they admit in the article a little way down, but they still titled the article "Install KDE Plasma 5.9 in Ubuntu 16.10/Linux Mint 18, Fedora 23/25 and OpenSUSE" as blatant click baiting and search engine trolling!

[acheron]

I understand, I use version 16.10. Do you recommend using backport or better use only the default repos?

The backports should be stable for 16.10 to get plasma 5.8.5, which I assume you already have.

[megosdog]

I have Plasma 5.8 and it's a whole truckload more stable than 5.5 was. However, it's still got that annoying systray bug with 3rd party non-plasma apps. Pidgin seems to be getting nicked the hardest right now by it.

[acheron]

I have Plasma 5.8 and it's a whole truckload more stable than 5.5 was. However, it's still got that annoying systray bug with 3rd party non-plasma apps. Pidgin seems to be getting nicked the hardest right now by it.

Which bug? There are more than 1 AFAIR.

[oshunluvr]

Obviously, the best way to get 5.9.3 now is to switch to KDEneon. The User Edition has 5.9.3 and is very reliable during daily use.

[GreyGeek]

When plasma 5.9?

5.9.3 has been very stable and fast, except when my HD is accessed. I have a new HD on the way.

PS- I burned the Neon User Edition of 3-16-2017 onto a USB-2.0 using Etcher and booted it up. It was faster than my HD install because there was not the usual 10-20 sec delay accessing the HD.