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This Week in Plasma: Emoji Resizing

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/08/01/this-week-in-plasma-emoji-resizing/

Published: August 1, 2026 00:00

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! …but before we start, here’s a quick reminder that we’ve entered the last week to submit your proposal for the next KDE Goals cycle! If you’re not ready to champion a goal, you can still get involved by…

This Week in Plasma: Auto-Lock and Unlock for Remote Desktop Sessions

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/07/25/this-week-in-plasma-auto-lock-and-unlock-for-remote-desktop-sessions/

Published: July 25, 2026 00:00

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! This week saw a bunch of work on some core infrastructure components, like the RDP server, login greeter, and screen configuration tooling. That’s in addition to lots of other good work, too: Notable new…

This Week in Plasma: Shadows for Steam and Discord

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/07/18/this-week-in-plasma-shadows-for-steam-and-discord/

Published: July 18, 2026 00:00

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! This week the bug-fixing spree of the past few weeks wound down as feature work and user interface polishing moved into the foreground. So let’s start out with something pretty darn user-visible: Notable new…

This Week in Plasma: Audio Recording in Spectacle

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/07/11/this-week-in-plasma-audio-recording-in-spectacle/

Published: July 11, 2026 00:00

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! This week was busy! We’ve got some great new features to share, improved theming compatibility, UI improvements, bug fixes… and lots more! This is one of those weeks with a bit of something for everyone ­—…

This Week in Plasma: Better Animations

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/07/04/this-week-in-plasma-better-animations/

Published: July 4, 2026 00:00

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! This week Plasma 6.7 received a few more stabilization bug-fixes while attention turned towards the upcoming 6.8 release. Some exciting changes are in progress, and a few have already merged, including highly…

This Week in Plasma: Post-6.7 Bug-fixing

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/06/27/this-week-in-plasma-post-6.7-bug-fixing/

Published: June 27, 2026 00:00

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! This week members of the core Plasma team spent almost all of their time in bug-fixing mode! As usual, people unleashed their real-world setups on the new Plasma release and found some issues we missed during…

This Week in Plasma: 6.7 is Here!

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/06/20/this-week-in-plasma-6.7-is-here/

Published: June 20, 2026 00:00

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! This week we released Plasma 6.7, and the reviews are overwhelmingly positive so far! But the team didn’t sit on its laurels; instead we spent the week fixing a few issues that snuck past our beta testers or…

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…

This Week in Plasma: Fixing all the things

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/06/06/this-week-in-plasma-fixing-all-the-things/

Published: June 6, 2026 00:00

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! This week the team continued polishing Plasma 6.7 for its release next month. As such, this week was mostly bug fixing. Notable UI improvements Plasma 6.7 Hovering over a partially-visible item in the Kickoff…

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…