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KDE Plasma waves goodbye to X11 for Plasma 6.8
KDE developer David Edmundson has blogged about the upcoming purge of X11, as KDE Plasma moves to a Wayland-only world.
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KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta arrives with Plasma Bigscreen, new Union theme system
KDE Plasma 6.7 is shaping up to be a big release, with the introduction of Plasma Bigscreen along with a new theme system.
KDE gets over €1 million in funding from the Sovereign Tech Fund
Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency via the Sovereign Tech Fund announced over €1 million in funding for KDE to work on the Plasma desktop, KDE Linux and more.
KDE Plasma 6.7 gets per-screen virtual desktops and Wayland session management
KDE Plasma 6.7 is shaping up to be another excellent release of the popular Linux desktop environment, with exciting new features rolling in.
Framework becomes a KDE Patron helping to fund open source
Hardware vendor Framework has now become a KDE Patron, offering financial support to further push open source like the Plasma desktop.
KDE Plasma 6.6.1 rolls out with lots of fixes for KWin
The KDE team have released the latest release for the Plasma desktop, with version 6.6.1 bringing quite a lot of bug fixing.
KDE Plasma 6.6 released with improved accessibility, new on-screen keyboard and lots more
The KDE team have released KDE Plasma 6.6, the latest new feature update to the popular Linux desktop environment with lots of goodies.
KDE Linux gets performance improvements, new default apps and goes all-in on Flatpak
The KDE developers are working towards the first Beta release of KDE Linux, their own home-grown immutable operating system.
The full VR mode for KDE Plasma continues getting more advanced
Recently I covered the draft code to add a full VR mode into the KDE Plasma desktop, and it has only continued to get more advanced with recent updates.
Draft code submitted to KDE Plasma turns it into a full VR desktop
A developer has submitted a draft to the KDE team for KWin to hook up a full Plasma VR mode and it looks pretty awesome.
KDE Plasma 6.7 will have a global push-to-talk feature
KDE Plasma is set to gain even more useful features with the upcoming Plasma 6.7 release, one especially good for online gaming.
KDE Plasma 6.6 will finally stop the system sleeping when gaming with a controller
Finally! One of the most annoying issues is your system going to sleep while gaming with a controller, and KDE Plasma 6.6 will solve it.
KDE's 2025 fundraising has been a huge success
Absolutely smashing their goals, the KDE team have managed to have a huge success for the 2025 fundraiser that's currently ongoing.
KDE Connect security advisory released due to possible authentication bypass
KDE Connect is a popular cross-platform app that allows you to send files across devices and more - with a security advisory being sent out due to a woops.
KDE Plasma going all-in on Wayland and will drop the X11 session completely
It was only a matter of time but it's nearly upon us - KDE Plasma with version 6.8 will be entirely dropping the X11 session to go full Wayland.
Slimbook launch the KDE Slimbook VII with AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 / Radeon 880M
In the market for a new powerful laptop ready for the holiday season? Perhaps give a look to the new KDE Slimbook VII.
Hello from Fedora KDE
I recently did a bit of a major woops, and so I decided perhaps it is once again time to Linux distro hop and have settled on Fedora KDE.
KDE Plasma 6.6 to get a great new feature - limit virtual desktops to the primary screen
The work never ends to improve the KDE Plasma desktop environment for Linux, and with Plasma 6.6 a fun new feature is coming to tweak virtual desktops.
KDE Plasma 6.5 is out now with a number of highly-requested features
The next big KDE Plasma release is here with Plasma 6.5 delivering a number of major new features, as the KDE team begin to show a lot more confidence.