How does KDE version gets updated and by who

thomas_ki · August 18, 2023, 7:27pm

I’m just curios how/when does KDE releases within qubes rolls out. Perhaps someone in particular is responsible for them?

Is there any info on when can we expect version 5.25?

fsflover · August 18, 2023, 9:10pm

github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues

Rework and update KDE

opened 01:39PM - 24 Jun 20 UTC

fepitre

T: enhancement help wanted C: desktop-linux-kde P: default

I'm currently reworking the way we provide KDE support in Qubes. In release 4.0 …it consists of several configurations and patches for KDE applications. For R4.1, few months ago we simplified the packaging by splitting all multiple components into individuals. That's why there is in addition desktop-linux-kde-{breeze,baseapps,settings}. Looking at what is done into those repositories, I reworked all the modifications/additions in only desktop-linux-kde (https://github.com/fepitre/qubes-desktop-linux-kde/tree/spec.in). For current state, there is no need for modifying upstream component like kde-settings/kde-baseapps. This issue intends to track updates and new modifications to be done in latest Plasma version based on the work done in https://github.com/fepitre/qubes-desktop-linux-kde/tree/spec.in. Related issues: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2968 https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2283

augsch · August 19, 2023, 2:36am

Stock KDE from fedora repo should generally be working well on QubesOS. There’s a package to customize kde to be more qubes-specifc ( like colorized window borders ), and the new application menu will replace the Kickoff launcher of KDE.

Personally I’m using KDE 5.27 on fc37 dom0, and there’s almost nothing I can complain about, except there may be some missing icon on the panel.

thomas_ki · August 19, 2023, 3:27am

Can you please tell how you installed the latest version(or how to install specific version)?
I installed mine with sudo qubes-dom0-update kde-settings-qubes as docs suggest.

augsch · August 19, 2023, 5:08am

That should be enough to have the latest version. For confirmation you can see the version of plasma-workspace package.

thomas_ki · August 19, 2023, 6:35am

Maybe I don’t get this correctly, but I thought plasmashell --version is giving me the right answer. I have 5.18.5. How do you check plasma-workspace version?

And besides, I know that floating panels are introduced only from version 5.25 and I don’t have that option.

augsch · August 19, 2023, 11:36pm

If you are on Qubes R4.1, then that’s the latest you can ever get ( except you pull the source code and compile yourself ). Because 5.18.5 is the latest version in fc32’s repo. If you try Qubes R4.2, then fc37 dom0 has KDE 5.27.