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KDE Plasma 6.8 Released for Project's 30th Anniversary, GNOME OS Preview Launched

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KDE Plasma 6.8 has been released, coinciding with the project's 30th anniversary. This update includes support for monitoring Intel A380 GPU usage and introduces a new weather widget and on-screen keyboard in version 6.9. Separately, GNOME OS has launched a public preview with GNOME 51, and other desktop environments like Tiling Shell, Noctalia, and MangoWC have also seen recent updates. AI

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KDE Plasma 6.8 Released for Project's 30th Anniversary, GNOME OS Preview Launched

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    KDE Plasma 6.8 released to celebrate 30 years of project: https://www. omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/kde-pl asma-6-8-released (Happy birthday, KDE! 🎂) (...and happy d

    KDE Plasma 6.8 released to celebrate 30 years of project: https://www. omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/kde-pl asma-6-8-released (Happy birthday, KDE! 🎂) (...and happy death day, Plasma X11 session) (Now we'll see SonicDE in action, let's see how long the project can stick) KDE Plasma 6.6…

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