Plasma 5.22 available for Hirsute Hippo 21.04 in backports PPA

On June 11, 2021, Posted by , In News, By ,, , With No Comments

We are pleased to announce that Plasma 5.22.0, is now available in our backports PPA for Kubuntu 21.04 Hirsute Hippo. The release announcement detailing the new features and improvements in Plasma 5.22 can be found here. To upgrade: Add the following repository to your software sources list: ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports or if…

Backports PPA: KDE Frameworks 5.81.0 for Hirsute

On April 26, 2021, Posted by , In News, By ,, , With No Comments

KDE Frameworks 5.81.0 for 21.04 Hirsute Hippo is now available in our backports PPA. Frameworks releases are a mixture of bugfixes, new features, and general improvements to the KDE base libraries. As such, keen adopters who might like to install this backport can check the changelog to what has been…

Plasma 5.16 for Disco 19.04 available in Backports PPA

On June 11, 2019, Posted by , In News, By ,, , With No Comments

We are pleased to announce that Plasma 5.16, is now available in our backports PPA for Disco 19.04. The release announcement detailing the new features and improvements in Plasma 5.16 can be found here Released along with this new version of Plasma is an update to KDE Frameworks 5.58. (5.59…

Plasma 5.15.1 arrives in Cosmic backports PPA

On February 20, 2019, Posted by , In News, By ,, , With No Comments

We are pleased to announce that the 1st bugfix release of Plasma 5.15, 5.15.1, is now available in our backports PPA for Cosmic 18.10. The release announcement detailing the new features and improvements in Plasma 5.15 can be found here, while the full 5.15.1 bugfix changelog can be found here….

Plasma 5.14.2 available in Cosmic backports PPA

On October 24, 2018, Posted by , In News, By ,, , With No Comments

After the 5.14.1 release of Plasma 5.14 was made available for Cosmic 18.10 via our backports PPA last week, we are pleased to say the the PPA has now been updated to the 2nd bugfix release 5.14.2. The full changelog for 5.14.2 can be found here. Already released in the…

Plasma 5.12.3 bugfix updates available for 17.10 backports PPA

On March 7, 2018, Posted by , In News, By ,,, , With No Comments

Users of Kubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark can now upgrade via our backports PPA to the 3rd bugfix release (5.12.3) of the Plasma 5.12 LTS release series from KDE. (Testers of 18.04 Bionic Beaver will need to be patient as the Ubuntu archive is currently in Beta 1 candidate freeze for…

Plasma 5.12.2 bugfix updates for 17.10 backports and 18.04 development release

On February 21, 2018, Posted by , In News, By ,, , With No Comments

Users of Kubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark can now upgrade via our backports PPA to the 2nd bugfix release (5.12.2) of the Plasma 5.12 LTS release series from KDE. Likewise, testers of our development release 18.04 Bionic Beaver will receive the update imminently. The full changelog of fixes for 5.12.2 can…

Latest round of backports PPA updates include Plasma 5.10.2 for Zesty 17.04

On June 17, 2017, Posted by , In News, By ,,,,, , With No Comments

Kubuntu 17.04 – Zesty Zapus The latest 5.10.2 bugfix update for the Plasma 5.10 desktop is now available in our backports PPA for Zesty Zapus 17.04. Included with the update is KDE Frameworks 5.35 Kdevelop has also been updated to the latest version 5.1.1 Our backports for Xenial Xerus 16.04…

Plasma bugfix releases, Frameworks, & selected app updates now available in backports PPA for Zesty and Xenial

On May 13, 2017, Posted by , In News, By , , With No Comments

Plasma Desktop 5.9.5 for Zesty 17.04, 5.8.6 for Xenial 16.04,  KDE Frameworks 5.33 and some selected application updates are now available via the Kubuntu backports PPA. The updates include: Kubuntu 17.04 – Zesty Zapus. Plasma 5.9.5 bugfix release KDE Frameworks 5.33 Digikam 5.5.5 Krita 3.1.3 Konversation 1.7.2 Krusader 2.6 Yakuake…

Plasma 5.6.5 and Frameworks 5.23 now in Backports for Kubuntu 16.04

Plasma 5.6.5 and Frameworks 5.23 have hit the Backports PPA people! Plasma 5.6.5 brings bugfixes and translations from the month of June thanks to contributors, while Frameworks 5.23 brings new fixes in KWallet, KWayland, Breeze and much more! Plasma: https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.6.5.php Frameworks: https://www.kde.org/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.23.0.php To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the…