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Qt Creator 20 released

https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-20-released

Published: June 17, 2026 10:18

Release 20 of the Qt Creator IDE adds support for working with AI coding agents, a Zen Mode that puts your code editor into the focus, support for the GN (Generate Ninja) build system, and many more improvements.

Week 3: Reviewer Feedback and Fixes

https://yashbavadiya.bearblog.dev/week-3-reviewer-feedback-and-fixes/

Published: June 16, 2026 16:18

This is a weekly update from my Google Summer of Code 2026 project with KDE, improving effect widgets in Kdenlive, a free and open source video editor. This week was driven entirely by reviewer feedback on MR !887; the draft MR for the Curves Widget. Point…

Week 3 — Bug Fixes and Import/Export Feature

https://roshani-gsoc.bearblog.dev/week-3-bug-fixes-and-importexport-feature/

Published: June 16, 2026 08:22

This week, I worked on two things: a bug fix that was created during the ActionCollection port and starting the import/export feature. Bug fix: Lock/Unlock action text: A bug was created after !29 was merged. When a wallet was locked, the placeholder…

Oxygen 6.7 is here: a breath of fresh air for KDE’s classic theme

https://filipfila.wordpress.com/2026/06/16/oxygen-6-7-is-here-a-breath-of-fresh-air-for-kdes-classic-theme/

Published: June 16, 2026 06:49

Logo by: Nuno Pinheiro The year started off bleak. As I was gallivanting through KDE themes at hand, I decided to stick with the Oxygen one. It didn't take long to notice that this old theme, once the default in the KDE 4 era, wasn't looking its best. A…

New Kirigami-Addon's Onboarding Module

https://sandroandrade.org/new-kirigami-addons-onboarding-module/

Published: June 15, 2026 16:19

Even well-designed applications can become difficult to understand when their main workflows involve multiple controls, pages, or unfamiliar interaction patterns. Expecting users to discover these features on their own may lead to frustration, abandoned…

Introducing pkgcli: A nicer command-line interface for PackageKit

https://blog.tenstral.net/2026/06/introducing-pkgcli-a-nicer-command-line-interface-for-packagekit.html

Published: June 14, 2026 06:22

For almost two decades, the PackageKit package management abstraction layer has shipped with pkcon as its command-line client. pkcon does its job, but it was always kind of a “testing” front-end for the PackageKit daemon rather than a tool designed for…

KDE Android News (June 2026)

https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/06/13/kde-android-news-june-2026.html

Published: June 13, 2026 06:45

Quite a few things have happened around the Android platform support for KDE applications in recent months, so high time for another update on that. Qt 6.11 As already mentioned previously, we have updated the Qt version to 6.11. That has the unfortunate…

This Week in Plasma: 6.8 is Very Close!

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/06/13/this-week-in-plasma-6.8-is-very-close/

Published: June 13, 2026 00:00

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! This week the Plasma team put the finishing touches on Plasma 6.7 with another big push on bug fixing. It’s looking really good for release next Tuesday! As a result, some feature work and UI polishing started…

Web Review, Week 2026-24

https://ervin.ipsquad.net/blog/2026/06/12/web-review-week-2026-24/

Published: June 12, 2026 12:30

Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-24. Total Reciprocity Public License Tags: tech, foss, licensing, copyright More an experiment than something I’d recommend for real. Still it shows there’s a gap we need to close in the licenses available.…

Code and logic for tournaments in the Mankala Engine

https://sayandeep.bearblog.dev/code-and-logic-for-tournaments-in-the-mankala-engine/

Published: June 11, 2026 17:02

Structure of code and logic for tournaments in the Mankala Engine.So, we want the tournaments to be able to: Create custom game rooms (with different variants, number of players, and time limit) Join the rooms with room codes. Create elimination brackets…

Introducing Qt's Figma Design System Extraction Skills for Developers

https://www.qt.io/blog/introducing-the-agentic-figma-design-extraction-skills

Published: June 11, 2026 04:59

Recreating a design system manually in QML is a laborious task for a Qt developer. A typical Figma design system can include hundreds of design tokens for colors, typography, spacing, radii, shadows, and motion durations - plus dozens of UI components,…

Week 2 : Refactor and Review

https://yashbavadiya.bearblog.dev/week-2-refactor-and-review/

Published: June 10, 2026 19:55

This is a weekly update from my Google Summer of Code 2026 project with KDE, improving effect widgets in Kdenlive. Week 2 was about getting feedback and doing it right. After opening the draft MR for the Curves Widget, my mentor Jean-Baptiste reviewed the…