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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…

UI walker – UI Walk through in QML

http://renaudguezennec.eu/index.php/2026/04/07/ui-walker-ui-walk-through-in-qml/

Published: April 7, 2026 00:13

The problem At the first start of an application, user can be a bit confused in front of all of these features, buttons and data. In response to that, we often have a short presentation of each element on the screen. This also presents a typical workflow…

Kdenlive 26.04 RC ready for testing

https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/26.03.90/

Published: April 4, 2026 09:00

The Kdenlive 26.04 Release Candidate is ready for testing. Many bug fixes and workflow adjustments should make your editing sessions nicer. It is also worth noting that we had quite a few new contributors helping our small team on this, so thanks to all…

FOSSGIS Conference 2026

https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/04/04/osm-fossgis-conferenz-2026.html

Published: April 4, 2026 05:45

Last week I attended this year’s FOSSGIS-Konferenz in Göttingen, Germany, focusing on public transport and indoor navigation topics. Photo by FOSSGIS e.V. OSM indoor mapping As it is tradition by now, Tobias and I hosted the Indoor OSM BoF. The…

This Week in Plasma: UI and Stability Improvements

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/04/04/this-week-in-plasma-ui-and-stability-improvements/

Published: April 4, 2026 00:00

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! This was a somewhat quiet week mostly full of UI and stability improvements, perhaps because many KDE contributors are gearing up for next week’s mega-sprint in Graz! For the same reason, expect next week’s…

Web Review, Week 2026-14

https://ervin.ipsquad.net/blog/2026/04/03/web-review-week-2026-14/

Published: April 3, 2026 12:33

Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-14. The Last Quiet Thing Tags: tech, ux, design, business, attention-economy A good piece, well designed too. Shows how demanding our current devices are. So much attention requested and so much complexity the…