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What Even is Ocean???

https://anditosan.wordpress.com/2026/05/31/what-even-is-ocean/

Published: May 31, 2026 21:14

Throughout this new process at KDE, I believe I have failed to clearly state what Ocean is and what it means for the future for Plasma user interface and experience. In this post, I will try to shed some light into this and hopefully it’s easier for new…

No Such Thing as a Free Lunch

https://quickfix.es/2026/05/no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch/

Published: May 31, 2026 17:35

Joe Bloggs sat himself in front of his brand new laptop, pressed the On button and waited.

This month in KDE Linux: May 2026

https://pointieststick.com/2026/05/31/this-month-in-kde-linux-may-2026/

Published: May 31, 2026 16:16

Welcome to another edition of “This month in KDE Linux” — KDE’s in-progress operating system. Infrastructure This month we completed a major infrastructure project. Previously, our build process was generating Arch packages for KDE software and having…

Week 1 : Tabs are in

https://yashbavadiya.bearblog.dev/week-1-update/

Published: May 31, 2026 13:11

This is my first weekly update as a Google Summer of Code 2026 student working with KDE on Kdenlive. My project is "Improving Effect Widgets for Kdenlive." The first widget I'm working on is the Curves Widget, specifically adding per-channel tab support to…

Shanghai Report: Collaboration Talks with OpenKylin

https://tcanabrava.github.io/openkylin-shanghai/

Published: May 31, 2026 00:00

Back in March at FOSSASIA in Bangkok, I got invited to visit the OpenKylin team in Shanghai. I mentioned it briefly at the end of that report, and here we are — the follow-up post.

https://tcanabrava.github.io/about/

Published: May 31, 2026 00:00

I'm Tomaz Canabrava, a developer with over 20 years of experience with compiled and non compiled languages. Having worked for projects in large and small companies, I have a broad understanding of the software development process. My strong focus is in…

Some progress on Oxygens icons and more…

https://nuno-icons.com/2026/05/30/some-progress-on-oxygens-icons-and-more/

Published: May 30, 2026 11:27

So... progress continues on Oxygen Over the last few weeks me and Pravin Kumar have been filling in some of the gaps in the icon set. There are still quite a few missing icons around the place, but slowly Oxygen is becoming a bit more complete again. …

April/May in KDE Itinerary

https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/05/30/kde-itinerary-april-may-2026.html

Published: May 30, 2026 08:00

Since the previous report two month ago, Itinerary got support for booking URLs, a newer foundation for its Android packages, and more detailed shared vehicle information. New Features Booking URLs Some public transport services provide booking deep links…

This Week in Plasma: 6.7 Beta 2 Released

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/05/30/this-week-in-plasma-6.7-beta-2-released/

Published: May 30, 2026 00:00

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! This week the team continued getting Plasma 6.7 in great shape for release. So there was lots of focus on bug-fixing and UI polishing. We’ve released the second beta of Plasma 6.7, jam-packed with the latest…

Marknote 1.6.0

https://carlschwan.eu/2026/05/30/marknote-1.6.0/

Published: May 30, 2026 00:00

After a few months of development, Marknote 1.6.0 is out! This release is packed with new features. First of all, sub-folders are finally supported. This allows you to better organize your notes. This feature is still very new and at the moment, we don’t…

Web Review, Week 2026-22

https://ervin.ipsquad.net/blog/2026/05/29/web-review-week-2026-22/

Published: May 29, 2026 13:57

Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-22. What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat Tags: business, politics, culture, ethics Wondering how those very rich people think and perceive the world? Here is an explanation. I felt…

Qt Creator 20 - CMake Update

https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-20-cmake-update

Published: May 29, 2026 10:54

Here are the new CMake changes in Qt Creator 20:

SPDX Cryptographic Algorithm List: Spring 2026 Update

https://toscalix.com/2026/05/28/spdx-cryptographic-algorithm-list-spring-2026-update/

Published: May 28, 2026 12:52

The SPDX Cryptographic Algorithm List keeps growing. New cryptoClass values, a structured docs folder, PQC as a new property, and SCANOSS as our first user-contributor. Here is what happened in the past months.

