KDE Project’s upcoming KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop environment series is expected on February 17th, 2026, and it’s packed with many new features and improvements, so let’s take a look at the biggest changes so far.

KDE Plasma 6.6 promises a new “Plasma Login Manager” display manager that could replace existing login managers like SDDM in popular distributions shipping with a KDE Plasma edition, such as the upcoming Fedora Linux 44, but most probably also in CachyOS, EndeavourOS, and other distros.

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    […] introduces OCR capabilities to the Spectacle screenshot tool

    That‘s such a useful feature, glad its implemented.

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    improve battery handling on laptops

    anyone know what this is about?

    a workaround for Windows games with HDR support to ensure the colors still look good when running them in Wine or Proton

    sounds good