Post #3389181

2026-06-24 12:21 UTC

He even hints to it being the case for any LTS distribution. This could be problematic for companies that might want to use LTS for their machines. Btw I use KDE on Debian Stable

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@ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 2026-06-24 13:20

I thought perhaps Ubuntu’s LTS point releases of might update it, but after checking, it appears they do not. Kubuntu seems to suggest that they use PPA’s for users who want a newer KDE on an LTS, though I’m unsure how stable that method would be in practice. Overall it does seem that LTS distros tend not to bother updating KDE in particular, unlike perhaps Gnome (which Ubuntu does seem to update in their point releases). Some KDE devs have spoken about someday making LTS versions of KDE that line-up with major LTS distros release schedules (KDE once had an LTS release but dropped it since none of the distros used it for it being out of sync with their schedules, IIRC), but I haven’t heard any news on that front.

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