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From Figma to Qt: A Comparison Between Manual and Assisted Workflows

https://www.qt.io/blog/from-figma-to-qt-a-comparison-between-manual-and-assisted-workflows

Published: October 6, 2026 12:29

We know that one of the biggest challenges for embedded UI/UX designers is to see their design vision through to the final product. That’s why earlier this year, we launched Figma to Qt: a plug-in that helps designers craft, preview, verify, and approve Qt…

2026-10-05 Fossy Camp KDE

https://sfalken.tech/posts/2026-10-05-fossy-kde/

Published: October 5, 2026 14:19

Camp KDE at FOSSY 2026: Vancouver Edition I just got to writing this blog post, regarding FOSSY 2026 in Vancouver, where I co-ran the Camp KDE track, gave a talk, sat on a panel, and spent a decent chunk of the weekend standing behind a table full of…

Celebrating 30 years of KDE at Akademy 2026

https://www.qt.io/blog/celebrating-30-years-of-kde-at-akademy-2026

Published: October 5, 2026 08:53

Two weeks ago, several of us from Qt Group travelled to Graz for Akademy 2026, KDE's annual summit. The conference was hosted by Graz University of Technology (TU Graz). This year’s conference was extra special: it marked KDE's 30th birthday. Happy…

Figma to Qt 1.1: Test Design Live, Ship It Anywhere

https://www.qt.io/blog/figma-to-qt-1.1-test-design-live-ship-it-anywhere

Published: October 5, 2026 07:52

Click, drag, and tweak your design in Live Preview before a developer builds it. Ship the same workflow to flagship touchscreens and microcontrollers. And get more of what you draw back as native QML.

A new initiative: Tagoross Circle of Practice

https://toscalix.com/2026/10/05/a-new-initiative-tagoross-circle-of-practice/

Published: October 5, 2026 07:00

I introduce Tagoross Circle of Practice, a safe harbor environment for professionals moving their organizations from reactive open source risk management to open source as strategy. In this post I explain why I created it and where it stands today.

Harmonicon's song editor, explained with one song about a jumping harmonica

https://tcanabrava.github.io/harmonicon-song-editor/

Published: October 4, 2026 00:00

This one is about the song editor. Harmonicon has a song editor, it’s had one for a while, I just never sat down and explained what all the little buttons do, and there are a lot of little buttons. The game says four hundred and thirty one, but most of…

Akademy 2026 in Graz

https://carlschwan.eu/2026/10/03/akademy-2026-in-graz/

Published: October 3, 2026 15:05

Two weekends ago, I spent around 24 hours in a train to go to and back from Graz to attend Akademy. This year was a bit special since we are celebrating the 30 years of KDE and this was also my first time attending as a member of the KDE e.V. board.…

Kirigami Addons 1.15.0

https://carlschwan.eu/2026/10/03/kirigami-addons-1.15.0/

Published: October 3, 2026 15:00

After a few weeks of work, I am happy to announce that Kirigami Addons 1.15.0 is out. Kirigami Addons is a collection of many useful modules for your QML and Kirigami applications. I have been working more on Merkuro lately (more on that in a separate blog…

KStars 3.8.5 Released

http://knro.blogspot.com/2026/10/kstars-385-released.html

Published: October 3, 2026 13:10

KStars v3.8.5 is released on 2026.10.03 for Windows, Linux, and MacOS. We are providing arm64 (Apple Silicon) and x86_64 variants for the MacOS release, but we hope to release a universal binary by the next KStars release. For Linux users, it's highly…

KDE Akademy 2026

https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/10/03/kde-akademy-2026.html

Published: October 3, 2026 05:45

Last week I attended this year’s KDE Akademy in Graz, Austria, my 20th in-person Akademy. KDE Akademy 2026 group photo (source) Akademy Akademy for me is mainly about meeting the people I otherwise just work with online, and hanging out with old and new…

This Week in Plasma: 6.8 Beta 2; Keep Testing!

