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| These release notes for Kubuntu 18.10 Beta (Cosmic Cuttlefish) provide an overview of the release and document the known issues. | These release notes for Kubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) provide an overview of the release and document the known issues. |
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| === Embrace the dark side with Plasma: simple by default, powerful when needed === | === Plasma 5.13: simple by default, powerful when needed === |
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| === Plasma Wayland session - Available in the 18.10 Beta, but is not supported for 18.10 final release === | == Other highlights/notes == |
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| * A Plasma Wayland session is available for testing by selecting 'Plasma (Wayland)' at the login screen, however '''this is not supported'''. Users needing a stable desktop experience should select the normal 'Plasma' option at login. * It is likely this option will be removed by default for the final 18.10 release, but can be made available again by installing the plasma-workspace-wayland package. |
=== Plasma Wayland session - Can be installed for testing, but is not supported for 18.10 === * A Plasma Wayland session can be be made available for testing by installing the package '''plasma-workspace-wayland''' , however '''this is not supported'''. Users needing a stable desktop experience should select the normal 'Plasma' (without Wayland) option at login. |
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Introduction
These release notes for Kubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) provide an overview of the release and document the known issues.
Support lifespan
Kubuntu 18.10 will be supported for 9 months.
Getting Kubuntu 18.10
Upgrading from 18.04 |
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- Download a Bootable image. Direct downloads, torrents, and zysnc are available as options. |
New features and changes in 18.10
Core desktop and applications
Plasma 5.13: simple by default, powerful when needed
Plasma 5.13 has been developed to make it smoother to use while retaining the familiar setup. This release of Plasma is the 1st to ship with Plasma Browser Integration. Kubuntu ships the 5th scheduled bugfix release of 5.13 (5.13.5).
Kubuntu 18.10 is built on and ships with Qt 5.11
KDE Applications 18.04.3
Kubuntu comes with KDE Applications 18.04 containing all your favourite apps from KDE.
Provided is the 18.04.3 update with bugfixes and translation updates. All the KDE applications on the ISO have been ported to KDE Frameworks 5 and any remaining in the archive that aren't should fit in seamlessly.
Web browser and office suite
Firefox 61 is the default browser
LibreOffice 6.1.1 is provided by default in the full installation, and now uses the new hybrid KDE5/GTK3 integration for the 1st time.
Snap integration in Plasma Discover software centre
This is now enabled by default in 18.10.
Other highlights/notes
Plasma Wayland session - Can be installed for testing, but is not supported for 18.10
A Plasma Wayland session can be be made available for testing by installing the package plasma-workspace-wayland , however this is not supported. Users needing a stable desktop experience should select the normal 'Plasma' (without Wayland) option at login.
Known Problems
KDE Bugs:
Ubuntu/Kubuntu bugs:
* (1790613) packagekit crashes updating itself to a new version
Search other Bugs tagged Kubuntu 18.10
Older bugs:
(1442512) Apport-kde crash when reporting bugs
(1706859) Auto-selected keyboard layout no longer matches chosen region on "Where are you" page
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CosmicCuttlefish/ReleaseNotes/Kubuntu (last edited 2018-10-21 08:53:41 by rikmills)