This release removes support for older KDE4 packages

Oct 17, 2019 15:40 GMT  ·  By

Kubuntu 19.10 has been released today as part of the Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) operating system series with updated components and various new features.

Featuring the KDE Plasma 5.16.5 desktop environment and KDE Applications 19.04.3 software suite, the Kubuntu 19.10 release is here with up-to-date core components and applications, including Qt 5.12.4 LTS, Latte Dock 0.9.3, Elisa 0.4.2, Krita 4.2.7, Kdevelop 5.4.2, Ktorrent 5.1.2, as well as Kdenlive and Yakuake 19.08.1.

"Plasma 5, the new generation of KDE's desktop has been developed to make it smoother to use while retaining the familiar setup," reads the release notes. "Plasma 5.16 has been developed to make it smoother to use while retaining the familiar setup. Kubuntu ships the 4th scheduled bugfix release of 5.16 (5.16.5)."

Plasma Wayland, Nvidia drivers, and ZFS on root

With the 19.10 release, Kubuntu continues to offer an experimental Plasma Wayland session that can be enabled by installing the plasma-workspace-wayland package from the main software repositories and then accessing the "Plasma (wayland)" session option at the login screen. However, this feature is not supported by the Kubuntu team.

Similar to Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) and other official flavors, Kubuntu 19.10 ships with proprietary Nvidia graphics drivers in the ISO image, which can be added during the installation by selecting to install third-party and restricted drivers and codecs. It also removes support for all KDE4 libraries and applications.

The experimental ZFS on root installer support landed a little too late for the Kubuntu team to implement and test in the KDE frontend of the Ubiquity installer, so this functionality has been postponed for the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS release next year. You can download Kubuntu 19.10 right now via our free Linux software portal for 64-bit computers.

Kubuntu 19.10 with KDE Apps
Kubuntu 19.10 with KDE Apps

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