📰 KDE Plasma 6.8 Desktop Environment Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing

KDE Plasma 6.8 desktop environment is now available for public beta testing with various new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-8-desktop-environment-is-now-available-for-public-beta-testing

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📰 KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an AI-native desktop proposal

Akademy talk imagines Plasma assembling itself around a personal model of each user.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/18/kde-turns-30-and-someones-brought-an-ai-native-desktop-proposal/5297282

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📰 KDE Plasma 6.8 goes into maintenance mode as an October release seems highly likely

Well, it's almost time. The good folks over at KDE are dotting the i's and crossing the t's as they're getting ready for the big Plasma 6.8 launch. The bad news is, the developers don't often have time to code fully fleshed-out features, so we're in bug-fixing mode right now. The good news is...well, we're getting KDE Plasma 6.8 on October 14th, which is a huge plus. Regardless, the KDE community has published patch notes detailing all the fixes...

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/kde-plasma-68-goes-into-maintenance-mode-as-an-october-release-seems-highly-likely/

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📰 KDE To Focus On Next-Gen Styling, Better Documentation & KDE For Enterprise

At the KDE Akademy 2026 conference going on right now in Graze, Austria the three KDE goals for the next two years were unveiled...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Goals-To-2028

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📰 KDE developers' attempts at creating LLM guidelines are not going well

It seems the KDE developers want to allow some use of generative AI / LLMs, as they're working on a policy of guidelines for it.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/kde-developers-attempts-at-creating-llm-guidelines-are-not-going-well/

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📰 KDE's proposed LLM policy discussion gets locked after a fiery community clash

With the Linux kernel accepting LLM submissions, distro developers are beginning to ask themselves if AI code has a place within their own project. We've seen distros take both sides, with Gentoo and Void choosing the anti-AI option while Debian allowing only high-quality LLM-generated content. Now, it's KDE's turn to work out what level of LLM-made content is allowed, and the community has some strong thoughts from both camps.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/kdes-proposed-llm-policy-discussion-gets-locked-after-a-fiery-community-clash/

#debian #distro #kde #kernel #linux

📰 KDE Picks Enterprise, Documentation, and Styling as New Goals

KDE’s 2026–2028 goals include stronger enterprise support, consolidated documentation, and a unified styling system.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/kde-picks-enterprise-documentation-and-styling-as-new-goals/

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📰 Konveyor Brings Niri-Like Scrolling Tiling to KDE Plasma

Konveyor introduces a scrollable column-based tiling workflow for KDE Plasma users running Wayland and Plasma 6.4 or newer.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/konveyor-brings-niri-like-scrolling-tiling-to-kde-plasma/

#kde #plasma #wayland

📰 KDE Plasma developers squeeze a few more features into 6.8 just weeks before release

Usually, when a new version of KDE Plasma is on the horizon, its developers stop making new features and start fixing bugs. Polishing existing features instead of adding new ones is a great way to keep the final product from becoming a buggy mess. Now, with just over two weeks remaining until KDE Plasma 6.8 launches, developers have snuck in a few more features before the submission door closes.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/kde-plasma-developers-squeeze-a-few-more-features-into-68-just-weeks-before-release/

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📰 KDE Plasma 6.8 Continues With Last Minute Tweaks & Fixes

Even with this week's KDE Akademy conference and releasing KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta 2, KDE developers still found time to land last minute changes for Plasma 6.8 plus ongoing early work toward Plasma 6.9...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Plasma-6.8-Last-Minute-UI-Fixes

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📰 Klassik Revives the KDE 3 Desktop on Modern Plasma 6

Klassik is a modern KDE Plasma 6 project recreating the look and feel of KDE 3 while supporting Wayland and fractional scaling.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/klassik-revives-the-kde-3-desktop-on-modern-plasma-6/

#kde #plasma #wayland

📰 Chromium 154 is causing havoc with people's KDE desktops, but there's a fix

If you use KDE for Linux and you've noticed that it has been crashing on you more often than usual, you're not alone. As it turns out, a bug caused people using a Chromium-based browser with KDE Plasma to run into some pretty nasty issues. Fortunately, it seems a patch has just been pushed out, so give your system an update and see if that fixes the problem.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/chromium-154-is-causing-havoc-with-peoples-kde-desktops-but-theres-a-fix/

#chromium #kde #linux #plasma

📰 KDE turns 30 with Plasma 6.8, but the X11 session isn't invited

Plus, Klassik recreates the KDE 3 desktop experience on Qt 6.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/30/kde-turns-30-with-plasma-68-but-the-x11-session-isnt-invited/5299781

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📰 KDE Gear 26.08.2 Released with More Improvements for Your Favorite KDE Apps

KDE Gear 26.08.2 is now available as the second maintenance update to the latest KDE Gear 26.08 open-source software suite series with more fixes for your favorite KDE apps.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-26-08-2-released-with-more-improvements-for-your-favorite-kde-apps

#kde #opensource

📰 Fedora KDE made Linux simple in ways Ubuntu couldn't, even though everyone said to start there

It was far more welcoming to me when I was a beginner.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/fedora-kde-made-linux-simple-ubuntu-couldnt/

#fedora #kde #linux #ubuntu

📰 Q4OS 6.10 “Andromeda” Is Out with KDE Plasma 6.3.6 and Trinity Desktop 14.1.5

Q4OS 6.10 distribution is now available for download based on Debian 13.7 "Trixie" and featuring the KDE Plasma 6.3.6 and Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) 14.1.5 desktop environments.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/q4os-6-10-andromeda-is-out-with-kde-plasma-6-3-6-and-trinity-desktop-14-1-5

#debian #kde #plasma

📰 KDE Frameworks 6.31 Released with File Management and Text Encoding Improvements

KDE Frameworks 6.31 improves file copying and moving, text encoding detection, text editing, metadata extraction, and more.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/kde-frameworks-6-31-released-with-file-management-and-text-encoding-improvements/

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📰 KDE Plasma 6.8 Ready For Release Next Week, Sees Last Minute NVIDIA Fix

KDE Plasma 6.8 is gearing up for its official debut next week in coinciding with the 30th anniversary since the KDE project began...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.8-Next-Week

#kde #plasma

📰 LumineCapture Is a New Screenshot Tool Built for Speed on Linux

Written in Rust, LumineCapture offers fast screenshots on Linux Wayland, with built-in editing, OCR, and support for KDE Plasma and COSMIC.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/luminecapture-is-a-new-screenshot-tool-built-for-speed-on-linux/

#kde #linux #plasma #rust #wayland

📰 KDE hits 30, decides it's time to move out of the X11 era

Wayland-only Plasma 6.8 heads for Kubuntu 'Tenacious T-Rex' early next year.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/10/15/kde-hits-30-decides-its-time-to-move-out-of-the-x11-era/5303293

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