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  • Correct, to our chagrin. But it is there. KDE developers actually worked on it and implemented it. See the linked video. It is only a few minutes long.

  • We'll raffle one off at the next Akademy!

    [Ed.: No we won't. We aren't even allowed legally to do that. But maybe come to Akademy anyway.]

  • Most, likely 95+% of users will never even realise. Hell, they didn't realise when we switched them over to Wayland by default in Plasma 6. Even less so now with NVIDIA at last getting their act together, and devs having spent many human-hours in figuring out support for graphic tablets and so on. And even less a year from now when we have full feature-parity with X11.

    You may be underestimating the competency and speed of KDE devs. These people are the effing top.

    Will there be people who still need X11 a year+ from now? Maybe, it will be for really niche reasons though: very specific hardware (most most common tablets and drawing pads are already supported) or really old legacy software their company requires them to use.

    Either way, there will be compatibility layers, distros and maybe even forks of Plasma with X11 support, so this is all a non-issue.

  • KDE @lemmy.kde.social

    Fundraiser news: Adopt a KDE dragon!

  • KDE @lemmy.kde.social

    Plasma is going all Wayland

    blogs.kde.org /2025/11/26/going-all-in-on-a-wayland-future/
  • KDE @lemmy.kde.social

    The "Days of Much Spending" (aka Black Friday/Pre-Holidays shopping sprees) arrive for Plasma-powered hardware too

    kde.org /hardware/
  • 5 more apps added to the list of adoptable apps:

    • Spectacle is Plasma's inbuilt screen capture app. It can snap pics, record videos, edit them, and will son be able to extract text from captured images.
    • KMahJongg is a classic patience game where you have to match pairs of Mah Jongg pieces and clear the board.
    • Partition Manager is a fundamental piece of kit that allows you to edit, remove, create and in general manage partition on all connected storage devices.
    • ISO Image Writer, likewise, takes the guesswork out of creating bootable USB drives for testing or installing new operating systems.
    • Kleopatra manages all your digital certificates, signatures and cryptographic keys for your email, messages, and everything else.

    https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2025/#adopt-an-app

  • KDE @lemmy.kde.social

    Valve announces a desktop machine and VR goggles powered by KDE's Plasma desktop

    store.steampowered.com /sale/steamframe
  • KDE's Plasma Mobile is out to challenge spying, wall-gardened, proprietary mobile ecosystems.

    Help us break up the #mobile #phone #duopoly by donating to our #fundraiser:

    https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2025/

  • KDE @lemmy.kde.social

    Plasma 6.5 was released three weeks ago. Time to talk about what it delivers.

    plasma-mobile.org /2025/11/10/plasma-6-5/
  • KDE @lemmy.kde.social

    This week in KDE Apps... .

    blogs.kde.org /2025/11/10/this-week-in-kde-apps/
  • We have added 5 more items to our list of adoptable apps:

    • Krusader is an advanced twin panel (commander style) file manager for power users.
    • Amarok is a full-featured music/radio/podcast player that has made a spectacular comeback
    • Yakuake is a terminal emulator that is always on hand and that you can quickly unfold from the top of your screen
    • Kid3 helps you easily tag your music files
    • KDiskFree is an efficient no-frills app that shows you how much space you have left in your storage media.

    https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2025/#adopt-an-app

  • Live long and prosper

  • KDE @lemmy.kde.social

    Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 6, versioned 6.5.2

    kde.org /announcements/plasma/6/6.5.2/
  • KDE @lemmy.kde.social

    KDE's Google Summer of Code report is out!

    mentorship.kde.org /blog/2025-11-04-gsoc-end/
  • KDE @lemmy.kde.social

    KDE's Google Summer of Code report is out!

    mentorship.kde.org /blog/2025-11-04-gsoc-end/
  • We prefer the term "vintage"...

  • KDE @lemmy.kde.social

    "Adopt an App" is back! You can now show your love for your favorite apps through our fundraiser

    kde.org /fundraisers/yearend2025/
  • Enjoy being creeped out? Check out our two Halloween special fundraiser horror stories 🦇 "Night of the Living Bed" and "The Colour out of Waste".

  • KDE can continue operating at this rate because we can pay for infrastructure, support our devs at sprints and meetups, and recruit new contributors through our promotional activities at events.

    We need your help to keep these activities alive. Remember to donate to our yearly fundraiser!

    https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2025/

  • ... Aaaand they're all gone! Thanks everyone! When we get more perks, we'll let you know.

  • Absolutely.

  • Help us bring Plasma 6.5 and the rest of KDE's software catalogue into the mainstream by donating.

    Plasma 6.5 is out, and it is a modern, versatile, accessible desktop environment ready for private citizens, companies, and public institutions. Experience it yourself, and you will realise we are on to something big.

    70% of our funding comes from you, our friends and users. Donate now and help KDE on its way to world acceptance:

    https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2025/

  • KAKE!!!!!

  • Whoops! Thanks & corrected.

  • Wow! Excellent work! Would you not want to make this an official KDE project and get the full support from KDE?