KDE Plasma 6.7 Is Coming June 16th — And I Cannot Wait

Wed, 20 May 2026 09:30:00 -0300

KDE shipped the Plasma 6.7 Beta on May 14, 2026. The final release lands on June 16. I’m still on Plasma 6.6.5 — the stable that shipped in Fedora 44 — and I’m going to stay there until 6.7 hits Fedora’s repos. But I have been reading every announcement, every “This Week in Plasma” post, and every release-note dump KDE has been putting out, and I want to say this clearly:

NVIDIA on Fedora KDE Wayland in 2026: Field Report from an RTX 5070

Tue, 19 May 2026 14:00:00 -0300

NVIDIA on Linux has been a punchline for so long that “just buy AMD” was the standard advice in every Linux subreddit thread. In 2026, on Fedora 44 with KDE Plasma 6.6 on Wayland, running an RTX 5070 (Blackwell) with the 595 driver branch, I want to say something different:

It’s fine. It’s actually fine.

Not “fine if you don’t use Wayland.” Not “fine if you stick to X11.” Fine, full stop. This is the short, honest report of how I run it.

Nvidia on Danilo Falcão da Silva

KDE Plasma 6.7 Is Coming June 16th — And I Cannot Wait

NVIDIA on Fedora KDE Wayland in 2026: Field Report from an RTX 5070