GSoC 2026: Week 1 (Coding Period)

https://roshani-gsoc.bearblog.dev/gsoc-2026-week-1-coding-period/

Published: May 28, 2026 11:53

The community bonding period is over, and coding started, so this feels like the right moment for a first blog post. I'm contributing to KeepSecret this summer as part of GSoC 2026, working on single-wallet UX and page navigation architecture. What I did…

Introducing Agentic Test Generation Skills for Qt Quick

https://www.qt.io/blog/introducing-agentic-test-generation-skills-for-qt-quick

Published: May 28, 2026 08:02

Writing unit tests can be one of the most time-consuming and least creative phases of software development. For every QML component a developer writes, an equivalent volume of test code must follow - covering properties, signals, mouse and key…

Monthly Report - May 2026

https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/monthly-report-2605/

Published: May 27, 2026 00:00

Krita 5.3.2/6.0.2 is here. Read on for a look at development news and the Krita-Artists forum's featured artwork from last month. Development Report Krita 5.3.2/6.0.2 Released Krita 5.3.2/6.0.2 was released, containing various bugfixes and improvements…

Krita 5.3.2 Released!

https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/krita-5.3.2-released/

Published: May 27, 2026 00:00

Today we're releasing Krita 5.3.2 and 6.0.2. This release fixes a number of issues with the text tool, and improves the Selection Action Panel significantly. Furthermore, Android now handles resource copying in the background, preventing a common crash on…

Splitting Konsole views from Helix to run tools

https://akselmo.dev/posts/splitting-konsole-views-from-helix-to-run-tools/

Published: May 25, 2026 19:39

I have been tinkering with Helix editor lately since I quite like it. It's a fun little editor. Can recommend for those who like modal editing. I do not know if it'll ever replace Kate editor for me, but I'm challenging myself to try new tools, just for…

Implementation Plan for Tournaments in Mankala Engine

https://sayandeep.bearblog.dev/implementation-plan-for-tournaments-in-mankala-engine/

Published: May 25, 2026 14:51

We are almost at the end of our community bonding period. It’s been nearly 1 month since GSOC 2026 results, and the time to formulate a proper plan for the future plan of action regarding our project💡 Here is the breakdown of a rough plan of what I want to…

Week 1 : Coding Begins

https://yashbavadiya.bearblog.dev/week-1-coding-begins/

Published: May 25, 2026 03:57

It's May 25. Community bonding is over. Coding starts today. The last few days of bonding were about wrapping loose ends, got two MRs merged: warn before deleting tracks and snap playhead to snap points. A few others are still open and in review, but the…

“Long-Term Support” doesn’t mean what you think

https://pointieststick.com/2026/05/23/long-term-support-doesnt-mean-what-you-think/

Published: May 23, 2026 19:05

My last post about good beginner-friendly KDE-focused operating systems sparked some discussions about the concept of “Long-Term Support” (LTS) releases. But what does this term mean? It’s a bit generic-sounding, making it easy to interpret as meaning…

This Week in Plasma: Xe Driver Support and Polishing Discover

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/05/23/this-week-in-plasma-xe-driver-support-and-polishing-discover/

Published: May 23, 2026 00:00

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! This week the focus was squarely on polishing up Plasma 6.7 in preparation for release on June 16th. Bugs were squashed, user interfaces were improved, and amidst it all, a lovely community contribution added…

Web Review, Week 2026-21

https://ervin.ipsquad.net/blog/2026/05/22/web-review-week-2026-21/

Published: May 22, 2026 13:51

Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-21. Make your website or blog fediverse-ready Tags: tech, fediverse, blog It’s not complicated, and a good thing to do. https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/make-your-website-or-blog-fediverse-ready/ Dumb Ways for…

Qt Extension 1.14.0 for VS Code Released

https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-extension-1.14.0-for-vs-code-released

Published: May 22, 2026 13:27

We're excited to announce the release of version 1.14.0 of the Qt Extension for Visual Studio Code! This release introduces QML Live Preview with hot-reload capability, bringing real-time feedback directly into your editor.

Ocean Design for Plasma – May Updates

https://anditosan.wordpress.com/2026/05/22/ocean-design-for-plasma-may-updates/

Published: May 22, 2026 13:09

Fixing Color Visuals, Exporting and Importing We received multiple reports of problems when importing the Penpot library file. Users would see a Penpot instance crash upon loading our library. One of our contributors noticed that there was a problematic…

Qt Creator 20 Beta2 released

https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-20-beta2-released

Published: May 21, 2026 10:27

We are happy to announce the release of Qt Creator 20 Beta2.

