The latest KDE Plasma Desktop 5.8.5 was finally made into Kubuntu Backports PPA several hours ago, available for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10 and derivatives. Plasma 5.8.5 is a bug-fix release for the 5.8 LTS series that features: Notice when the only screen changes. Revert ‘Do not ask for root permissions when it’s unnecessary’, it caused problems with adding a new ...

The KDE community announced the release of Plasma Desktop 5.8 a few hours ago as its first LTS (Long-Term Support) edition. Tuesday, 4 October 2016. Today KDE releases its first Long Term Support edition of its flagship desktop software, Plasma. This marks the point where the developers and designers are happy to recommend Plasma for the widest possible audience be ...