KDE Plasma 6.7, released on June 16, 2026 — with a bugfix update to 6.7.1 on June 23 — lands one of the Linux desktop community's most durable feature requests: independent virtual desktops for each connected monitor.
Until now, virtual desktops in Plasma worked globally. Switch to workspace 2 and every monitor flipped to workspace 2. For users running multiple monitors with different workflows — a terminal on one display, a browser on another, a video feed on a third — this was a persistent friction point. Plasma 6.7 breaks the coupling. Each connected display can now show a separate virtual desktop, and switching workspaces on one monitor leaves the others untouched. It is a workflow change that many Plasma users have been requesting for the better part of two decades.
Beyond the headline feature, 6.7 brings meaningful quality-of-life improvements. Virtual desktop switching in the Overview screen is now faster, navigable with scroll or Page Up/Down keys. Drag-and-drop support lands for managing favorite applications in the task manager. A new microphone volume testing tool removes guesswork from audio setup. Virtual keyboards gain press-and-hold behavior for accessing special characters — matching the behavior users expect from mobile keyboards. Desktop type-ahead mode speeds up file selection in the file manager.
On the theming front, the classic Oxygen theme — the default look of KDE 4 — returns in modernized form with light, dark, and twilight variants, along with restored wallpapers. This is mostly nostalgia for long-time KDE users, but the execution appears polished rather than merely preserved.
More architecturally significant is the Union theming system, shipping as an opt-in tech preview. Union allows developers and users to style Plasma, QtQuick, and QtWidgets applications using a single CSS framework — a unification of styling that has been a long-standing rough edge in the KDE ecosystem. It is experimental for now, but the direction is clear.
Other additions include color management alongside HDR support (important for high-end display setups), improved Windows network printer connectivity, background app integration in the system tray, and performance improvements for CPU-rendered applications and Intel GPUs.
KDE Plasma 6.7 is available now for distributions that track Plasma releases. Neon, openSUSE, Arch, and Fedora-based KDE desktops should have packages available or incoming shortly.