KDE devs disable potentially seizure inducing Plasma effect as accessibility work continues
The KDE developers are working towards making the Plasma desktop environment more accessible, with an essential tweak to the defaults.
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KDE Plasma will continue having an X11 session, as Kubuntu switches to Wayland by default
KDE developers confirm Plasma will continue having a maintained X11 session, and now we know Kubuntu will be Wayland by default.
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KDE Plasma 6.4 brings improvements for accessibility, colour rendering, tablet support and more
KDE Plasma 6.4 has arrived bringing lots of modern enhancements to my favourite Linux desktop environment, and what's used on SteamOS / Steam Deck Desktop Mode.
System76 COSMIC Alpha 7 is out with new accessibility features, global shortcuts and more
System76 continue building up their desktop environment COSMIC, with a 7th Alpha release now available for testing built on top of Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS alpha.
KDE Plasma 6.3.4 fixes 'the most common Plasma crash', now down to zero very high priority bugs
Work on the KDE Plasma desktop sounds like it continues to go very well, with some really important bug fixes arriving to make the experience a lot nicer. My favourite Linux desktop environment and what powers the Desktop Mode on Steam Deck.
KDE Plasma 6.3 is out now with big fractional scaling improvements, drawing tablet upgrades and more
KDE Plasma 6.3 has been released and it's another beautiful sounding release! Filled with new features and fixes for my favourite Linux desktop environment. Plasma is also used on the Steam Deck for the Desktop Mode.
System76's COSMIC Alpha 5 is here with a new media player, VRR improvements and lots of fixes
Hardware vendor System76 continue building up their new Linux desktop environment, COSMIC, with a fifth alpha now available for testing.
KDE Plasma 6.3 will have much better fractional scaling
The KDE team continuing building up the next version of the popular KDE Plasma desktop environment, with Plasma 6.3.0 getting some great additions.
Xfce 4.20 desktop released with experimental Wayland support
After two years of work the Xfce team have release Xfce 4.20 which amongst many other things, now has very experimental Wayland support.
Linux Mint partners up with Framework, also working on Night Light for Cinnamon desktop
Some fun Linux distro news for you this morning as the Linux Mint team have a fresh blog post up on what they've been doing and it's quite exciting to see.
KDE Plasma 6.2 released with improved Wayland colour management
The KDE team have today released the Plasma 6.2 desktop environment bringing with it a "friendlier, more accessible and smarter environment".
System76 release COSMIC Alpha 2
System76 are continuing to expand and improve their new Linux desktop environment, COSMIC, with a second Alpha release now available for testing.
GNOME 47 'Denver' released with Accent Colours and various System Enhancements
The latest update to the GNOME desktop environment has been released, with GNOME 47 bringing some really quite lovely sounding improvements.
KDE Plasma 6.2 Beta released and Plasma Wayland Protocols 1.14 out now
Time for a little testing over the weekend, as the KDE team have released Plasma 6.2 Beta along with updated Plasma Wayland Protocols.
System76 desktop environment COSMIC alpha now available to try
System76 have today released the first alpha preview for you to try out COSMIC, their brand new home-grown desktop environment.
COSMIC Alpha coming in July - System76 reveal branding, a big hardware sale with new merch
System76 are making a bit of a splash today, ahead of the Alpha release of their new desktop environment named COSMIC.
Plasma 6.1 released with Explicit Sync, Triple Buffering for Wayland and much more
KDE Plasma 6.1 has been released today bringing with it plenty of exciting new features, some big and some small but there's plenty to enjoy.
KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta released with Wayland Explicit Sync support
Time for testing, especially for those of you with an NVIDIA GPU as the KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta is now live with some new features.
KDE Plasma 6.1 will be able to sync keyboard RGB to your chosen accent colour
More work is ongoing for the upcoming KDE Plasma 6.1 release, and there's some fun stuff being added like the ability to sync your keyboard RGB lighting up to your Plasma accent colouring.
KDE Plasma app Ark gets support for self-extracting .exe archive files
In another of their regular update blog posts, KDE's Nate Graham has highlighted some recent new KDE Plasma features coming soon to the desktop.
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