The first big KDE release of 2025 is just around the corner. Plasma 6.3 will be hitting desktops in about a month. Meanwhile, we need testers to try out the beta and submit bug reports so we can work on making it perfect.
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I’m looking forward to 6.3 and would love to test it, though I’m relatively new to Linux, so is there a way to simply install it over existing 6.2.*? I’m running a stable release of Fedora 41 on a testing machine.
I might just install the latest Fedora 42 rawhide, but I’d prefer to simply install 6.3 if possible on the existing system.
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If you are new, I would advise you installed separately. Having to versions of Plasma at the same time, sounds like asking for lots of problems.
I am not sure how you would do it in Fedora, but in Arch you can just enable the kde-unstable repos and update and the software manager will drag in the the beta software. When you are done (or when the final Plasma 6.3 comes out), you disable the repo mentioned above, update again and it will install the stable packages, overwriting the beta packages.
Check to see if you can do something similar in Fedora.
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This is a testing machine, so if something breaks it won’t be a problem. No risk of data loss.
Ah, OK, I didn’t realize I’d end up with two versions of Plasma. I assumed 6.3 would replace whatever I have.
I see Testing Repositories in Fedora but these seem to be 41 Testing repos. I’ll see if there is a way to add unstable or beta repos.
If I can’t figure this out then I guess I’ll just install the latest Fedora 42 beta, just released today. Probably a better way of doing this.
Thanks!
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Bummer, latest fedora 42 rawhide (20250109.n.0.x86_64) still comes with Plasma 6.2.5 and I can find a way to install any beta repositories.
Oh well… thanks anyway!