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Happy 29th birthday to KDE!

https://pointieststick.com/2025/10/16/happy-29th-birthday-to-kde/

Published: October 16, 2025 18:55

This week marks KDE’s 29th birthday, which is pretty special. Did you know KDE has been around longer than Google, PayPal, Facebook, Instagram, Netflix, Tesla, Spotify, Uber, VMware, LinkedIn, Yelp, and Github? Seriously! That’s a long time producing high…

KDE Gardening 2025

https://cullmann.dev/posts/kde-gardening-2025/

Published: October 16, 2025 18:42

The KDE community created in the last decades a lot of interesting projects. Unfortunately, not all projects survive the test of time, be it because the developers leave or technology moves on and stuff gets less relevant. The same happens for our…

Qt Creator 18 RC released

https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-18-rc-released

Published: October 16, 2025 09:30

We are happy to announce the release of Qt Creator 18 RC.

Pixel perfection

https://notmart.org/blog/2025/10/pixel-perfection/

Published: October 15, 2025 12:19

Sometimes an application can look kinda wrong due to very small details, few pixels can make or ruin the first impact. And since today a lot of monitors, especially laptop ones have to use fractional scaling, making things look sharp and pixel perfect is…

Introducing the SPDX Cryptographic Algorithm List: a Personal View

https://toscalix.com/2025/10/14/introducing-the-spdx-cryptographic-algorithm-list-a-personal-view/

Published: October 14, 2025 07:00

The SPDX community is now creating a new list — similar to the SPDX License List — but focused on cryptographic algorithms. This post shares how this effort started, its current status, the next steps, and a final call for participation.

This Week in KDE Apps

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/10/12/this-week-in-kde-apps/

Published: October 12, 2025 17:21

Matrix Widgets in NeoChat, systemd user units in KJournald and a lot of fixes all other the placeWelcome to a new issue of "This Week in KDE Apps"! Every week (or so) we cover as much as possible of what's happening in the world of KDE apps. Getting back…

Introducing QtVarlink

http://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/introducing-qtvarlink/

Published: October 12, 2025 07:23

I'm writing this blog in the very very early stages of development because I'm 50% sure someone will link me to some existing library that Google failed to find. Varlink Varlink is an IPC mechanism that is gaining popularity in a few places across Linux.…

Linux Magazine Article

https://tellico-project.org/linux-magazine-article/

Published: October 11, 2025 15:34

Linux Magazine included a nice article about Tellico in its June 2025 edition on Cool Linux Hacks. It has a nice description of adding items to one’s collection and how to search various sources online. A couple of screenshots are included that do a good…

This Week in Plasma: a massive amount of stability work for Plasma 6.5

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/10/11/this-week-in-plasma-a-massive-amount-of-stability-work-for-plasma-6.5/

Published: October 11, 2025 00:04

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! This week more work was poured into making Plasma 6.5 the best and most stable release ever. I know I write that a lot, but I feel like we get better at it every time, and this time it feels like that’s the…

Button Anatomy in the Plasma Design System

https://anditosan.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/button-anatomy-in-the-plasma-design-system/

Published: October 10, 2025 22:30

Buttons in the Plasma Design System Buttons play a pivotal role in user interaction within the Plasma Design System. It provides a set of states and roles for clear actions and navigation. In this design system, buttons are categorized into various types,…

Web Review, Week 2025-41

https://ervin.ipsquad.net/blog/2025/10/10/web-review-week-2025-41/

Published: October 10, 2025 10:46

Let’s go for my web review for the week 2025-41. Citizen Protest Halts Chat Control Tags: tech, law, surveillance Well done everyone. This bullet was dodged… for now! This kind of fever comes back regularly unfortunately.…

Kdenlive 25.08.2 released

https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/25.08.2/

Published: October 10, 2025 06:30

The second maintenance release of the 25.08 series is out continuing the focus on stability and polish. It fixes issues with effects and transitions, improves clip selection, and resolves crashes related to filter jobs and effects on sequences. This…

ICFK2025: Calligraphy festival

https://rajeeshknambiar.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/icfk2025-calligraphy-festival/

Published: October 10, 2025 06:03

I’m very glad to participate in the 2025 edition of the International Calligraphy Festival of Kerala, and present a talk to a great audience. ICFK is organized by KaChaTaThaPa foundation headed by master calligrapher Narayana Bhattathiri. The event usually…

KDE Ships Frameworks 6.19.0

https://kde.org/announcements/frameworks/6/6.19.0/

Published: October 10, 2025 00:00

Friday, 10 October 2025 KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 6.19.0. This release is part of a series of planned monthly releases making improvements available to developers in a quick and predictable manner. New in this version Breeze Icons…

GSoC Phase 2

https://srisharanvs.github.io/posts/gsoc-phase2/

Published: October 9, 2025 21:49

Plasma Browser Integration in 6.x

https://blog.broulik.de/2025/10/plasma-browser-integration-in-6-x/

Published: October 9, 2025 19:28

It has been a little quiet around my pet project Plasma Browser Integration. On one hand because I’ve been busy with life but also because browser extension APIs haven’t really gained much new functionality. Nevertheless, for Plasma’s October release I…

Kubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka” Released:

https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka-released/

Published: October 9, 2025 15:22

October 9, 2025 – The Kubuntu team is thrilled to announce the release of Kubuntu 25.10, codenamed “Questing Quokka”! As a community-driven flavor of Ubuntu, Kubuntu continues its mission to deliver the cutting-edge KDE software ecosystem on top of…

Qt for Python release: 6.10 is here!

https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-python-release-6.10-is-here

Published: October 9, 2025 09:48

This release primarily focuses on integrating the extensive new features introduced in Qt 6.10, while simultaneously addressing several refinements across both PySide6 and Shiboken6. Key improvements include enhanced support for @QEnum and @QFlag decorated…

First Commit – Ocean Style Elements

https://anditosan.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/first-commit-ocean-style-elements/

Published: October 9, 2025 00:44

Today I have finally been able to upload the first set of Ocean assets into Invent. For now, these elements will live in my personal git repository. These elements are not yet integrated into the Plasma ecosystem. The page contains a few elements, a wiki…