14 DAY TRIAL // Today, November 22, 2016, KDE announced the release of the fourth maintenance update to the long-term supported KDE Plasma 5.8 desktop environment for Linux-based operating systems.
KDE Plasma 5.8.4 LTS is here three weeks after the third point release, versioned 5.8.3, and as expected, it's yet another bugfix release that attempts to improve the stability, security, and reliability of the KDE Plasma 5.8 desktop environment, which will receive support until April 2018. This version will soon land in the stable repositories of your favorite GNU/Linux distribution.
"Today KDE releases a Bugfix update to KDE Plasma 5, versioned 5.8.4. Plasma 5.8 was released in October with many feature refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience. This release adds three week's worth of new translations and fixes from KDE's contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important," said the devs.
KDE Plasma 5.8.5 LTS arrives December 27, 2016
Today's KDE Plasma 5.8.4 LTS desktop environment release addresses various bugs reported by users since KDE Plasma 5.8.3 LTS or previous versions with the Breeze, Plasma Discover, Plasma Addons, KWayland-integration, Oxygen, Plasma Desktop, Plasma SDK, Plasma Workspace, and KWin components. Study the full changelog for more technical details.
There will be one more maintenance update for KDE Plasma 5.8 LTS series released in 2016, KDE Plasma 5.8.5 LTS, which is currently scheduled to land on December 27. After that, the KDE developers will start work on the KDE Plasma 5.9 desktop environment, which should hit the streets on the last day of January 2017.
Those who decide to remain with the long-term supported KDE Plasma 5.8 desktop installed on their GNU/Linux distributions will get another point release on February 21, 2017, versioned 5.8.6. KDE Plasma 5.8.7 LTS and KDE Plasma 5.8.8 LTS will arrive as well in 2017, on May 23 and October 17, respectively.