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* 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. | * A Plasma Wayland session is available for testing by by selecting Plasma (Wayland) at the login screen, however '''this is not supported'''. Users needing a stable desktop experience should select the normal 'Plasma' (without Wayland) option at login. * It is likely this option will be removed by default for the final 18.10 release, but will can be made available by installing the plasma-workspace-wayland package. |
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Introduction
These release notes for Kubuntu 18.10 Beta (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 |
Download a Disk Image |
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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
Embrace the dark side with Plasma 5.13: simple by default, powerful when needed
Plasma 5.13, the latest release of KDE's desktop has been developed to make it smoother to use while retaining the familiar setup. This release of Plasma in the 1st to ship with Plasma Browser Integration. |
KDE Applications 18.04.3
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Kubuntu comes with KDE Applications 18.04 containing all your favourite apps from KDE. |
Web browser and office suite
Firefox 61 is the default browser
LibreOffice 6.1.1 is provided by default in the full installation.
Other applications
New KDE applications in the Ubuntu archive
Updated applications
Other notable changes to applications since 18.04 LTS
Other highlights/notes
Plasma Wayland session - Available by default for 18.10 Beta, but is not supported for 18.10
A Plasma Wayland session is available for testing by by selecting Plasma (Wayland) at the login screen, however this is not supported. Users needing a stable desktop experience should select the normal 'Plasma' (without Wayland) option at login.
- It is likely this option will be removed by default for the final 18.10 release, but will can be made available by installing the plasma-workspace-wayland package.
Known Problems
KDE Bugs:
Ubuntu/Kubuntu bugs:
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)