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Replacing startplasma with shell scripts or dinit (Part 1)

https://cukic.co/2026/09/07/startplasma-with-shell-scripts-or-dinit

Published: September 7, 2026 08:10

I’m getting old (though, not as old as the image below), and I miss the good old days when using Linux was more difficult, but when every system in a Linux desktop session was simple. Excalibur (1981) This was before polkit, systemd, … Even before DBus…

Photos: a proposed replacement for Gwenview

https://pointieststick.com/2026/09/06/photos-a-proposed-replacement-for-gwenview/

Published: September 7, 2026 04:53

Gwenview has been KDE’s flagship image viewer for over 25 years. It works, it’s feature-packed, and it’s been modernized repeatedly. Gwenview has served generations of KDE users faithfully and well. So… why build a replacement? Well, over the years…

State of the Map 2026

https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/09/05/osm-sotm-2026.html

Published: September 5, 2026 06:45

Last week I attended this year’s State of the Map (SotM) in Paris, France, OpenStreetMap’s annual conference. This was actually my first time making it to SotM since I started working with OSM data for KDE Itinerary eight years or so ago. SotM 2026 group…

This Week in Plasma: Auto-Scrolling and Dwell-Clicking

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/09/04/this-week-in-plasma-auto-scrolling-and-dwell-clicking/

Published: September 4, 2026 18:17

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! Some of the last Plasma 6.8 features landed this week, and there’s a whole bunch of great stuff! Let’s jump right in: Notable new features Plasma 6.8 We’ve implemented something very much like the…

Web Review, Week 2026-36

https://ervin.ipsquad.net/blog/2026/09/04/web-review-week-2026-36/

Published: September 4, 2026 11:46

Back from vacations and I did some catch up late at night… So expect a larger selection than usual. Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-36. WEBMASTER@ a manifesto for everyone Tags: tech, web, internet, culture, history A very uplifting essay in…

Bug triaging help needed

https://pointieststick.com/2026/09/03/bug-triaging-help-needed/

Published: September 4, 2026 00:30

For many years now, I and others have been working on getting plasmashell’s open bug reports as accurate and actionable as possible. We’ve made tremendous progress, driving down the number of unconfirmed bug reports to its lowest levels in over a decade,…

SPDX Cryptographic Algorithm List: summer 2026 update

https://toscalix.com/2026/09/03/spdx-cryptographic-algorithm-list-summer-2026-update/

Published: September 3, 2026 11:34

This summer the SPDX Cryptography Group agreed on how to describe algorithm parameters, tightened its contribution and release processes, and opened the discussion on post-quantum cryptography. Where this report comes from This is an update of the work we…

Wayland pain points – Dwell Clicker

https://saueseb.wordpress.com/2026/09/02/wayland-pain-points-dwell-clicker/

Published: September 2, 2026 15:31

One known significant issue when going from X11 to Wayland was our KMouseTool being X11 only. KMouseTool implements a Dwell Clicker that that is an assistive technology designed for individuals who find traditional mouse clicking difficult, painful, or…

Qt AI Assistant Retires As We Invest in Agentic Development Tools

https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-ai-assistant-retires-as-we-invest-in-agentic-development-tools

Published: September 1, 2026 06:55

The Way Developers Use AI Has Changed When Qt AI Assistant was introduced, the state of the art in AI-powered software development was the single-turn prompt: select a block of code, ask for a test case, an explanation, or some boilerplate QML, and review…

This Month in KDE Linux: August 2026

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/08/31/this-month-in-kde-linux-august-2026/

Published: August 31, 2026 21:15

Welcome to this edition of This Month in KDE Linux, dedicated to KDE’s next-generation operating system. Here’s how KDE Linux evolved in August: Data safety A major data safety project reached a state of usability! First, Hadi Chokr transformed users’ home…

Kdenlive 26.08.0 released

https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/26.08.0/

Published: August 31, 2026 18:05

We are happy to announce the summer release of Kdenlive 26.08. Continuing the efforts from the last version, the core team has been focusing mostly on stability - fixing bugs and crashes while also doing lot's under the hood improvements. This release…

Qt Extension 1.16.0 for VS Code Released

https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-extension-1.16.0-for-vs-code-released

Published: August 31, 2026 14:24

We're excited to announce the release of version 1.16.0 of the Qt Extension for Visual Studio Code! This release brings: QML Profiler and Trace Viewer to profile your QML applications directly from VS Code A new Welcome page with browsers for Qt examples…