I installed the current KDE Plasma software also on my Linux system.
Unfortunately, I observe again that some components are crashing.
It seems that this revision of a desktop environment became almost unusable here.
How will chances evolve to make application experiences more pleasing?
A bit puzzling to me.
Do you mean with “Linux system” a Tumbleweed system (as mentioned in your tags)?
Do you mean that you installed KDE Plasma not from the standard Tumbleweed repos (because that is from the view of Tumbleweed “the current”)?
Yes.
No.
Markus_Elfring@Sonne:~> rpm -qi kscreen6 plasma6-desktop
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Source RPM : kscreen6-6.7.0-1.1.src.rpm
Build Date : Fr 12 Jun 2026 21:07:31 CEST
Build Host : reproducible
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Summary : Screen management software by KDE
Description :
KScreen handles screen management for both X11 and Wayland sessions, including rotation, size, refresh rate, and scaling.
Distribution: openSUSE Tumbleweed
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Source RPM : plasma6-desktop-6.7.0-1.1.src.rpm
Build Date : Fr 12 Jun 2026 21:08:01 CEST
Build Host : reproducible
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Vendor : openSUSE
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Summary : The KDE Plasma Workspace Components
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I am looking for more significant software improvements.
When installing, do you use your old /home as the new /home?
Or do you install some Files from the old Installation?
When you use the KDE and Qt Repo for installing KDE 6.7, it is better to open a bugreport.
I performed another software update as usual on my Linux system which is obviously evolving for years.
This possibility might become more interesting again if I would be able to complete desirable debug information before involved software components would be crashing so often at the moment.
Can you show your repolist
zypper lr -d
Sonne:~ # LANG=C zypper lr -d
# | Alias | Name | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Keep | Priority | Type | URI | Service
---+--------------------------------------+-------------------+---------+-----------+---------+------+----------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
1 | Apache | Apache | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 80 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Apache/openSUSE_Factory/ |
2 | Datenbanken | Datenbanken | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 80 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/database/openSUSE_Tumbleweed |
3 | HTTP-Dienste | HTTP-Dienste | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 80 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/http/openSUSE_Tumbleweed |
4 | History-20250329 | History-20250329 | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/history/20250329/tumbleweed/repo/oss/ |
5 | Mozilla | Mozilla | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 80 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_Tumbleweed |
6 | Netzwerk | Netzwerk | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 90 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/network/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/ |
7 | Nvidia | Nvidia | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/tumbleweed/ |
8 | Packman | Packman | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 90 | rpm-md | https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Tumbleweed |
9 | Schriftarten | Schriftarten | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 80 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/M17N:/fonts/openSUSE_Tumbleweed |
10 | Spiele | Spiele | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 80 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_Tumbleweed |
11 | VideoLan | VideoLan | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 80 | rpm-md | https://download.videolan.org/pub/vlc/SuSE/Tumbleweed |
12 | Wine | Wine | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 80 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_Tumbleweed |
13 | Wissenschaft | Wissenschaft | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 80 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/science/openSUSE_Tumbleweed |
14 | XFCE | XFCE | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 80 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/xfce/openSUSE_Tumbleweed |
15 | download.opensuse.org-oss_1 | Main Repository-> | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/source/tumbleweed/repo/oss/ |
16 | download.opensuse.org-oss_2 | Main Repository-> | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/ |
18 | https-download.opensuse.org-3b448e4a | devel:languages-> | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/python:/numeric/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/ |
19 | https-download.opensuse.org-9ddf7903 | openSUSE-Tumble-> | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Tumbleweed/standard/ |
17 | https-download.opensuse.org-39969562 | home:jayvdb:py--> | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/jayvdb:/py-new/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/ |
20 | https-download.opensuse.org-aed983aa | LXDE | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/lxde/openSUSE_Tumbleweed |
21 | https-download.opensuse.org-c92b4172 | devel:languages-> | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 90 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/python/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/ |
22 | non-oss | non-oss | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/non-oss/ |
Would you like to clarify any software dependencies in more detail?
No.
Such a repolist with home and development repositories are the reason for issues like yours. Full stop.
No Plasma component crashes with the latest TW snapshot here.
I did find a possible problem with the KDE Plasma 6.7.0 update.
First, you seem to be saying your display setting crashed or something?
For me, using the Union Application Style caused the Desktop and Wallpaper configuration to crash and I didn’t investigate at all. Union is in development so don’t use it if you’re trying to avoid problems.
I also tested the Air and Oxygen global themes. After restoring my custom global theme I was checking Colors, Icons, Splash Screen etc in System Settings to make sure they were all back to my usual settings.
When I clicked on Login Screen SDDM System Settings crashed. You can see an error about X and Glx is you run System Settings from the terminal. I investigated this a little bit and manually changing my SDDM theme to breeze in the SDDM configuration file didn’t fix it. It crashed when using Wayland and X. I believe it’s related to KDE’s move to Wayland only.
You didn’t say if you’re using X or Wayland, but the SDDM configuration causing System Settings to crash appears to be the only real problem that I’ve found, and it could be only on my system.
If there’s problems with an update they’re always listed on this forum. I assume it’ll be the same this time. After more people update any problems will be posted.
Also, were you completely up to date before the Plasma 6.7 update? If you were behind and/or received a GPU driver update and the Plasma 6.7 update at the same time, then you could have GPU issues that are unrelated to the Plasma 6.7 update.
I do not see any problems with my system:
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20260618
KDE Plasma Version: 6.7.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.27.0
Qt Version: 6.11.1
Kernel Version: 7.0.12-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Graphics Processor: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Looking at your list of repositories I think you should consider reading this post from the openSUSE Factory mailing list.
Mostly, yes.
Another software update provided further adjustments a moment ago.
I can try the software combination “openSUSE-Tumbleweed-KDE-Live-x86_64-Snapshot20260618-Media.iso” out mostly as expected from a Ventoy USB storage device while “neon-user-desktop-20260618-0758.iso” seems not to work with my device “nVidia GK208B [GeForce GT 730]” at the moment.
I was stuck to the X11 interface for a while.
I hope that session management support will grow for further desktop environments.
KDE Plasma landed in the TW repos yesterday, so any TW+KDE user has it with 20260618 has it now. I will not invest in testing stuff on X11, since upstream KDE will drop all support for X11 in Plasma 6.8 . So first thing to check is whether issues persist on Wayland + on Wayland for a new user.
Would you be looking for better session management support accordingly?
Meaning?
I 3-4 years ago logged out of Plasma, picked the Wayland session from the left bottom of the screen, logged in and that was it, Plasma Wayland was default selected on all logins after.
Did you notice any remaining open issues for session and screen management in the meantime?
Yes. I was a user of latte-dock, and barrier, but I gave up both and looked for other native KDE options. And mutli screen has improved a lot and friends state that that these days is great.
But, why don’t you create a new user, login as that user and check for yourself. You know what your needs are, I don’t.
I imagine that recent functionality adjustments will trigger more desirable collateral evolution.