KDE Plasma 6.8 即将发布，它不仅带来了重获新生的 Oxygen 主题，还正式移除了 X11 会话。对于偏好复古外观的用户，一个名为 Klassik 的新项目利用现代 Plasma 技术重现了 KDE 3 的使用体验。根据最新的“本周 Plasma”更新，KDE 已经发布了 Plasma 6.8 的第二个也是最后一个测试版，而开发人员已经开始为 Plasma 6.9 提交代码变更。
KDE Plasma 6.8 is nearly here, bringing the revived Oxygen theme and dropping its X11 session. For those who prefer an older look, a new project called Klassik recreates the KDE 3 experience using modern Plasma technology. KDE has released the second and final beta of Plasma 6.8, while developers have already begun landing changes for Plasma 6.9, according to the latest This Week in Plasma update.
如我们在 Akademy 大会前所提到的，如果不出现延期，正式版定于 10 月 14 日发布，这一天也是 KDE 成立 30 周年纪念日。Plasma 6.8 也将是首个不再提供 X11 桌面会话的版本，我们曾在去年 11 月对此发出过预警。虽然 Plasma 6.7 仍将该会话作为可选安装项提供，但从 6.8 版本开始，桌面环境将完全运行在 Wayland 之上。
Barring delays, the release is scheduled for October 14, KDE's 30th anniversary, as we mentioned ahead of the Akademy conference. Plasma 6.8 will also be the first release without an X11 desktop session, a change we warned about last November. Plasma 6.7 still offers the session as an optional installation, but, from 6.8, the desktop itself will run on Wayland.
X11 应用程序将继续通过 XWayland 正常运行。KDE 的周年庆典还将包括一部关于该项目的长篇纪录片，由爱尔兰视频制作人 Cult.Repo 制作，预告片现已发布。此次测试版继续对 Union 主题引擎进行公开预览，该引擎现在可以为 Dolphin 和 Kate 等 QtWidgets 应用程序设置样式，尽管 KDE 提醒称目前该支持仍处于初步阶段。
X11 applications will continue to work through XWayland. KDE's anniversary celebrations will also include a feature-length documentary about the project from Irish video producer Cult. Repo. A trailer is already available. The beta continues the public preview of the Union theme engine, which can now style QtWidgets applications such as Dolphin and Kate, although KDE warns that the support remains preliminary.
重获新生的 Oxygen 主题也将在 Plasma 6.8 中得到进一步优化。KDE 3 以 Klassik 的形式回归如果所有这些新潮的功能都不合你的口味，那么一个新宣布的项目 Klassik 可能更具吸引力。Klassik 并非 KDE 3 的分支或移植版。它利用 Qt 6、Qt Quick 和 KDE Frameworks 6，在 Plasma 6 中重现了旧版桌面的外观和行为，并支持 Wayland 和分数缩放。
The revived Oxygen theme is also receiving further polish for Plasma 6.8. KDE 3 returns in Klassik form If all that new shiny is not your speed, a newly announced project called Klassik may be more appealing. Klassik is not a fork or port of KDE 3. It recreates the old desktop's appearance and behavior within Plasma 6 using Qt 6, Qt Quick, and KDE Frameworks 6, with support for Wayland and fractional scaling.
KDE 3.0 于 2002 年 4 月发布，该系列于 2008 年 8 月以 KDE 3.5.10 告终。Klassik 是在 Plasma 6 所使用的库之上重新实现了该桌面的元素，而不是试图复活其原始的 Qt 3 代码。Klassik 重新实现了 21 世纪初的面板、K 菜单、快速启动和任务管理器，以及锁定和注销按钮，甚至包括那个经典的旧时钟。
KDE 3.0 appeared in April 2002, and the series ended with KDE 3.5.10 in August 2008. Klassik reimplements elements of that desktop on the libraries used by Plasma 6 rather than attempting to revive its original Qt 3 code. Klassik reimplements the early-noughties panel, K Menu, Quicklaunch and Task Manager, along with the lock and logout buttons, and even the old clock.
说实话，这并不是 The Reg FOSS Desktop 特别怀念的 KDE 桌面环境；但我们相信它仍会吸引一些长期使用 KDE 的用户。我们很高兴看到那些几十年前设计的 Qt 界面能够通过现代工具被重新实现。Lomiri 桌面环境仍在开发中，但它作为一个同时适用于触摸屏和 PC 的集成型桌面环境，并不能直接取代 Canonical 的旧 Unity 桌面环境。
To be perfectly honest, this is not an era of the KDE desktop that The Reg FOSS desk is especially nostalgic for, but we're sure it will have strong appeal for some longtime KDE users. We're delighted to see decades-old Qt designs recreated using modern tools. The Lomiri desktop remains in development, but as a converged environment for touchscreens and PCs it is not a direct replacement for Canonical's old Unity desktop.
