{"id":19162,"date":"2026-10-21T14:14:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=19162"},"modified":"2026-10-21T14:14:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:14:38","slug":"sonicde-6-8-0-out-in-stable-testing-for-arch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2026\/10\/21\/sonicde-6-8-0-out-in-stable-testing-for-arch\/","title":{"rendered":"SonicDE 6.8.0 Out in Stable-Testing for Arch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SonicDesktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-23.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-23.png 584w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-23-300x232.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You&#8217;ll have a lot more packages to replace and remove as I think they incorporating all the KDE packages to avoid future breakage. You will have to change the repo from stable to stable-testing in \/etc\/pacman.conf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&#91;sonicde-stable-testing]\nServer = https:\/\/github.com\/sonicde-arch\/stable-testing\/releases\/download\/$arch<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I commented out the stable entry and put in the new entry so I can easily fallback later. There is also a beta update channel. Kudos to the SonicDE team for keeping KDE going forward with X11 and XLibre for those of us that won&#8217;t use IBM\/Red Hat&#8217;s Wayland display server technology for AI integration&#8230; And this works for the BSD operating systems as Linus Torvalds is getting carried away with AI and with the first signs of unvetted AI code getting into the kernel, I&#8217;m switching to a BSD. I believe it was in the OpenBSD forum that they&#8217;re not including AI generated code because of licensing issues, as you can&#8217;t license code that wasn&#8217;t human created and might be derivative of someone&#8217;s else&#8217;s work. So I&#8217;m not sure how legal these AI vibe coded operating systems and software are going to hold up over time (DHH and Omarchy?).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_d49ba588-75b0-4861-bd73-e7d7853b9a92\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sonicde-arch.github.io\/\">https:\/\/sonicde-arch.github.io\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adding a Repository to Pacman<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once you added the public key, also add an entry for the SonicDE repository to the end of the file <a href=\"https:\/\/man.archlinux.org\/man\/pacman.conf.5\"><code>\/etc\/pacman.conf<\/code><\/a> using <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.archlinux.org\/title\/Sudo\"><code>sudo<\/code><\/a> and your favorite editor:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stable Repository<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This repository contains the latest stable and tested SonicDE version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&#91;sonicde]\nServer = https:\/\/sonicde-arch.github.io\/$arch\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stable-Testing Repository<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This repository contains the upcoming stable SonicDE version for testing purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&#91;sonicde-stable-testing]\nServer = https:\/\/github.com\/sonicde-arch\/stable-testing\/releases\/download\/$arch\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beta Repository<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This repository occasionally contains a beta version of SonicDE version for feature development purposes. It\u2019s activation and deactivation will be announced in the SonicDE chats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&#91;sonicde-beta]\nServer = https:\/\/github.com\/sonicde-arch\/beta\/releases\/download\/$arch\n<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ll have a lot more packages to replace and remove as I think they incorporating all the KDE packages to avoid future breakage. You will have to change the repo from stable to stable-testing in \/etc\/pacman.conf. I commented out the stable entry and put in the new entry so I can easily fallback later. 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