I-KDE Plasma 5.8.4 isiyatholakala, ukuvuselelwa kwesine kokugcinwa kwemvelo kwe-KDE Plasma 5.8 LTS okuzojabulela ukwesekwa kuze kube ngu-Ephreli 2018. Le nguqulo entsha ifike emasontweni amathathu ngemuva kwe-v5.8.3 futhi iza nenhloso enkulu yokwenza ngcono ukuzinza, ukuphepha nokuthembeka kokunye izindawo ezibukekayo neziheha ngokwezifiso ezikhona ku-Linux.
El kwethulwa kwenzeke izolo, ngoNovemba 22, ngakho-ke ngalesi sikhathi kufanele ngabe selivele litholakala ezinqolobaneni ezizinzile zanoma yikuphi ukusatshalaliswa kwe-Linux okusebenzisa iPlasma njengendawo yokuqhafaza. Njengoba onjiniyela beKDE besho, «ukukhishwa kwanamuhla ukubuyekezwa kokulungiswa kwe-bug kwe-KDE Plasma 5, inguqulo 5.8.4. IPlasma 5.8 ikhishwe ngo-Okthoba inezici eziningi zokucwenga kanye namamojula amasha wokuqedela ulwazi lwedeskithophu. Lokhu kukhishwa kungeza amaviki amathathu avumelekile wokuhumusha nokulungiswa okuvela kubanikeli. Ukulungiswa kwamaphutha kuvame ukuba kuncane kepha kubalulekile".
I-KDE Plasma 5.8.5 iyeza ngoDisemba 27
Phakathi kwe ukulungiswa kufaka phakathi I-KDE Plasma 5.8.4 esinayo izimbungulu ezahlukahlukene ezibikwe ngabasebenzisi abakhona ku-v5.8.3 noma ngaphambili nge-Breeze, i-Plasma Discover, i-Plasma Addons, ukuhlanganiswa kwe-KWayland, i-Oxygen, i-Plasma Desktop, i-Plasma SDK, i-Plasma Workspace, nezinto ze-KWin.
Noma kunjalo kuzoba khona okunye ukubuyekezwa kwePlasma kulo nyakaNjengoba ukukhishwa kwe-KDE Plasma 5.8.5 LTS kuhlelwe izinsuku ezimbili ngemuva kukaKhisimusi, okungukuthi, ngoDisemba 27, 2016. Ngemuva kwalokho, abathuthukisi be-KDE bazosebenzela ukulungiselela ukukhishwa kwe-v5.9, inguqulo okufanele fika cishe ngoJanuwari 31.
Kubasebenzisi abakhetha ukweqa kusuka enguqulweni ye-LTS kuya enguqulweni ye-LTS, i- NgoFebhuwari 21, 2017 v5.8.6 uzofika, ngoMeyi 23 i-v5.8.7 kwathi ngo-Okthoba 17 i-5.8.8. Uma bekufanele nginikeze abanye izeluleko, ngicabanga ukuthi lokhu kungaba yindlela engcono kakhulu, ngoba iPlasma ingadala izinkinga ezithile kumakhompyutha amaningi, futhi yingakho ngingajwayele ukusebenzisa le ndawo yokuqhafaza kwi-laptop yami yize ngiyithanda.