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KDE Plasma 6.6.0 has been released with over 2,500 changelog lines, bringing notable improvements including a new on-screen keyboard, OCR-powered text extraction in the Spectacle screenshot tool, QR code Wi-Fi credential scanning, a first-run setup wizard, and enhanced accessibility features. The release maintains its cross-platform stance, pledging not to require systemd across the board—though the new Plasma Login Manager does depend on it, sparking ongoing controversy. BSD support improves with OpenBSD fixes and FreeBSD 15.1 targeting a KDE desktop installer option. The systemd debate has caused KaOS Linux (13 years KDE-only) to experimentally drop KDE in favor of a Niri/Noctalia-based setup, mirroring a similar move by Nitrux Linux.

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