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1,289 KDE open-source and Linux related news articles on Phoronix since 2006.

KDE Developers Are Currently Seeing 150~200 Bug Reports Per Day
KDE Developers Are Currently Seeing 150~200 Bug Reports Per Day

KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his weekly development summary outlining the interesting feature work and bug fixes to land in the KDE space. Being fresh off the recent Plasma 6.0 release, a lot of bug reports are still coming in while developers are already busy tackling new features for Plasma 6.1.

9 March 2024 - Plasma 6.0 Recovery - 133 Comments
KDE Plasma 6.0 Is Proving To Be Unlike The Rocky KDE 4 Launch
KDE Plasma 6.0 Is Proving To Be Unlike The Rocky KDE 4 Launch

Nate Graham is out with his belated weekend update to highlight all of the interesting KDE development activity for the week. This week, of course, saw the release of KDE MegaRelease 6 with Plasma 6.0, KDE Gear 24.02, and KDE Frameworks 6.0 in tow. Post-launch Graham characterizes Plasma 6.0 as being in good shape and the extra QA paying off. He commented, "Hopefully this should help banish those now 16-year-old painful memories of KDE 4. It’s a new KDE now. Harder, better, faster, stronger!"

3 March 2024 - Plasma 6.0 - 57 Comments
KDE Plasma 6.0 Ready For Release Next Week, Plasma 6.1 Seeing Early Feature Work
KDE Plasma 6.0 Ready For Release Next Week, Plasma 6.1 Seeing Early Feature Work

It's hard to believe we are already just down to a few days left before the release of Plasma 6.0 next week alongside KDE Frameworks 6 and KDE Gear apps ported over to the Qt6 toolkit. KDE Plasma 6.0 is pretty much primed for release while already fixes are beginning for Plasma 6.0.1 as well as early feature work underway for Plasma 6.1.

24 February 2024 - KDE Plasma 6 - 44 Comments
KDE Slimbook V Announced: The First KDE Plasma 6 Laptop With AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS CPU
KDE Slimbook V Announced: The First KDE Plasma 6 Laptop With AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS CPU

The KDE Plasma 6 open-source desktop environment is launching next week and ahead of that the Slimbook V has been announced, the latest laptop crafted in partnership between the KDE project and Slimbook. This KDE-catered Linux laptop will feature the Plasma 6.0 desktop experience out-of-the-box and is powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS Zen 4 processor.

22 February 2024 - Slimbook V - 61 Comments
More Fixes Land Ahead Of KDE Plasma 6.0 Coming In Two Weeks
More Fixes Land Ahead Of KDE Plasma 6.0 Coming In Two Weeks

There is just two weeks to go until the much-anticipated KDE 6 Mega-Release that includes KDE Plasma 6.0, KDE Frameworks 6, and the updated KDE Gear apps. KDE developers continue fixing bugs as well as already working on KDE Plasma 6.1 features.

17 February 2024 - KDE 6 Mega-Release - 14 Comments
KDE Megarelease 6 RC2 Available For Testing
KDE Megarelease 6 RC2 Available For Testing

Releasing at the end of February is the much anticipated Plasma 6.0 desktop where the Wayland session is the default. Plasma 6.0 will be joined by KDE Frameworks 6.0 and the Qt6-ported KDE Gear apps too. Out today for closing out January is the second release candidate of these packages.

31 January 2024 - KDE Megarelease 6 RC2 - 17 Comments
KDE Plasma 6.0 Release Candidate Available For Testing
KDE Plasma 6.0 Release Candidate Available For Testing

In working toward the stable release of Plasma 6.0 at the end of February, today marks the release candidate of Plasma 6.0 along with the updated Qt6-ported KDE Gear apps and KDE Frameworks 6.0 that comprise the "KDE 6th Megarelease" software.

10 January 2024 - KDE 6th Megarelease - 43 Comments
KDE's Nate Graham On X11 Being A Bad Platform & The Wayland Future
KDE's Nate Graham On X11 Being A Bad Platform & The Wayland Future

As we roll into 2024, Wayland sadly is still proving to be a divisive topic with some frustrated with it either from past experiences or not all software yet being fully adapted to make use of Wayland directly with all available features. There's also some still hoping for an X11 renaissance that will never materialize. Well known KDE developer Nate Graham is out with a blog post today outlining his latest Wayland thoughts, how X11 is a bad platform, and the recent topic of "Wayland breaking everything" isn't really accurate.

