# KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta Released With Many Great Improvements, Kup Backup Scheduler

DevFeed: [KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta Released With Many Great Improvements, Kup Backup Scheduler](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/kde-plasma-6-8-beta-released-with-many-great-improvements-kup-backup-scheduler-12413.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.8-Beta>)

Author: Michael Larabel

Published: 2026-09-10T16:39:24Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Phoronix](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/phoronix.md>)

Topics: [Wayland](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/wayland.md>), [Multi-GPU](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/multi-gpu.md>), [GPU](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gpu.md>), [monitor](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monitor.md>)

Tags: [backup](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backup.md>), [desktop](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/desktop.md>), [desktop-linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/desktop-linux.md>), [gpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gpu.md>), [linux-benchmarking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux-benchmarking.md>), [linux-hardware-benchmarks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux-hardware-benchmarks.md>), [linux-hardware-reviews](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux-hardware-reviews.md>), [linux-how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux-how-to.md>), [linux-performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux-performance.md>), [linux-server-benchmarks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux-server-benchmarks.md>), [monitor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitor.md>), [multi-gpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/multi-gpu.md>), [open-source-graphics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source-graphics.md>), [phoronix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/phoronix.md>), [phoronix-test-suite](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/phoronix-test-suite.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [remote](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/remote.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>), [tool](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tool.md>), [ubuntu-benchmarks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ubuntu-benchmarks.md>), [ubuntu-hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ubuntu-hardware.md>)

## AI overview

KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta introduces improvements to Wayland support, vRAM usage, remote desktops, multi-GPU and multi-monitor handling, theming, and other desktop functionality. It also includes Kup as the Plasma desktop backup scheduler.

## Source excerpt

Ahead of the stable release of Plasma 6.8 due out on 14 October that also marks the 30th anniversary of the KDE project, out today is the much anticipated beta release...