A halin yanzu, muna da nau'ikan Kubuntu guda uku da ake da su: sake zagayowar al'ada Eoan Ermine (watanni 9 na tallafi) tare da nau'ikan LTS guda biyu, Bionic Beaver da Xenial Xerus. Wannan ma yana faruwa a cikin yanayin zane-zane: duk da cewa mafi sabunta sigar shine Plasma 5.16.5, akwai kuma wani nau'in LTS, na jerin 5.12. A yau, KDE Community ya sanar ƙaddamar da Plasma 5.12.9, wanda yayi daidai da sabuntawar sabuntawa na zamani don yanayin yanayin zane wanda aka sake shi sama da shekara da rabi da suka gabata.
Siffar da ta gabata ta wannan jerin ta kasance v5.12.8 kuma an sake ta watanni shida da suka gabata. A duk wannan lokacin, Kungiyar KDE ta samo kuma an gyara ta jimlar gazawa 24 tattara a wannan shigarwa wanda aka buga akan shafin yanar gizon KDE. Wanda aka ambata a matsayin sanannun sabbin abubuwa shine applet na Sharar yana amfani da saitunan inuwa iri ɗaya kamar gunkin tebur, ko kuma an inganta matakin kaifin alamun, ko kuma an sarrafa fassarar multimedia akan allon kulle daidai.
Plasma 5.12.9 LTS sabon salo ne na wannan jerin, wanda aka fitar shekara ɗaya da rabi da suka gabata
Tare da Plasma 5.12.9 tuni azaman isarwa na EOL (End Of Life), KDE ya faɗi haka ba za a sake sake fasalin kulawa ba don wannan jerin. Zasu saki facin tsaro, matuqar suna da mawuyacin yanayin lahani. Don samun sababbin fasali, kuna buƙatar haɓakawa zuwa ingantaccen fasali.
Ga waɗanda suka damu da cewa ba za a sami ƙarin sabuntawa ba don jerin 5.12, dole ne mu tuna cewa an riga an tsara fasalin LTS na gaba. Zai kasance game da Plasma 5.18LTS y isa a cikin watan Fabrairun 2020. Masu haɓaka ta sun ce kwanakin ƙarshe sun dace daidai yadda za a iya amfani da wannan sigar a cikin Kubuntu 20.04 da za a sake ta a tsakiyar Afrilu.