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!
Note that the Fedora people are now packaging the 6.3 beta, you’ll hear about it on their Fedora-specific channels I’m sure.
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Hmm… Today’s Fedora 42 Rawhide 
Edit, so I think, based on the desktop wallpaper in the original post, that this is, in fact Plasma 6.3, right?
Edit, yeah, it’s 6.3 beta:
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Yup, you’ve got it!
Thanks 
Plasma 6.3 Beta is now on the Kubuntu 25.04 “Plucky Puffin” development release daily Live ISO.
https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Live_Images#Kubuntu_25.04_"Plucky_Puffin"_development_release
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When enabling kde-unstable, don’t forget (like I did) to also enable core-testing and extra-testing as stated in the Arch Wiki
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Not needed. This is not Plasma 5 to 6.
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Will KDE 6.2.90 and 6.2.91 show up as an update on Fedora 41 or will Fedora 41 go straight to KDE 6.3?
The last KDE update I did on Fedora 41 was to 6.2.5 but as I monitor Bodhi for there being a update for fc41 for 6.2.90 I don’t see any. I do see one here for Fedora 42:
6.2.90 for Fedora 42
I am not sure. These kind of questions would be best addressed to Fedora distribution managers on Fedora forums. They will know what they intend to do in detail. KDE does not have a say in what each distro does.
I kind of figured with Fedora being so popular there’d be lots of Fedora users in here that would know, not necessarily that it’s a KDE project question. I asked in fedoraforum.org but no answer yet. I’ll ask in fedoraproject
you don’t have to use Fedora to know that, 6.2.90 is beta software available in Fedora’s beta channels for testing, so Fedora 41 will go straight to 6.3 according to its release schedule.
Yeah. just as a heads up, the official Fedora Project discussion site is https://discussion.fedoraproject.org, so that’s where your most likely to see engagement from folks who are working on (or close to) core project stuff like packaging decisions.
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We typically do not ship preview releases as updates to stable releases. So we intend to update Fedora Linux 41 to KDE Plasma 6.3.0, but not 6.2.9x releases.
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