--- title: KDE cancelled its “fake” LTS release a year ago: now,... description: KDE is reviving a Long-Term Support version of Plasma, this time for Plasma 6.6, after cancelling its previous LTS effort in May 2025 due to lack of adoption,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/kde-cancelled-its-fake-lts-release-a-year-ago-now-plasma-6-6-is-getting-a-real-three-year-one-zzldsjrh0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: KDE cancelled its “fake” LTS release a year ago: now, Plasma 6.6 is getting a real three-year one | daily.dev og:description: KDE is reviving a Long-Term Support version of Plasma, this time for Plasma 6.6, after cancelling its previous LTS effort in May 2025 due to lack of adoption,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/kde-cancelled-its-fake-lts-release-a-year-ago-now-plasma-6-6-is-getting-a-real-three-year-one-zzldsjrh0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ZZldsJRH0.png og:image:alt: KDE cancelled its “fake” LTS release a year ago: now, Plasma 6.6 is getting a real three-year one og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # KDE cancelled its “fake” LTS release a year ago: now, Plasma 6.6 is getting a real three-year one **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary KDE is reviving a Long-Term Support version of Plasma, this time for Plasma 6.6, after cancelling its previous LTS effort in May 2025 due to lack of adoption, incomplete backports (only Plasma itself, not Frameworks or apps), and untested patches. The revival is funded by Kubuntu Focus, which is sponsoring Techpaladin Software (led by KDE's Nate Graham) to properly maintain and test bug fixes across Plasma 6.6, Frameworks 6.24, and KDE Gear 25.12 for three years, aiming to avoid the pitfalls of the earlier 'fake' LTS. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Is KDE Plasma bringing back long-term support releases? Yes, KDE is reintroducing LTS support starting with Plasma 6.6, offering three years of coverage. This new LTS channel is funded by Kubuntu Focus, which sponsors Techpaladin Software (led by KDE developer Nate Graham) to properly test and backport fixes. Unlike the earlier attempt, this LTS covers Plasma 6.6, Frameworks 6.24, and KDE Gear 25.12 together, rather than just Plasma alone. _Track how KDE's LTS support evolves for Plasma deployments on daily.dev._ ### Why did KDE drop its previous LTS version of Plasma? KDE stopped distributing an LTS version of Plasma in May 2025 for three reasons: almost no distros besides Kubuntu used it, it was considered a 'fake' LTS because only Plasma itself received backported fixes while Frameworks and KDE apps got none, and the backports were never properly tested since no one took responsibility for that work. _Follow ongoing Linux desktop stability efforts and LTS changes on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Kubuntu 26.04 LTS Drops X11 Support and Goes All in On Wayland](https://daily.dev/posts/kubuntu-26-04-lts-drops-x11-support-and-goes-all-in-on-wayland-mp2d6mita) · It's Foss · 4 upvotes · 1 comments - [KDE Plasma 6 Desktop Finally Comes To Slackware](https://daily.dev/posts/kde-plasma-6-desktop-finally-comes-to-slackware-idppainks) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Plasma 6.7](https://daily.dev/posts/plasma-6-7-8xqgwskxu) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [KDE Plasma developers squeeze a few more features into 6.8 just weeks before release](https://daily.dev/posts/kde-plasma-developers-squeeze-a-few-more-features-into-6-8-just-weeks-before-release-lszencu1n) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/kde-cancelled-its-fake-lts-release-a-year-ago-now-plasma-6-6-is-getting-a-real-three-year-one-zzldsjrh0) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"KDE cancelled its “fake” LTS release a year ago: now, Plasma 6.6 is getting a real three-year one","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/kde-cancelled-its-fake-lts-release-a-year-ago-now-plasma-6-6-is-getting-a-real-three-year-one-zzldsjrh0","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/kde-cancelled-its-fake-lts-release-a-year-ago-now-plasma-6-6-is-getting-a-real-three-year-one-zzldsjrh0"},"datePublished":"2026-08-14T07:11:49.654Z","dateModified":"2026-10-14T02:23:40.770Z","description":"KDE is reviving a Long-Term Support version of Plasma, this time for Plasma 6.6, after cancelling its previous LTS effort in May 2025 due to lack of adoption,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2c4eaae0abe31c8f8e05c76f3b81e648?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2c4eaae0abe31c8f8e05c76f3b81e648?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"XDA Developers","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"XDA Developers","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--kCg6yyAP--/f_auto,q_auto/v1774964407/logos/xda-developers?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/kde-cancelled-its-fake-lts-release-a-year-ago-now-plasma-6-6-is-getting-a-real-three-year-one-zzldsjrh0","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"linux,open-source","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"XDA Developers","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"KDE cancelled its “fake” LTS release a year ago: now, Plasma 6.6 is getting a real three-year one"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/kde-cancelled-its-fake-lts-release-a-year-ago-now-plasma-6-6-is-getting-a-real-three-year-one-zzldsjrh0#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Is KDE Plasma bringing back long-term support releases?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes, KDE is reintroducing LTS support starting with Plasma 6.6, offering three years of coverage. 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