KDE Plasma 6.3 will have much better fractional scaling
The KDE team continuing building up the next version of the popular KDE Plasma desktop environment, with Plasma 6.3.0 getting some great additions.
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In a few previous years, I decided to do a fresh take each time on what the best Linux distribution was for gaming - so I'm back for a 2025 edition of the article that will cause you to tell me how wrong and terrible I am.
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KDE's 2024 fundraiser hits the goal - clearly their donation pop-up works
Some good news coming out from camp KDE, with their yearly fundraiser ongoing and they've managed to smash their original goal.
Fedora KDE gets approval to be upgraded to sit alongside Fedora Workstation
Fedora Workstation with GNOME is the main edition of the Fedora Linux distribution, but their Fedora KDE Desktop Spin just got approval to become a lot more important.
KDE Plasma 6.3 will show when apps are killed due to out of memory (OOM)
Work continues as always on the next version of the popular KDE Plasma desktop environment. My favourite desktop, and the one used for the Steam Deck Desktop Mode.
KDE's end of year fundraiser is live
If you appreciate the work from the KDE team on things like the Plasma desktop environment, maybe it's time to give them a little donation.
KDE Plasma 6.2 released with improved Wayland colour management
The KDE team have today released the Plasma 6.2 desktop environment bringing with it a "friendlier, more accessible and smarter environment".
KDE Plasma 6.2 Beta released and Plasma Wayland Protocols 1.14 out now
Time for a little testing over the weekend, as the KDE team have released Plasma 6.2 Beta along with updated Plasma Wayland Protocols.
KDE Slimbook VI announced with an AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
Slimbook have announced their latest KDE Slimbook VI, with it being shown off during the KDE Akademy 2024 event taking place in Würzburg, Germany.
KDE Plasma 6.2 adding a pop-up for donations, plus they want to make a next-generation KDE OS
A recent change was proposed last month to implement an on-by-default KDED (KDE Daemon) module that will gently ask you to donate to KDE as a pop-up on your notification system inside the KDE Plasma desktop, planned for version 6.2.
Plasma 6.1 released with Explicit Sync, Triple Buffering for Wayland and much more
KDE Plasma 6.1 has been released today bringing with it plenty of exciting new features, some big and some small but there's plenty to enjoy.
KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta released with Wayland Explicit Sync support
Time for testing, especially for those of you with an NVIDIA GPU as the KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta is now live with some new features.
KDE Plasma 6.1 will be able to sync keyboard RGB to your chosen accent colour
More work is ongoing for the upcoming KDE Plasma 6.1 release, and there's some fun stuff being added like the ability to sync your keyboard RGB lighting up to your Plasma accent colouring.
KDE Plasma app Ark gets support for self-extracting .exe archive files
In another of their regular update blog posts, KDE's Nate Graham has highlighted some recent new KDE Plasma features coming soon to the desktop.
3rd party KDE Plasma Global Themes and Widgets can lead to data loss
Uh oh. Seems there's been an issue lately with Global Themes for KDE, which has ended up causing a total wipe of data.
Plasma 6 lands in Arch Linux, KDE neon teething issues and Plasma 6.1 heating up
The dust is starting to settle now the huge KDE Plasma 6 release is out in the wild, with it beginning to land for more distributions but there's been some issues.
The future has arrived - KDE Plasma 6 desktop released
The KDE team announced "MegaRelease 6", a big upgrade that includes Plasma 6, Frameworks 6 and Gear 24.02 with tons of improvements to this popular desktop environment that's used on the Steam Deck for Desktop Mode.
Slimbook reveal the AMD powered Excalibur laptop and KDE Plasma 6 Slimbook
For all of you who keep asking for more AMD powered laptops, Slimbook have delivered with the brand new Excalibur which also has a KDE Slimbook counterpart.
KDE Plasma 6 hits initial funding goal
The KDE team are currently running a funding campaign to help bring in more monies to support Plasma desktop development, and thankfully well ahead of the Plasma 6 release they've managed to hit the initial goal.
KDE Plasma 6.0 Beta 2 is available for testing
Getting exciting now! We're closing in on the final release of KDE Plasma 6.0 with a second Beta now available for testing to ensure it's ready for your Linux desktops and eventually Steam Deck too.
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