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Hello old new “Projects” directory!
https://blog.tenstral.net/2026/04/hello-projects-directory.html
Published: April 18, 2026 08:06
If you have recently installed a very up-to-date Linux distribution with a desktop environment, or upgraded your system on a rolling-release distribution, you might have noticed that your home directory has a new folder: “Projects” Why? With the recent…
KDE Sprint and Grazer Linuxtage 2026
https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/04/18/kde-sprint-linuxtage-graz-2026.html
Published: April 18, 2026 08:00
I spent the last week in Graz, Austria, attending a KDE sprint as well as Grazer Linuxtage. KDE Sprint Just like last year, the Grazer Linuxtage team had made rooms available for KDE people to meet in the week prior to the conference. More than twenty…
This Week in Plasma: Per-Screen Virtual Desktops and Wayland Session Restore
Published: April 18, 2026 00:00
Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! Last week over 20 KDE contributors converged on the Austrian city of Graz for our annual mega-sprint. It was a busy week, offering a good opportunity for the kinds of face-to-face conversations that can…
Web Review, Week 2026-16
https://ervin.ipsquad.net/blog/2026/04/17/web-review-week-2026-16/
Published: April 17, 2026 15:17
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-16. Sovereign Tech Agency funding - Mastodon Blog Tags: tech, fediverse This looks like an interesting agreement. E2EE messaging anyone? There is more of course, but I’m especially excited regarding this one.…
Regresa La Palma Tech Tagoror
https://toscalix.com/2026/04/17/regresa-la-palma-tech-tagoror/
Published: April 17, 2026 07:00
La Palma Tech Tagoror vuelve. Los meetups en la isla canaria de La Palma se relanzan este 23 de abril, en La Real Sociedad Aridane, Los Llanos de Aridane. La entrada es gratuita previo registro. Únete al evento o apúntate al grupo de Meetup para estar…
KDE Gear ⚙️ 26.04
https://kde.org/announcements/gear/26.04.0/
Published: April 16, 2026 00:00
A script element has been removed to ensure Planet works properly. Please find it in the original post. Dolphin Dolphin is KDE's file/folder browser manager, which also lets you connect to remote file systems and manage code repositories. In…
KDE Mega Sprint 2026
https://merritt.codes/blog/2026/04/15/2026/_kde_mega_sprint
Published: April 15, 2026 00:00
This April, KDE once again had a sprint in Graz, Austria. This one was deemed a "Mega Sprint" as unlike last year it was not just for Plasma, but for everything KDE-related from Plasma, goals, frameworks, apps, and more. We had a great turnout! Amazingly…
La Palma Tech Tagoror Is Back
https://toscalix.com/2026/04/14/la-palma-tech-tagoror-is-back/
Published: April 14, 2026 22:57
La Palma Tech Tagoror is back. After a year without events, the meetup series relaunches on April 23rd at Real Sociedad (Casino) Aridane, Los Llanos de Aridane, La Palma. Free entry, short talks, good conversations. Join us — or sign up to the Meetup group…
A week in Graz: KDE MegaSprint and Grazer Linuxtage
https://tsdgeos.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-week-in-graz-kde-megasprint-and.html
Published: April 12, 2026 14:12
I spent this week in Graz, the weekdays as part of the KDE Mega Sprint 2026 and Saturday attending Grazer Linuxtage 2026.Before arriving in Graz I already did some work on the train from Vienna. I published a new version of kio-gopher so KDE Frameworks 6…
Analyzing KDE Project Health With git!
https://pointieststick.com/2026/04/10/analyzing-kde-project-health-with-git/
Published: April 10, 2026 20:24
I was reading the latest edition of Kevin Ottens’ excellent weekly web review and one particular article caught my eye: “The Git Commands I Run Before Reading Any Code“. In a nutshell, you can use the git version control tool to quickly assess a project’s…
Web Review, Week 2026-15
https://ervin.ipsquad.net/blog/2026/04/10/web-review-week-2026-15/
Published: April 10, 2026 10:43
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-15. France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins Tags: tech, foss, politics, desktop, france, europe Well, what can I say? This is excellent news and I’m excited to see it happen. Let’s…
KDE in Graz
https://mxdarkwater.com/2026/04/10/kde-in-graz/
Published: April 10, 2026 08:49
I’ve been on the Akademy organizing team and contributing in various cat-herding capacities since 2023, but this is the first time I’ve joined other contributors for a Sprint. My mission this week has been to scout locations and activities for the Akademy…
Building C/C++ libraries for HarmonyOS with vcpkg
https://www.qt.io/blog/building-libraries-for-harmonyos-with-vcpkg
Published: April 10, 2026 07:14
We're currently working on porting Qt to HarmonyOS. For our CI and developer machines, we need a number of third-party libraries built for HarmonyOS. Cross-compiling open-source C and C++ libraries for this platform has been a manual, error-prone process.…
Tighter KDE Connect Integration
https://blog.broulik.de/2026/04/kde-connect-solid-back-end/
Published: April 10, 2026 01:14
In my opinion, KDE Connect is one of the finest pieces of software KDE has ever produced. It lets you easily pair your devices and makes them work together. Copy some text on your computer, paste it on your phone. A call comes in and the video you’re…
Testing org.kde.Platform flatpak built in CI
https://akselmo.dev/notes/flatpak-kdeplatform-ci/
Published: April 9, 2026 20:53
Very technical post, feel free to ignore if you're not working on KDE stuff. Since I'm on KDE Linux, I use flatpak apps for pretty much everything, such as Kontact suite. I wanted to test out how my Breeze changes would look like in KMail and other apps,…
Akademy 2026: Registration Now Open
https://akademy.kde.org/news/2026-04_akademy-2026-registration/
Published: April 9, 2026 08:12
Akademy 2026: Registration Akademy 2026 will be a hybrid event held simultaneously in Graz, Austria, and Online. Hundreds of participants from the global KDE community, the wider free and open source software community, local organisations and software…
Skrooge 26.4.0 released
https://skrooge.org/news/2026-04-09-skrooge_26.4.0_released/
Published: April 9, 2026 00:00
The Skrooge Team announces the release 26.4.0 version of its popular Personal Finances Manager based on KDE Frameworks. Changelog Correction bug 515099: Missing secondary currency value in Accounts totals Correction bug 514649: Fix initial layout when…
Krita 5.3.1.1 Released (Android-only)
https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/krita-5.3.1.1-released/
Published: April 8, 2026 00:00
Krita 5.3.1.1 is an Android-only fix for 5.3.1. It is exactly the same as Krita 5.3.1, but with two fixes: fixed a crash on Android 12 and older when trying to access any text controls fix stylus workarounds for Xiaomi and OnePlus to work properly Check…