KDE Plasma 6.6.1 Released: RDP Clipboard, Wayland Output Bugs and a Batch of Minor Fixes
The latest patch for KDE Plasma is now out, bringing a handful of hard‑to‑spot bug fixes that actually make the desktop feel smoother in everyday use. The update cleans up clipboard glitches when using Remote Desktop Protocol clients, stabilises output configuration on Wayland, and patches a few quirks with window decorations and notifications.
RDP Clipboard Gets a Clean Sweep
A long‑standing annoyance for users who rely on remote sessions was that text copied from a Windows machine sometimes vanished or got garbled when pasted back into KDE. The 6.6.1 release replaces the old CLIPRDR handling code with a more robust path that respects the client’s capabilities and avoids race conditions. After the patch, people who frequently hop between a local Linux laptop and a corporate Windows server notice that clipboard data is reliably transferred without losing formatting or encountering random delays.
Wayland Output Configuration Finally Stable
On systems running full‑screen Xwayland or native Wayland, an earlier version of Plasma would occasionally reject user‑defined output settings if they involved mirroring or self‑mirroring outputs. The new commit simply refuses such configurations and falls back to a sane default, preventing the dreaded “No active screen” state that used to appear after a GPU driver update on NVIDIA cards. Users who have experimented with custom multi‑monitor layouts now report no more crashes when unplugging or re‑plugging displays.
Minor Tweaks Worth Noting
Other changes include a tighter integration between the desktop environment and KDE Connect SMS, a fix for the “open containing folder” button in slideshow mode, and several UI refinements that improve readability of clock digits on dark themes. One subtle improvement is the removal of unneeded QML import versions from several applets; this reduces startup time by a few milliseconds on older hardware.
The patch also cleans up a handful of legacy code paths—like dropping an unnecessary Qt sensor dependency in KWin’s compositor and simplifying the logic that applies corner rounding to window items. While each tweak may seem small, they accumulate to give Plasma a more polished feel for people who spend long hours configuring their workspace.
For a detailed change log, check out the official announcement below:
KDE Plasma 6.6.1 bugfix released
Hello all,
Plasma 6.6.1 is now released, Please find full changelog at
https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/plasma/6/6.6.0-6.6.1/
Cheers,
Bhushan
