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Month: February 2026

KDE 6_26.02 for Slackware-current

Today I released a fresh batch of KDE Plasma6 packages for 32bit and 64bit Slackware-current to my ‘ktown‘ repository.

You will find these packages at the origin location: https://slackware.nl/alien-kde/current/testing/ together with an expansive README which will help you remove KDE Plasma5 from your Slackware-current computer and install the ‘ktown‘ version of KDE Plasma6 instead.

My intention is to keep this new Plasma6 package repository in a ‘testing‘ state (as reflected in the repository URL) until KDE Gear (Applications and PIM) version 26.04 is released in April 2026
I expect that the few remaining Qt5 based KDE applications will finally have been ported to Qt6 by that time. That moment, the repository will be promoted from ‘testing‘ to ‘latest‘ and that will then reflect in the repository URL.

If you want to peek at the source code management, I track everything in a git repository. You will find the 6_26.02 branch at: https://git.slackware.nl/ktown/

Let me know what you think after trying out these Plasma6 packages. As usual you can leave your feedback in the comments section below.

Cheers, Eric

OpenJDK updates (Slackware packages)

Last weekend I uploaded updates for OpenJDK based Java versions 8, 11 and 17, and added a new version 21 to the repository.

Update 16-feb-2026: I also added OpenJDK 25 packages.

Specifically, my repository now offers:

  • openjdk (version 8): updated to 8u482_b08 for Slackware 15.0 and newer, using the icedtea 3.38.0 framework.
    Note: for OpenJDK 8, you need to install either the JDK or the JRE, not both (the JDK contains the JRE).
  • openjdk11: updated to 11.0.30_7.
  • openjdk17: updated to 17.0.18_8.
  • openjdk21: added 21.0.10_7.
  • openjdk25: added 25.0.3_2. (New per 16-feb-2026!)

All these Java versions are LTS (Long Term Supported) releases. Packages are for Slackware 15.0 and newer. Both 32bit and 64bit variants are offered.
Only install one version of Java!

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