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/10/03/this-week-in-plasma-6.8-beta-2-keep-testing/

Published: October 3, 2026 00:00

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! This week, Plasma 6.8 continues to pass through the bug-fixing process in preparation for its release on October 14th, including the release of a second beta version. So far we still don’t have many reported…

Web Review, Week 2026-40

https://ervin.ipsquad.net/blog/2026/10/02/web-review-week-2026-40/

Published: October 2, 2026 11:23

Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-40. NVIDIA’s Greenwashing Tactics & Hidden Emissions Tags: tech, nvidia, hardware, economics, ecology Are we surprised? Unfortunately not, they almost increased their indirect emissions 8 folds in a few years.…

Implementing Tracepoints in Qt Applications using Qt Creator 21

https://www.qt.io/blog/implementing-tracepoints-in-qt-applications-using-qt-creator-21

Published: October 1, 2026 16:10

Sometimes, as a developer, you need to find out why your application is misbehaving. The usual advice is to add tracing or use a profiler.

Qt Creator 21 Beta released

https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-21-beta-released

Published: October 1, 2026 10:45

We are happy to announce the release of Qt Creator 21 Beta!

Akademy 2026 (Graz) - 30th Birthday Edition

https://merritt.codes/blog/2026/09/30/2026/_akademy-2026-30th-birthday-edition

Published: September 30, 2026 00:00

Last week was a great Akademy in Graz! Welcome Event​ First up was the welcome event on Friday evening, which took place at a rooftop bar overlooking Jakominiplatz; this was lovely in the evening light, and spectacular at night with parts of the city lit…

Introducing the Canvas2D Coding Skill for Agentic Development of Embedded Device UIs

https://www.qt.io/blog/introducing-the-canvas2d-coding-skill-for-agentic-development-of-embedded-device-uis

Published: September 29, 2026 13:06

The Challenge: Getting AI Agents to Draw Correct Canvas2D Qt 6.12 introduces Qt Canvas2D. Its API echoes the HTML5 canvas and the older Qt Quick Canvas element, both of which developers and AI models have seen many times in training data.

Akademy 2026 photos and things

https://akselmo.dev/posts/2029-09-2026-akademy-2026/

Published: September 28, 2026 22:33

Another Akademy attended, here's some photos! Hello hello! It was that time of the year where I go to KDE Akademy, talk to fellow nerds, almost lose my voice due to socializing and eat a lot of nice food. This time Akademy was in Graz, Austria. I had…

Akademy 2026 - My Experience

https://ojasmaheshwari.github.io/b/2026/akademy-2026-my-experience

Published: September 28, 2026 14:59

Right after my GSoC tenure ended, I took off to Austria for attending Akademy. This was my first time outside my country and also my first birthday in another country! Meeting New People I met Albert Astals Cid and Sune Vuorela who mentored and helped me…

My Second Akademy

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/09/28/my-second-akademy/

Published: September 28, 2026 14:50

As usual, crossing the Atlantic is tough for me. I'm just too tall, and the seats are, well... just too small. Not to mention the stress of receiving a message on the day of the trip saying that my flight had been moved four hours earlier! I dropped…

Fossy 2026

https://www.yortnoswad.org/blogs/posts/fossy-2026/

Published: September 28, 2026 13:15

August 6th – 9th 2026 FOSSY was held in Vancouver, Canada this year on the University of British Columbia campus. This was my first conference as a KDE representative sitting at the KDE sponsors table. I don’t know if we were the biggest sponsor at FOSSY,…

Tellico 4.3 Released

https://tellico-project.org/tellico-4-3-released/

Published: September 27, 2026 19:52

Tellico 4.3 is available, with some additional capabilities, improvements, and bug fixes. I’ve received several code contributions from new people in the last few months and I wanted to say thanks. Depending a little on how I count it, Tellico turns 25…

Interview with Michael Tunnell about KDE’s 30th birthday

https://pointieststick.com/2026/09/27/interview-with-michael-tunnell-about-kdes-30th-birthday/

Published: September 27, 2026 16:50

Recently Michael Tunnell interviewed Aleix and I on the subject of KDE’s 30th birthday, Wayland, LTS software, the new Union theming engine, and more! If you’re interested, you can check it out here. Note: if you work at Microsoft, please don’t watch and…

Oxygen at Akademy 2026

https://filipfila.wordpress.com/2026/09/27/oxygen-at-akademy-2026/

Published: September 27, 2026 07:06

Last weekend I had the privilege of attending Akademy - the yearly gathering of the KDE community. Taking place in Graz, it was a special one, marking the 30th anniversary of the email that set the Kool Desktop Environment in motion. We got to see the…