KDE Plasma 5.10 Enters Beta with Snap & Flatpak Support, Folder View by Default

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

As promised, today the KDE Project was pleased to announce the release of the Beta milestone of the upcoming KDE Plasma 5.10 desktop environment for GNU/Linux operating systems.

We gave you a quick preview of its coolest new features last week, but now we’ll have a more in-depth look at KDE Plasma 5.10’s major changes. First and foremost, a new version of the Plasma Discover package manager is included in KDE Plasma 5.10 with support for Snap and Flatpak packages.

“Support for forthcoming new bundle package formats has been implemented. Discover software centre has gained backends for Flatpak and Snappy. New plugin xdg-desktop-portal-kde has added KDE integration into Flatpak packaged applications,” reads the release notes.

Also new in Plasma Discover is support for GNOME’s Open Desktop Ratings Service (ODRS) for r… (read more)

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