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In the news: New KDE Slimbook Plasma Available for Preorder; Rhino Linux Announces Latest "Quick Update"; Plasma Desktop Will Soon Ask for Donations: Linux Market Share Hits New High; LibreOffice 24.8 Delivers New Features; Deepin 23 Offers Wayland Support and New AI Tool; and Linux Foundation Adopts OMI to Foster Ethical LLMs.
New KDE Slimbook Plasma Available for Preorder
All about power, the latest KDE Slimbook features an AMD 8845HS with CPU 8 cores, 16 threads, and up to 5.1GHz and 24MB cache. You'll also find an AMD 780M GPU, with 12 cores and RDNA 3 and NPU, ready for local AI. While the Slimbook does not ship with AI software preinstalled, it does mean the hardware is ready for AI. With this latest iteration, you can get up to 96GB of RAM (DDR5 5600MHz), so you can imagine how fast the Plasma desktop will perform.
Other features include an 83 Wh battery, four speakers, a full aluminum chassis, a 16" Wide Quad XGA display (2560x1600, 16:10, sRGB 100%, 120Hz, 400 nits), 2 x PCIe 4.0, and the Plasma 6.1 desktop environment (which also includes the LibreOffice office suite). The base system includes 16GB of RAM, a 250GB NVMe drive, and the KDE Neon distribution.
The base price for the KDE Slimbook VI at launch is EUR1,099 (~$1,213) and, of course, you can upgrade it as needed. For a fully-spec'd out version (with 96GB RAM and 2 x 4TB Samsung 990 Pro drive), the cost jumps to EUR2,310 (~$2,550).
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