It has been a very busy 3 weeks here in Kubuntu!

Kubuntu 22.04.4 LTS has been released and can be downloaded from here: https://kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/

Work done for the upcoming 24.04 LTS release:

• Frameworks 5.115 is in proposed waiting for the Qt transition to complete.
• Debian merges for Plasma 5.27.10 are done, and I have confirmed there will be another bugfix release on March 6th.
• Applications 23.08.5 is being worked on right now.
• Added support for riscv64 hardware.
• Bug triaging and several fixes!
• I am working on Kubuntu branded Plasma-Welcome, Orca support and much more!
• Aaron and the Kfocus team has been doing some amazing work getting Calamares perfected for release! Thank you!
• Rick has been working hard on revamping kubuntu.org, stay tuned! Thank you!
• I have added several more apparmor profiles for packages affected by https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kgeotag/+bug/2046844
• I have aligned our meta package to adhere to https://community.kde.org/Distributions/Packaging_Recommendations and will continue to apply the rest of the fixes suggested there. Thanks for the tip Nate!

We have a branding contest! Please do enter, there are some exciting prizes https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-graphic-design-contest/

Debian:

I have uploaded to NEW the following packages:

• kde-inotify-survey
• plank-player
• aura-browser

I am currently working on:

• alligator
• xwaylandvideobridge

KDE Snaps:

KDE applications 23.08.5 have been uploaded to Candidate channel, testing help welcome. https://snapcraft.io/search?q=KDE I have also working on bug fixes, time allowing.

My continued employment depends on you, please consider a donation! https://kubuntu.org/donate/

Thank you for stopping by!

~Scarlett