我们仍然希望有人能够对基于 Qt 的轻量级 Unity 2D 界面进行类似的改进（其源代码目前仍托管在 Launchpad 上）。另一个值得关注的候选者是 Xandros Desktop：Xandros 曾收购了 Corel LinuxOS，并开发出了一个基于 KDE 的桌面环境，我们在 20 年前就非常喜欢这个界面；PCMag Australia 仍然保存着该界面在 2007 年的截图，至今它依然是我们见过的最简洁、设计最优秀的 KDE 界面之一。
We would still love to see someone give the lightweight, Qt-based Unity 2D similar treatment; its source remains on Launchpad – for now. Another candidate would be the old Xandros Desktop. Xandros acquired Corel LinuxOS and produced a KDE-based desktop that The rather liked 20 years ago. PCMag Australia still hosts screenshots from 2007, and to this day it remains one of the cleanest KDE arrangements we've seen.
除了 Klassik 之外，还有其他几个项目也在努力保留 KDE 的传统设计风格。其中最古老、也最成熟的项目是 Trinity Desktop Environment（简称 TDE）。Klassik 与 TDE 在外观上有些相似，但 TDE 并没有使用现代的 KDE 库或 Qt6——该项目使用自己开发的 Qt3 版本（称为 TQt），最新版本是 14.1.6，发布于今年 4 月。
Four forks to fondle Klassik is not the only attempt to preserve an earlier KDE experience. Four actual forks or derivatives also cater to users unimpressed by the project's more recent direction. The oldest and best-established is the Trinity Desktop Environment, or TDE. Klassik looks somewhat similar, but TDE isn't based on the modern KDE libraries and Qt6 – the project maintains its own fork of Qt3, called TQt.
TDE 的官方文档列出了 14 个已经支持该界面的 Linux 发行版。我们上次关注 TDE 是在 2025 年 5 月。另外，西班牙的 Vendefoul 发行版（我们在 7 月份提到过）则在 XLibre 桌面环境中运行 TDE。如果你对现代的 KDE Plasma 界面没有意见，但不喜欢 Wayland 显示技术，那么新的 Sonic 桌面环境可能会吸引你；这是一个全新的 KDE 分支项目，其开发工作仍在 GitHub 上进行中。
The latest release is version 14.1.6, released in April this year. The TDE wiki lists 14 distros for which the current version is already available. We last looked at TDE in May 2025. The Spanish Vendefoul distro, which we mentioned in July, runs TDE on top of XLibre. If you're happy with modern KDE Plasma, but don't want Wayland, then the new Sonic desktop may appeal. This is a new fork, and development on GitHub is active.
Sonic 桌面环境拥有自己定制的 KWin 窗口管理器（称为 Sonic-win），并且仍然支持 X11 显示协议。如果你觉得 KDE 3 的设计过于“现代化”（即过于复杂/不符合传统审美），那么 MiDesktop 项目可能会更符合你的需求——这个项目是基于 KDE 1.1.2 版本开发的，KDE 1.1.2 是 KDE 1.0 的最后一个版本，也是该项目在 20 世纪的最后一个正式发布版本。
It has its own fork of the KWin window manager, called Sonic-win, which retains X11 support. If KDE 3 is uncomfortably modern, then the MiDesktop project is reaching back further still. This is a fork of KDE version 1.1.2, the last release of KDE 1 and the project's final release of the 20th century.
MiDesktop 使用 Osiris 工具包，它是 Qt 2.3.2 的一个分支。我们不太理解的是 Katana 桌面环境。它是 KDE 4 的一个分支，也是首个采用全新 Plasma 桌面环境的版本。KDE 4.0 于 2008 年推出，最后一个发布版本是 2014 年的 KDE 4.14。KDE 4 出了名地争议不断，尤其是在早期版本中。据我们所见，The 没有报道 4.0 版，但我们确实在同年稍后报道了 4.1 版。
MiDesktop uses the Osiris toolkit, a fork of Qt 2.3.2. The one we don't quite fathom is the Katana desktop. This is a fork of KDE 4, the first version with the new Plasma desktop. KDE 4.0 appeared in 2008 and its final release was KDE 4.14 in 2014. KDE 4 proved notoriously divisive, especially in its early releases. As far as we can see, The didn't cover the 4.0 release, but we did report on version 4.1 later the same year.
我们有些惊讶，居然有人想让该项目复兴。显然，其维护者现在可能也有类似感受：GitHub 仓库显示，过去三年没有任何提交或发布记录。®
We are a little surprised anyone would want to revive it. Apparently its maintainers may now feel similarly: the GitHub repository shows no commits or releases in the past three years. ®