Plasma Testers Assemble!: Plasma 6.6 Beta 1 is out now! This release is a preview of KDE's upcoming Plasma 6.6, due to be released on February 17th. We need testers to trial run the new desktop environment and report bugs before we make it available to the general public Are you in?:
KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta Release - KDE Community
Here are the new modules available in the Plasma 6.6 beta: plasma-login-manager plasma-keyboard plasma-setup Some important features and changes in...
 Changelog: https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/plasma/6/6.5.5-6.5.90/ Report bugs to:
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Right, the one you really have been waiting for. Let's talk #Budgie 11 and how we plan on improving communication going forwards. https://buddieso...
 @npub1sdr8...838t to use KDE Frameworks in the upcoming versions of the Budgie desktop. It's great to see more people using KDE's technology for their own projects and we look forward to working together on improving support for the whole ecosystem. View quoted note →
KDE goes vroom vroom 🚗! 2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA, the first car to run KDE's KWin, receives "Car of the Year" award.
Mercedes-Benz Media
Mercedes-Benz Media
Exklusive Einblicke und individuelle Angebote: Erleben Sie mit Mercedes-Benz das Maximum aus digitaler Live-PR. Exclusive insights and individual o...
 And here is KDE's Victoria Fischer explaining how Mercedes uses Qt in its vehicles: KDE highlight at 8:22. Note that the bling Victoria is sporting is not official KDE merch... yet!
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KDE Gear 25.12.1 is out! Includes tweaks and bugfixes for Dolphin, Kate, skladnik, and more.
KDE Gear 25.12.1 - KDE Community
dolphin: Allow migration for users with the old session file format (Commit, fixes bug #513466) kate: Fix a tree view crash in the Project plugin (...
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"This Week in KDE Apps" brings the news that Itinerary gets vector-based tiles that make maps much more detailed, NeoChat gets improvements across the board, and KDE gets a new whiteboard app called Drawy!
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Welcome to a new issue of "This Week in KDE Apps"! Every week (or so) we cover as much as possible of what
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@npub1rczv...uu2f is at #39c3 today. Come and get some stickers!
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