TechKDE marks 30 years with Plasma 6.8 and an end to native X11 sessions

KDE released Plasma 6.8 for its 30th anniversary and ended support for starting native X11 sessions in Plasma. Older X11 applications can still run through XWayland, while Plasma 6.7 users can keep their current sessions for now. The update also adds several features, including default Nvidia triple buffering and integrated backup support.

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