KDE Plasma 6.6 Desktop Is Coming on February 17th, Here's What to Expect

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KDE Project’s upcoming KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop environment series is expected on February 17th, 2026, and it’s packed with many new features and improvements, so let’s take a look at the biggest changes so far.

KDE Plasma 6.6 promises a new “Plasma Login Manager” display manager that could replace existing login managers like SDDM in popular distributions shipping with a KDE Plasma edition, such as the upcoming Fedora Linux 44, but most probably also in CachyOS, EndeavourOS, and other distros.

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Thank the gods I can finally kick SDDM to the curb…

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LFG, every KDE release is like Christmas coming again

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I’m actually thinking of switching from Kubuntu to Fedora KDE just so I can get Plasma updates faster lol

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Add the backports ppa, that’s what I do. Currently on Plasma 6.5.4 on Kubuntu

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ok yea this is pretty good lol

idk how I never heard about this before

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check out OST, it is similar

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But will it autoconnect to Wireguard VPN?

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Pretty sure you can already do this

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Except it doesn’t work. You can set the option in the connection manager, but it will fail. Hopefully this gets fixed in 10-15 years

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Huh, I accidentally set mine up in a way that worked once. I do not remember how though.

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Uhm, I did do that and it did work

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Yeah, the VPN thing is so basic. Why does it bother to tell me that the VPN’s dropped after I wake my laptop up, just reconnect.

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