[Testing Update] 2025-10-13 - Kernels, Qt 6.10, KDE Frameworks & Gear
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Hello community, here we have another set of package updates. Welcome to our new development cycle of Manjaro 25.1.0, code-named ‘Anh-Linh’. It is not sure yet if we will focus on Plasma 6.4 series or adopt 6.5 series early on. For sure we will introduce GNOME 49 and maybe Cosmic 1.0 (Beta). Current Promotions Get the latest Gaming Laptop by Slimbook powered by Manjaro: Slimbook Manjaro III Protect your personal data, keep yourself safe with Surfshark VPN: See current promotion Recent News ...

Notable from these notes:

  • They’re deciding if they want to move up to KDE Plasma 6.5, or stick with the 6.4 releases.
  • There are plans to add Gnome 49 and Cosmic Desktop.
  • Linux Kernel 6.16 is now EOL. You can move to kernel 6.17 (stable), or 6.12 LTS.
  • More package updates: Qt 6.10, KDE Frameworks 6.19.0, KDE Gear 25.08.2, New update to grub to fix installations on older UEFI systems, amdvlk got removed, LiberOffice 25.8.2, Pipewire 1.4.9, ROCm 6.4.4, Vulkan SDK 1.4.328.1, Haskell and Python updates