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.
[…] introduces OCR capabilities to the Spectacle screenshot tool
That‘s such a useful feature, glad its implemented.
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



