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1,222 KDE open-source and Linux related news articles on Phoronix since 2006.

The Progress With KDE Plasma 6's KWin HDR Support
The Progress With KDE Plasma 6's KWin HDR Support

Following last month's Red Hat hosted HDR hackfest that brought together many Linux desktop stakeholders from GPU driver developers to desktop environment developers, KDE developer Xaver Hugl has shared an update on the progress being made for high dynamic range (HDR) display support from the KWin side.

18 May 2023 - KDE + HDR - 64 Comments
KDE Plasma Wayland Session Sees More Fixes Ahead Of Plasma 6.0
KDE Plasma Wayland Session Sees More Fixes Ahead Of Plasma 6.0

While the past week saw many KDE developers get together for a Plasma 6.0 development sprint in Bavaria, the development pace for code changes during this time period didn't lighten up. There still was a lot of code being committed for continuing to advance this open-source desktop environment.

12 May 2023 - Plasma Wayland Fixes - 14 Comments
KDE Plasma 6 Aiming For Better Defaults - Including Wayland By Default
KDE Plasma 6 Aiming For Better Defaults - Including Wayland By Default

Following the recent Plasma 6 developer sprint in Bavaria is an update on the achievements from that KDE developer event. KDE developer Nate Graham published a blog post today that focuses on some of the default changes intended for Plasma 6.0, including hopes of being able to use the Wayland session by default.

11 May 2023 - Plasma 6 Defaults - 47 Comments
KDE Ends Out April Continuing Its "Bug Slaughterfest"
KDE Ends Out April Continuing Its "Bug Slaughterfest"

KDE developers this month have been tackling many open bugs as well as seeing the early Plasma 6 development state rough yet usable. In ending out April, they continued their "bug slaughterfest" in whittling away at their open bug count.

29 April 2023 - KDE Changes This Week - 8 Comments
KDE Connect 2.0 Planning For Big Improvements
KDE Connect 2.0 Planning For Big Improvements

KDE Connect is the great software that allows for interfacing between the KDE desktop and your various mobile devices running Android, Plasma Mobile, Apple iOS, or even Sailfish OS. KDE Connect allows easily sharing files and data with your mobile device(s), receiving phone notifications on your desktop, and a lot of other remote/cross-device functionality. The KDE Connect 2.0 initiative that is taking shape this year thanks to full-time development work is going to modernize this open-source solution.

12 April 2023 - KDE Connect 2.0 - 25 Comments
KDE XWayland Video Bridge Aims To Improve Linux Desktop Screen Sharing
KDE XWayland Video Bridge Aims To Improve Linux Desktop Screen Sharing

KDE developers David Edmundson and Alex Poi have begun working on XWaylandVideoBridge as a new project to help improve Linux desktop screen sharing for X11-based applications that may try to share the contents of Wayland screens, such as could be the case for some software like Discord, Microsoft Teams, Skype, and others.

22 March 2023 - xwaylandvideobridge - 21 Comments
KDE Delivers More Wayland Fixes & Plasma 6.0 Changes This Week
KDE Delivers More Wayland Fixes & Plasma 6.0 Changes This Week

KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his usual weekly development summary that highlights all of the interesting desktop changes made over the course of the past seven days. This week he particularly calls out more Wayland fixes -- a common occurrence in the KDE camp.

18 March 2023 - KDE Wayland Fixes!! - 26 Comments
KDE KWin's Move Away From GBM Surfaces
KDE KWin's Move Away From GBM Surfaces

KDE developer Xaver Hugl has written a blog post how the KWin compositor's DRM back-end has been working to move itself off GBM surfaces (gbm_surfaces) to instead allocate buffers directly and import them into EGL. This ultimately should be a win for the KWin compositor once everything is complete.

14 March 2023 - gbm_surface - 82 Comments
KDE's Multi-Monitor Support Continues To Be Improved
KDE's Multi-Monitor Support Continues To Be Improved

While last week brought the Plasma 5.27 release as the last feature update to the Plasma 5 series, KDE developers haven't letup in their development efforts with this week continuing to be quite busy for the developers from bug fixing to new features.

25 February 2023 - KDE Multi-Monitor Enhancements - 46 Comments
KDE Improving File Access For Apple iOS Devices With New KIO AFC
KDE Improving File Access For Apple iOS Devices With New KIO AFC

With KDE Gear next year there will be improved support for accessing files from Apple iOS devices like iPhones and iPads. There already exist several KDE implementations for accessing files off iOS devices while a new one written against the latest KIO code has been merged.

28 November 2022 - iPhone + iPad File Access Using AFC - 10 Comments
Prominent KDE Developer Nate Graham Joins The KDE e.V. Board - Pitches More Fundraising
Prominent KDE Developer Nate Graham Joins The KDE e.V. Board - Pitches More Fundraising

Prominent KDE developer Nate Graham who the past several years has focused on fixing many bugs and nuisances with the KDE desktop as well as being well known for his weekly "This Week In KDE" development summaries has been elected to the KDE e.V. Board of Directors. As part of the board, his platform is on fundraising more for KDE and hoping to hire more developers to further accelerate this open-source desktop environment.

17 October 2022 - KDE e.V. Board of Directors - 19 Comments

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