Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop(lwn.net)
363 points by signa11 | 449 comments
LWN.net article reporting on Scott Jenson's Akademy 2026 talk urging open-source projects like KDE to move desktop design beyond the traditional WIMP model.
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State of Kdenlive(kdenlive.org)
451 points by f_r_d | 143 comments
Kdenlive team blog post reviewing the open-source video editor's 2025 development progress and plans, with a fundraising appeal.
KDE Connect: Enabling communication between all your devices(community.kde.org)
452 points by snthd | 181 comments
KDE community wiki page for KDE Connect, a project letting phones and desktops share notifications, files, media control and remote input.
KDE is now my favorite desktop(kokada.dev)
833 points by todsacerdoti | 698 comments
A personal blog post explaining why the author switched to KDE on a gaming PC and now prefers it over other Linux desktops, Windows, and macOS.
KDE launches its own distribution(lwn.net)
643 points by Bogdanp | 449 comments
LWN article on KDE Linux, an alpha immutable distribution from the KDE Project built on Arch packages, released at Akademy 2025.
The KDE desktop gets an overhaul with Plasma 6(lwn.net)
759 points by jrepinc | 551 comments
LWN article by Joe Brockmeier on the KDE Plasma 6 megarelease, covering the move to Wayland, Qt 6, and KDE Frameworks 6.
Krita: A professional free and open source painting program(krita.org)
569 points by doener | 195 comments
Homepage of Krita, a free and open source digital painting program made by artists, with a banner soliciting donations to its development fund.