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Amarok 3.3.2 released

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/01/18/amarok-3.3.2-released/

Published: January 18, 2026 09:20

The Amarok Development Squad is happy to announce the immediate availability of Amarok 3.3.2, the second bugfix release for Amarok 3.3 "Far Above the Clouds"! 3.3.2 features a number of small improvements, including various small behaviour changes and…

Transitous Hack Weekend January 2025

https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/01/17/transitous-hack-weekend-january-2026.html

Published: January 17, 2026 10:15

Last weekend I attended a rather spontaneous Transitous Hack Weekend in Berlin, again hosted at Wikimedia’s WikiBär. Topics Elevator data Data about current and planned future elevator outages is becoming available in a standardized format (SIRI SX and…

This Week in Plasma: dark mode switch and global push-to-talk

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/01/17/this-week-in-plasma-dark-mode-switch-and-global-push-to-talk/

Published: January 17, 2026 00:03

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! This week we closed the door on features for Plasma 6.6, which opened another one for those features to land in 6.7. As a result, several features were merged for Plasma 6.7, including some particularly juicy…

KDE Ni! OS – Plasma Login Manager now available

https://cukic.co/2026/01/16/kde-ni-os-plasma-login-manager-available

Published: January 16, 2026 21:45

KDE Ni! OS is a custom flavour (configuration, not a separate distribution) of NixOS that showcases KDE software. It builds on NixOS with the aim to reimplement the same features other popular immutable distributions have, while providing a first-class KDE…

Web Review, Week 2026-03

https://ervin.ipsquad.net/blog/2026/01/16/web-review-week-2026-03/

Published: January 16, 2026 13:37

Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-03. European Commission issues call for evidence on open source Tags: tech, foss, politics, europe Go and get your voice heard! This is important matter, especially if you’re interested in Free Software.…

Kdenlive 25.12.1 released

https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/25.12.1/

Published: January 15, 2026 12:00

Happy New Year! The first maintenance release of the 25.12 series is with the usual batch of stability fixes and workflow improvements. Highlights of this release include further polishing of the new welcome screen, added AMF encoding profile for Windows,…

REST API Development with Qt 6

https://steveire.wordpress.com/2026/01/14/rest-api-development-with-qt-6/

Published: January 14, 2026 11:58

This post describes an experiment using Qt 6.7’s REST APIs to explore Stripe’s payment model, and what I learned building a small desktop developer tool. Recent Qt releases have included several conveniences for developing clients of remote REST APIs. I…

Haruna 1.7

https://haruna.kde.org/blog/2025-12-21-haruna-1.7/

Published: January 14, 2026 10:00

Haruna version 1.7.1 is released. playlist advanced sorting and grouping Windows version: haruna-1.7.1-windows-gcc-x86_64.exe haruna-1.7.1-windows-gcc-x86_64.7z Availability of other package formats depends on your distro and the people who package…

KDE Gear 26.04 release schedule

https://tsdgeos.blogspot.com/2026/01/kde-gear-2604-release-schedule.html

Published: January 13, 2026 23:43

This is the release schedule the release team agreed on  https://community.kde.org/Schedules/KDE_Gear_26.04_ScheduleDependency freeze is in around 7 weeks (March 5) and feature freeze one after that. Get your stuff ready!

KDE Ni! OS – Plasma Login Manager teaser

https://cukic.co/2026/01/13/kde-ni-os-plasma-login-manager

Published: January 13, 2026 18:35

KDE Ni! OS is a custom flavour (configuration, not a separate distribution) of NixOS that showcases KDE software. It builds on NixOS with the aim to reimplement the same features other popular immutable distributions have, while providing a first-class KDE…

KDE Plasma 6.5.5, Bugfix Release for January

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.5.5/

Published: January 13, 2026 00:00

Tuesday, 13 January 2026. Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 6, versioned 6.5.5. Plasma 6.5 was released in October 2025 with many feature refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience. This release adds a month’s worth of…

KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta Release

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.5.90/

Published: January 13, 2026 00:00

Here are the new modules available in the Plasma 6.6 beta: plasma-login-manager plasma-keyboard plasma-setup Some important features and changes included in 6.6 beta are highlighted on KDE community wiki page. View full changelog

2025 Musically Wrapped

https://euroquis.nl/blabla/2026/01/13/wrapped-2025.html

Published: January 12, 2026 23:00

I have a paper calendar. It hangs on the wall. I draw things on it, like 🎜 Kladderadatch, to remind me where to go of an evening (or this afternoon). At the end of the year, with that calendar and my ticket history from Doornroosje (a music podium in…