Hacker News with Generative AI: KDE

This Week in Plasma: Final Plasma 6.3 Features (blogs.kde.org)
This week the focus was on landing final Plasma 6.3 features and UI changes… and land them we did! Now it's time to spend the next month exclusively on bug-fixing and polishing.

Software, Linux, KDE, Open Source, Programming

5 points by TangerineDream 7 days ago | 0 comments

Adding Home Automation to KDE (davidedmundson.co.uk)

Home Automation, Linux, KDE

6 points by TangerineDream 15 days ago | 0 comments

The state of Falkon: KDE's browser is much better than you know (osnews.com)
It’s no secret that I am very worried about the future of Firefox, and the future of Firefox on Linux in particular. I’m not going to rehash these worries here, but suffice to say that with Mozilla increasingly focusing on advertising, Firefox’ negligible market share, and the increasing likeliness that the Google Search deal, which accounts for 85% of Mozilla’s revenue, will come to an end, I have little faith in Firefox for Linux remaining a priority for Mozilla.

Linux, Web Browsers, Open Source, KDE, Firefox

6 points by soopurman 39 days ago | 2 comments

I think the KDE donation notification works (pointieststick.com)
A few months ago, I blogged about a change for Plasma 6.2 to show a once-a-year system notification asking for a donation, starting on December 1st. Various reasons and justifications were given in that post, so I won’t repeat them here. Instead, since December 1st was yesterday in most of the world, it’s time to check in on the day 1 experience! So let’s get right into it:

KDE, Open Source, Software, User Interface, Linux

17 points by pabs3 40 days ago | 2 comments

Fedora KDE Desktop Spin Promoted to Same Tier as Gnome-Based Fedora Workstation (phoronix.com)
Earlier this year was a Fedora change proposal seeking to make KDE Plasma the default over GNOME for Fedora 42. A compromise of sorts has now been settled on with the Fedora Desktop Spin being promoted to an "Edition" status that will put it on the same level as the GNOME-based Fedora Workstation Edition.

Linux, Operating Systems, Fedora, KDE, GNOME

93 points by binkHN 71 days ago | 79 comments

KDE's New Distro: Btrfs-Based, Immutable Linux OS, with Flatpak and Snap (linuxiac.com)
Surprises never end. The KDE project is about to take a bold step by introducing its own Linux distribution. Here’s what it’s all about.

Linux, Operating Systems, KDE, Flatpak, Snap

12 points by LorenDB 76 days ago | 0 comments

KDE Linux (community.kde.org)
"KDE Linux" (codenamed "Project Banana") is a work-in-progress name of a KDE-owned general-purpose Linux® distribution proposed at Akademy 2024. Not to be confused with KDE neon.

Linux, KDE, Open Source, Operating Systems

23 points by awtioftifoeto 78 days ago | 13 comments

PSA: KDecoration API break in Plasma 6.3 (zamundaaa.github.io)
Fractional scaling is hard. Anyone that had the misfortune of working on it knows that… so it won’t surprise a lot of people that it’s not all figured out yet! Today I’ll talk about the fractional scaling problems with KWin’s server side decorations, and why we need to do an API break to fix it.

Plasma, KDE, API, Software Development, Fractional Scaling

4 points by thepbone 79 days ago | 0 comments

Help fight the proprietary software monsters (pointieststick.com)
KDE’s yearly fundraiser is now live, with the theme of spooooky proprietary software. Go check it out — no, really! It’s great!

Open Source, Software, Fundraising, KDE

16 points by thepbone 79 days ago | 1 comments

What's new in Fedora KDE 41 (fedoramagazine.org)
Fedora Linux provides a wide variety of users with leading edge open source technology in a community developed and maintained operating system. The Fedora KDE Spin combines the reliable and trusted Fedora Linux base with the KDE Plasma desktop environment and a selection of KDE applications – simple by default, yet powerful when needed.

Linux, Fedora, KDE, Operating Systems, Desktop Environments

29 points by jrepinc 80 days ago | 2 comments

This Week in KDE Apps: Chat Changes, Editor Enhancements and Audio Advancements (blogs.kde.org)
Welcome to a new issue of "This Week in KDE Apps"! Every week we cover as much as possible of what's happening in the world of KDE apps.

KDE, Software, Open Source, Linux, Applications

6 points by jrepinc 83 days ago | 0 comments

KDE Plasma 6.2.1, Bugfix Release for October (kde.org)
Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 6, versioned 6.2.1.

Software, KDE, Bug Fixes

5 points by jrepinc 93 days ago | 0 comments

Why I use KDE (osnews.com)
Over the decades, my primary operating system of choice has changed a few times.

Operating Systems, Linux, KDE

12 points by sertsa 101 days ago | 1 comments

KDE Plasma 6.2 Released (kde.org)
Plasma becomes a friendlier, more accessible and smarter environment

Desktop Environments, Open Source, KDE, Linux, New Releases

11 points by thunderbong 101 days ago | 1 comments

KDE Plasma 6.2 Released (kde.org)
Plasma becomes a friendlier, more accessible and smarter environment

Software, Desktop Environments, Linux, KDE

26 points by jrepinc 102 days ago | 5 comments

This Week in KDE Apps: Marble gets an update, KDE Connect gets a speed boost (blogs.kde.org)
Welcome to a new issue of “This Week in KDE Apps”! In case you missed it, we announced this series a few weeks ago, and our goal is to cover as much as possible of what's happening in the world of KDE apps and supplement Nate's This Week in Plasma published yesterday.

KDE, Software, Open Source, Linux, Desktop Environments

11 points by jrepinc 104 days ago | 0 comments

KDE Optimizes How It Finds Mount Points – Up to 80% Speed-Up (phoronix.com)
KDE developers have been busy preparing for Plasma 6.2 with lots of bug fixing and polishing while also beginning to land some features for Plasma 6.3.

Operating Systems, Linux, KDE, Software, Performance

13 points by LinuxBender 118 days ago | 0 comments

This Week in KDE Apps (blogs.kde.org)
Welcome to the first post in our "This Week in KDE Apps" series! You may have noticed that Nate's "This Week in KDE" blog posts no longer cover updates about KDE applications. KDE has grown significantly over the years, making it increasingly difficult for just one person to keep track of all the changes that happen each week in Plasma, and to cover the rest of KDE as well.

Software, Open Source, Linux, KDE, Community

7 points by EveryPizza 124 days ago | 0 comments

KDE Again Operated at a Loss During 2023 (phoronix.com)
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.

KDE, Open Source, Finance, Software Development

58 points by ReadCarlBarks 133 days ago | 14 comments

KDE Gear 28.08 Released (kde.org)

New Releases, Software, Linux, KDE

10 points by p4bl0 149 days ago | 1 comments

OpenBSD on ThinkPad L13 Gen 2 running KDE 6 (brynet.ca)

OpenBSD, Linux Distributions, ThinkPad, KDE

13 points by brynet 164 days ago | 0 comments

You can contribute to KDE with non-C++ code (rabbitictranslator.com)

Open Source, Software Development, KDE, Programming Languages

110 points by jrepinc 167 days ago | 24 comments

KDE signs petition urging European Union to continue funding free software (kde.org)