27 December 2023 - Wayland Is Good - 465 Comments
KDE KWin Merge Request Opened For Dynamic Triple Buffering
KDE KWin Merge Request Opened For Dynamic Triple Buffering

Similar to the long-worked-on GNOME dynamic triple buffering that is applied when the (most commonly integrated) graphics fall behind schedule in rendering the desktop, a merge request for KDE's KWin compositor has also seen similar work in this area for helping the iGPU catch-up in rendering via a "triple buffering" implementation.

26 December 2023 - KDE Triple Buffering - 18 Comments
KDE Plasma 6 Beta 2 Released For Testing
KDE Plasma 6 Beta 2 Released For Testing

For those with some extra time on your hands around the holidays, the second beta of the upcoming KDE Plasma 6.0 desktop along with KDE Gear applications and KDE Frameworks 6.0 is now available for testing.

20 December 2023 - Plasma 6.0 Beta 2 - 23 Comments
KDE Plasma Mobile 6 Porting Underway
KDE Plasma Mobile 6 Porting Underway

While there has been much talk this year about KDE Plasma 6.0 on the desktop as it gears up for release at the end of February, there's been less talk about the Plasma Mobile work for having the KDE stack on smartphones. But it turns out some progress is quietly being made on KDE Plasma Mobile for bringing it aligned with the "6" platform.

14 December 2023 - KDE Plasma Mobile 6 - 11 Comments
KDE's KWin Adds DMA-Fence Deadline Support
KDE's KWin Adds DMA-Fence Deadline Support

KDE's KWin compositor has added DMA-Fence deadline support to its DRM back-end that can help ensure rendering is completed on-time and otherwise helping to boost the GPU clock speeds.

7 December 2023 - DMA-Fence Deadline - 24 Comments
KDE Addressing A Spike In Bug Reports Following The Plasma 6 Alpha
KDE Addressing A Spike In Bug Reports Following The Plasma 6 Alpha

Following last week's KDE Plasma 6.0 Alpha release with more enthusiasts beginning to test out the next-generation KDE desktop stack, there's been a spike in bug reports. KDE developers are on it working to address these bugs ahead of the Plasma 6.0 stable release at the end of February.

18 November 2023 - KDE Changes - 45 Comments
KDE 3.5 Fork Trinity Desktop 14.1.1 Released
KDE 3.5 Fork Trinity Desktop 14.1.1 Released

While KDE Plasma 6 and associated KDE software components are getting ready for their debut in February, Trinity Desktop continues loosely maintaining a KDE 3.5 fork for that aging desktop environment.

29 October 2023 - TDE R14.1.1 - 42 Comments
KDE Making It Easier To Find Or Offer "Sponsored Work"
KDE Making It Easier To Find Or Offer "Sponsored Work"

If you are particularly annoyed by a bug or missing feature with the KDE desktop, there's a new and easier means of advertising your interest in sponsoring work to get a bug or feature addressed. Similarly for experienced KDE developers a more centralized means of finding sponsored work opportunities.

25 September 2023 - KDE Sponsored Work - 20 Comments
KDE On Wayland: "The Biggest Thing Needed Now Is Adoption By 3rd Party Apps"
KDE On Wayland: "The Biggest Thing Needed Now Is Adoption By 3rd Party Apps"

Given the recent discussions stemming from Fedora 40 planning to ship KDE Plasma 6 and drop the KDE Plasma X11 session to focus solely on Wayland for the next-gen KDE desktop, prominent KDE developer Nate Graham has written a lengthy blog post to outline the current state and his thoughts on KDE Wayland support.

18 September 2023 - KDE On Wayland Is Good - 317 Comments
KDE Plasma 6 & KWin See More Performance Tuning This Week
KDE Plasma 6 & KWin See More Performance Tuning This Week

While leading up to a US holiday weekend, KDE developers haven't let up in their development activities around Plasma 6.0 and associated application work. KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his usual weekly development summary to outline all of the interesting changes for the week.

2 September 2023 - KDE Performance Tuning - 13 Comments
KDE Plasma 6 Now Enables Tap-To-Click By Default
KDE Plasma 6 Now Enables Tap-To-Click By Default

Last week KDE Plasma 6 made the default change from single click to double click for opening files/folders while this week brings another notable default settings change for the desktop... Tap-to-click is finally enabled by default.

26 August 2023 - Tap-To-Click Default - 16 Comments

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