Along with the Plasma 6.3.5<\/a> desktop (the last in the 6.3.x series), users also get the KDE Gear 25.04.2<\/a> apps collection, built on Qt version 6.8.2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As we also informed you<\/a>, starting on May 17, Trixie is currently in a hard freeze phase. This phase typically lasts several weeks\u2014the final stage before a new version of Debian is officially released\u2014and ends when everything is stable and ready for launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The inclusion of Plasma 6.3.5 marks a significant move forward compared to the current \u201cBookworm\u201d release, which ships with the older Plasma 5.27<\/a> desktop. It\u2019s a big step toward offering a modern, up-to-date desktop experience, especially for a distro known for playing it safe regarding software choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With that said, KDE users are in for a lot of great improvements, but if we had to sum it up, here are the biggest benefits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, the big question on every Debian user’s mind is when to expect the final stable release of Debian 13, \u201cTrixie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Well, as most longtime users know, Debian doesn\u2019t work on fixed release dates or strict deadlines. Instead, it sticks to the philosophy of \u201cit\u2019ll be ready when it\u2019s ready.\u201d This approach ensures that each release is as stable, polished, and bug-free as possible, one of the main reasons Debian has built such a strong reputation for rock-solid reliability over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, even though things are a bit hard to predict right now, considering all the factors\u2014such as Trixie’s final hard freeze phase\u2014we can say with pretty high confidence that the stable Debian 13 release will arrive next month. So we only have a little longer to wait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Debian 13 \u201cTrixie\u201d is set to ship with KDE Plasma 6.3.5, now officially migrated to Debian Testing ahead of the stable release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":173426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[31,5921,5338],"class_list":["post-173423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-os","category-news","tag-debian","tag-debian-13","tag-plasma-6"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Debian](\"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/debian13-plasma635-desktop-1024x640.jpg\")
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