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Plasma Next for Debian 13

Plasma Next provides recent KDE desktop packages for Debian 13 (trixie) on amd64. The suite includes Plasma 6.8.2, Qt 6.11.2 and KDE Frameworks 6.31.0, along with Discover, Konsole 26.08.2, Spectacle and Print Manager.

Install

Packages are available from the Plasma Next APT repository. Follow the installation instructions to add the signing key, configure APT and install plasma-next-full.

The suite installs under /opt/plasma and integrates with system desktop services. Plasma Login Manager is the default login manager, with SDDM available as an alternative. After installation, reboot and select Plasma Next (Wayland) at login.

Installing the suite may remove conflicting Debian Plasma components. Review APT's proposed changes before proceeding.

Build and maintain

This Git repository contains the package recipes, patches, desktop integration and build tools for 172 source projects. Each prepared Debian source package can be built independently with standard Debian tools.

Guide Contents
Building Set up the build environment, prepare sources, build packages and export an APT repository
Maintaining Update recipes, patches, versions and release inputs

Disclaimer

This project is experimental and is not production quality. It is provided as is, without any warranty, including warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Use it at your own risk.

AI assistance

OpenAI Codex assisted with package recipes, patches, build tools, documentation and troubleshooting. AI assistance applies to this project's integration and packaging work. Upstream KDE, Qt and other third-party software retain their respective authorship and licensing.

Licensing

The project tooling is licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later, without any warranty. You may redistribute and modify it under version 3 of the GNU General Public License or any later version. See LICENSE for the full text.

Upstream-derived packaging, integration payloads and patches retain their own licenses and notices. Consult each debian/copyright.