14 DAY TRIAL // Today, February 21, 2017, KDE announced the availability of the sixth maintenance update to the long-term supported KDE Plasma 5.8 desktop environment for Linux-based operating systems.
KDE Plasma 5.8.6 LTS comes approximately three weeks after the release of KDE Plasma 5.8.5 LTS, and it promises to add a total of 80 improvements and bug fixes to various components of the desktop environment, including Plasma Discover, KDE GTK Config, KDE Hotkeys, KScreenlocker, KSysGuard, KWin, Plasma Desktop, Plasma Networkmanager, Plasma Audio Volume Control, Plasma SDK, Plasma Workspace, and SDDM KCM.
"Today KDE releases a Bugfix update to KDE Plasma 5.8 LTS, versioned 5.8.6. Plasma 5.8 LTS was released in October with many feature refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience. This release adds a two months' worth of new translations and fixes from KDE's contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important," reads the announcement. Also check out the full changelog to see all that's new.
KDE Plasma 5.8.7 LTS is coming May 23, 2017
The release cycle of the long-term supported KDE Plasma 5.8 desktop environment will continue with a seventh maintenance update, namely KDE Plasma 5.8.7, which should hit the streets on May 23, 2017. After that, only two more such point releases remain for KDE Plasma 5.8 LTS users.
KDE Plasma 5.8.8 LTS will be the last one to be released in 2017, more precisely on October 17, and the last one, KDE Plasma 5.8.9 LTS, will come six months later, on April 10, 2018, to mark the end of life of the KDE Plasma 5.8 LTS desktop environment. Until then, we recommend updating to KDE Plasma 5.8.6 LTS as soon as possible.