14 DAY TRIAL // The Kubuntu team announced today the immediate availability of the latest KDE Plasma 5.12.6 LTS desktop environment for the Kubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) operating system series.
Released on April 26, 2018, Kubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) operating system is supported for three years with software and security updates, which means that is ships with the long-term supported version of the KDE Plasma desktop environment, KDE Plasma 5.12 LTS.
The most recent point release, KDE Plasma 5.12.6 LTS, is now available for all Kubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) users, an update that promises to improve the overall stability and reliability of the open-source desktop environment by addressing numerous issues and bugs across various components.
"The Kubuntu Community is pleased to announce that KDE Plasma 5.12.6, the latest bugfix release for Plasma 5.12 was made available for Kubuntu 18.04 LTS (the Bionic Beaver) users via normal updates," reads today's announcement. "The Kubuntu team wishes users a happy experience with the excellent 5.12 LTS desktop."
Here's how to update to KDE Plasma 5.12.6 LTS on Kubuntu 18.04 LTS
Kubuntu 18.04 LTS users can now update to the KDE Plasma 5.12.6 LTS desktop environment through the official channels of the operating system. There's no need to install the Kubuntu Backports PPA repo, but only to run the following commands in a terminal emulator to update to the latest KDE Plasma 5.12 LTS point release.
sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade
The update process should take a few minutes to complete, and it is recommended that you reboot your computer after installing the new KDE Plasma 5.12.6 LTS desktop environment. Kubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) will continue to automatically receive software updates for the KDE Plasma 5.12 LTS desktop environment until its end of life.