Longtime Slashdot reader jrepin writes: Plasma is a popular desktop (and mobile) environment for GNU/Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems. Among other things, it also powers the desktop mode of the Steam Deck gaming handheld. The KDE community t…

king*jojo shares a report: Linux desktop darling KDE is weighing in on the controversy around the impending demise of Windows 10 support with a lurid “KDE for Windows 10 Exiles” campaign. KDE’s alarming “Exiles” page opens with the text “Your computer …

A new virtual machine manager called Karton is being developed specifically for the KDE Plasma desktop, aiming to offer a seamless, Qt-native alternative to GNOME-centric tools like GNOME Boxes. Spearheaded by University of Waterloo student Derek Lin a…

With its Start menu-style application launcher and its bottom-of-the-screen taskbar, KDE Plasma is a “nice” and “traditional” desktop environment that’s “also highly customizable,” notes It’s FOSS News.

But there’s a change coming…

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Prominent KDE developer Nate Graham believes that Plasma 6 is now “fairly livable” and recommends KDE developers and power users / enthusiasts start giving it a try. Phoronix reports: He characterized Plasma 6 as: “Basically everything in Plasma compil…

KDE developer/QA manager Nate Graham describes the week-long development sprint for the next major release of Plasma desktop environment. And one big focus was “better default settings” to “improve the UX out of the box.”
Some highlights from Nate’s b…

9to5Linux reports:

KDE-focused and Arch Linux-inspired independent distribution KaOS Linux celebrates today 10 years of existence with a new stable ISO release that brings some of the latest GNU/Linux technologies and a preview of the upcoming KDE Pla…

Long-time Slashdot reader jrepin writes: Plasma is a popular desktop environment, which is also powering the desktop mode on the Steam Deck hand-held gaming console. Today, KDE Community announced release of KDE Plasma 5.27, a Long Term Support (LTS) r…