Plasma 6.8 goes Wayland-only, so we forked it

KDE Plasma 6.8 is going Wayland-only in a few days, so we forked it for you.

The SonicDE desktop

Meet SonicDE

SonicDE is pure X11, and a home for your KDE and Qt 6 native apps. If you depend on X11, you can keep a KDE desktop and the applications you already use, without switching to Wayland.

Where it stands

SonicDE is currently made up of about 140 components, based on Plasma 6.7.5. It will move to 6.8 soon.

Get it

Find the packages for your distribution on the Installing SonicDE page. If you'd rather build it yourself, follow the build guide in our documentation.