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1,346 KDE open-source and Linux related news articles on Phoronix since 2006.

KDE Plasma 6.3 To Improve XWayland Window Resizing
KDE Plasma 6.3 To Improve XWayland Window Resizing

KDE developer Vlad Zahorodnii is out with an insightful blog post today on how XWayland window resizing has been enhanced for Plasma 6.3 so that resizing X11 clients will now appear much more polished than the status quo.

28 October 2024 - Nicer XWayland Window Resizing - 12 Comments
KDE Plasma 6.2 Preparing For Release Next Week
KDE Plasma 6.2 Preparing For Release Next Week

KDE developers have been putting the finishing touches on the Plasma 6.2 desktop as it prepares to release next week. Plasma 6.2 will be out on Tuesday barring any last minute issues.

5 October 2024 - KDE Plasma 6.2 On 8 October - 19 Comments
Slimbook KDE Plasma VI Laptop Announced - Powered By AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
Slimbook KDE Plasma VI Laptop Announced - Powered By AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

The Slimbook crew shared on Twitter/X that they are showing off the new Slimbook 6 (Slimbook VI) laptop this weekend during the KDE Akademy conference taking place in the wonderful Würzburg, Germany. This new Slimbook laptop features an AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS SoC and of course uses the KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment out-of-the-box.

7 September 2024 - Slimbook Plasma VI - 27 Comments
KDE Again Operated At A Loss During 2023
KDE Again Operated At A Loss During 2023

KDE e.V. announced the availability today of their annual report for covering 2023. While they made a lot of accomplishments and worked a lot on KDE Plasma 6 development, it was another year they unfortunately operated in the red funding wise.

5 September 2024 - KDE 2023 Report - 46 Comments
KDE Desktop Will Remind You Yearly For Donations, Other Changes For Plasma 6.2
KDE Desktop Will Remind You Yearly For Donations, Other Changes For Plasma 6.2

Plasma 6.2 this week entered its soft feature freeze ahead of the Plasma 6.2 stable release in October. The focus now is on bug-fixing for Plasma 6.2 and at the moment they are at 301 bug reports, which is their lowest amount going back to 2015. The KDE developers hope over the next month to drop that to less than 200 bug reports.

31 August 2024 - Plasma 6.2 Changes - 42 Comments
KDE Human Interface Guidelines Being Further Refined & Polished
KDE Human Interface Guidelines Being Further Refined & Polished

Back in early June the KDE Human Interface Guidelines "HIG" were updated. These design principles for KDE software were updated to modern standards, adapt to the latest Qt toolkit behavior, and also making it more inviting to new contributors. Since then the KDE HIG has continued to see more refinements.

26 July 2024 - KDE HIG 2024 - 20 Comments
KDE Plasma 6.1 Performing Much Better On Older Intel Integrated Graphics
KDE Plasma 6.1 Performing Much Better On Older Intel Integrated Graphics

With the recently released KDE Plasma 6.1 desktop environment, those still relying on old Intel integrated graphics should have a much more pleasant experience thanks to improvements made to the KWin compositor. For very old Intel integrated graphics, it can effectively be a night and day difference upgrading to the new Plasma 6.1 desktop.

25 June 2024 - KDE Plasma 6.1 - 40 Comments
KDE Plasma 6.1 Prepares For Release Next Week
KDE Plasma 6.1 Prepares For Release Next Week

KDE Plasma 6.1 is preparing for release next week on 18 June. KDE developers this week have thus been very busy with last minute finishing touches to this updated desktop while also already beginning feature work on Plasma 6.2.

15 June 2024 - Plasma 6.1 In A Few Days - 29 Comments
KDE Plasma 6.1 Is Looking To Be A "Good One"
KDE Plasma 6.1 Is Looking To Be A "Good One"

The KDE Plasma 6.1 desktop is due for release in a little more than one week. Prominent KDE developer Nate Graham thinks this is going to be a "good one" with a lot of new features, better performance, and more.

8 June 2024 - KDE Plasma 6.1 Coming Soon - 29 Comments
KDE Is Soliciting Ideas For Their Goals To Pursue Over The Next 2~3 Years
KDE Is Soliciting Ideas For Their Goals To Pursue Over The Next 2~3 Years

Back in 2022 the KDE project laid out new goals to improve accessibility, develop more environmentally sustainable software, and automate more processes for easing the development of KDE. These overarching KDE Goals are refined every 2~3 years and they are now soliciting ideas from the community for what they should focus on ahead.

5 June 2024 - KDE Goals - 61 Comments
KDE Landed Many Last Minute Features Ahead Of The Plasma 6.1 Beta
KDE Landed Many Last Minute Features Ahead Of The Plasma 6.1 Beta

It was a busy week for KDE developers ahead of yesterday's Plasma 6.1 Beta release. KDE developer Nate Graham in his weekly development summary outlined all of the interesting changes to make it into the Plasma 6.1 desktop ahead of the feature freeze that went into effect with the beta release.

25 May 2024 - KDE Plasma 6.1 Features - 28 Comments

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