KDE Plasma 6.8.2 released with more KWin and Wayland fixes
The KDE Project released Plasma 6.8.2 on October 27, 2026, a week after 6.8.1 and two weeks after the 6.8 anniversary release. Most fixes target KWin, including multi-GPU buffer synchronization, display handling, color pipelines and window stacking, plus disappearing desktop icons, launcher behavior, remote desktop and screen recording.
- Plasma 6.8.2 shipped on October 27, 2026, a week after 6.8.1
- KWin fixes cover EGL and Vulkan multi-GPU buffer copies
- Desktop icons, launcher, remote desktop and screen recording fixed
- Plasma 6.8 completed the move away from native X11 sessions
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