What's new in Kubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)
Oct 31, 2023
- Core desktop and applications:
- Plasma 5.27: simple by default, powerful when needed:
- Plasma 5.27 has been developed to make it smoother to use while retaining the familiar setup.
- Kubuntu 23.10 ships the 8th scheduled bugfix release of KDE Plasma 5.27 (5.27.8).
- Web browser and office suite:
- Firefox 118.0.1 snap is the default browser.
- LibreOffice 7.6.2.1 is provided by default in the full installation.
- Qt:
- Kubuntu 23.10 ships with Qt 5.15.10.
- Other highlights/notes:
- Plasma Wayland session:
- A Plasma Wayland session is available for testing, but is not supported. A Wayland session can be started by selecting it at the login screen.
- Flatpaks:
- To enable Flatpaks in KDE’s Discover in Kubuntu 23.10, run this command:
- sudo apt install flatpak plasma-discover-backend-flatpak
- To enable the largest Flatpak repository, run this command:
- flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
- Log out and log back in (or restart) to re-initialize the XDG_DATA_DIRS variable, otherwise, newly installed Flatpak apps will not run or appear in the startup menu.