The KDE Qt5 Patch Collection has been rebased on top of Qt 5.15.19

https://tsdgeos.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-kde-qt5-patch-collection-has-been.html

Published: May 20, 2026 21:06

Commit: https://invent.kde.org/qt/qt/qt5/-/commit/aa749695075684f0c8585ede19e361f9accb4287Commercial release announcement: https://www.qt.io/blog/commercial-lts-qt-5.15.19-released OpenSource release announcement:…

kirigami-app-components

https://notmart.org/blog/2026/05/kirigami-app-components/

Published: May 20, 2026 15:03

We just had a release of a new library, and future framework: kirigami-app-componets, which is a new repository where a certain kind of Kirigami extensions will go. This repository will contain modules that are intended to be building blocks for…

Qt Creator 20: faster clangd

https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-20-faster-clangd

Published: May 20, 2026 13:07

In this article, I am going to talk about having a PGO (Profile-Guided Optimization) build of Clang.

A Cross-Platform C# UI Framework via Qt’s Bridging Technology

https://www.qt.io/blog/csharp-ui-framework-via-bridging-technology

Published: May 20, 2026 11:20

Every C# UI framework comes with a familiar pattern: Windows-first, Linux absent, roadmap uncertain. WPF stalled, MAUI skipped Linux, WinUI 3 stays Windows-native. At the same time, demand for embedded Linux grows and C# teams feel the lack of good UI…

Qt Bridges: Public Beta for the C# Bridge Is Out!

https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-bridges-public-beta-for-csharp

Published: May 20, 2026 11:19

Qt Bridges is a project we have been developing since 2025 to bring Qt’s UI framework capabilities to other programming languages, without going through the full set of bindings. The focus is on the interaction with backend data objects, seamlessly…

Kirigami Adddons 1.12.1

https://carlschwan.eu/2026/05/20/kirigami-adddons-1.12.1/

Published: May 20, 2026 07:30

A new release of Kirigami Addons is out. This is a minor release containing mostly bug fixes and small refactoring. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release. Packager section You can find the package on download.kde.org (kirigami addons) and it…

Smoke tests for fun and profit

https://nicolasfella.de/posts/smoke-tests-for-fun-and-profit/?utm_source=atom_feed

Published: May 19, 2026 22:00

Smoking is bad for you. Testing software is good for you though. A while ago I wrote about detecting memory leaks in KDE CI. That works beautifully, and has already lead to real-world improvements, but it assumes that CI actually runs some code, usually a…

Haruna 1.8

https://haruna.kde.org/blog/2026-05-18-haruna-1.8/

Published: May 19, 2026 21:00

Haruna version 1.8.1 is released. If you like Haruna then support its development GitHub Sponsors Liberapay PayPal Windows version: haruna-1.8.1-windows-gcc-x86_64.exe haruna-1.8.1-windows-gcc-x86_64.7z Availability of other package formats depends…

Introducing Qt's GUI Design Skill: Design for Developers in Agentic Workflows

https://www.qt.io/blog/introducing-qts-gui-design-skill-design-for-developers-in-agentic-workflows

Published: May 19, 2026 10:25

Why UI Developers Need Sometimes Design Support - and How the Skill Provides It Not every UI developer has a UX designer at their disposal. Some R&D teams, especially in small and medium-sized businesses, need to build a user interface without the help of…

About the importance of FUN

https://nuno-icons.com/2026/05/18/about-the-importance-of-fun/

Published: May 18, 2026 13:59

One of the things I think modern software quietly forgot is fun. Maybe we became to distracterd on the day to day life of affordance and usability,.... we forgot to have a bit of FUN!! So while revamping the old Oxygen icon set into today, and maybe more…

Join KDE's Amharic translation effort!

https://tsdgeos.blogspot.com/2026/05/join-kdes-amharic-translation-effort.html

Published: May 17, 2026 23:00

A contributor has recently started translating KDE to Amharic.They are looking for people to help since translating KDE is a lot of work.Please join the kde-l10n-am mailing list and introduce yourself if you are interested in helping!

55,041,902 Lines of Code

https://blog.cornelius-schumacher.de/2026/05/55041902-lines-of-code.html

Published: May 17, 2026 10:02

I did some exploration on KDE's code base. It's amazing what you can find when you have almost 30 years of public history in git.In doing so I ran some statistics on KDE's core software. That core is relatively well-defined, even over the years. It's the…

Start with Fedora KDE or Kubuntu

https://pointieststick.com/2026/05/16/start-with-fedora-kde-or-kubuntu/

Published: May 16, 2026 22:15

I regularly read questions from new users on Reddit and KDE’s discussion forum asking what Linux-based operating system they should start out with, or asking for help after choosing an unsuitable one. Inspired by a recent example on Reddit, I decided to…