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=== KDE on FreeBSD Links: + link:https://freebsd.kde.org/[KDE/FreeBSD initiative] URL: link:https://freebsd.kde.org/[] + link:https://community.kde.org/FreeBSD[FreeBSD -- KDE Community Wiki] URL: link:https://community.kde.org/FreeBSD[] Contact: KDE on FreeBSD Mailing List <[email protected]> The KDE on FreeBSD project packages CMake, Qt, and software from the KDE Community, for the FreeBSD ports tree. The software includes a full desktop environment called KDE Plasma (for both X11 and Wayland) and hundreds of applications that can be used on any FreeBSD machine. The mailto:[email protected][KDE team] is part of mailto:[email protected][desktop@], building the software stack to make FreeBSD beautiful and usable as a daily driver graphical desktop workstation. ==== It Goes to 6! The KDE ports have caught up with the current generation of upstream development and now deliver up-to-date KDE Frameworks 6, KDE Plasma 6, and KDE Gear. Where possible, the default version of every KDE application has been updated to a recent one that uses KDE Frameworks 6. Many Qt-based applications have also been updated to default to a Qt6 flavor. This positions FreeBSD alongside OpenBSD and Linux distributions with a modern KDE experience. Qt5 remains in the ports tree. KDE Frameworks 5 remain in the ports tree for some consumers. Qt5 reaches end-of-life from its upstream on May 26, 2025, so it is not recommended for use. KDE Frameworks 5 is in a similar security-only maintenance mode. Thanks to makc@, arrowd@, and kenrap@ for landing this KDE update in ports. ==== Infrastructure * CMake received several patch-level updates * Qt and PySide (the Python bindings for Qt) were updated to 6.8.2