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KDE's Plasma Login Manager is dropping FreeBSD support due to hard dependencies on systemd and logind, which are Linux-specific components. A merge request by KDE engineer Nicolas Fella was accepted to focus compatibility on Linux systems. FreeBSD users can still run KDE Plasma desktop environment using SDDM, the existing login manager that works on their systems. This change doesn't represent KDE abandoning FreeBSD entirely, but rather prioritizing resources toward Linux and systemd-based systems where the new login manager is designed to function.

FreeBSD is a No-Go for KDE's Plasma Login Manager