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Hey there! I'm Vishesh Srivastava, and we're at the halfway mark of my SoK 2026 project — writing Appium-based UI tests for Lokalize. I was a bit late for the halfway mark, but we're still on track. Read More

Greetings to the KDE community! My name is Jaimukund Bhan and I have been working on Lokalize, the l10n tool used to translate KDE software, for Season of KDE 2026. Specifically, I have been fixing the Glossary - which is a collection of frequently used words linked to keyboard shortcuts for quick access while translating. Read More

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! This was another week of focusing on bug-fixing and UI polishing. Not massively flashy stuff, but critical for the long-term stability of the platform. Check out the work: Read More

I'm half-way through the Season of KDE 2026 and wanted to share the journey so far. I had subscribed to the kde-soc mailing list after I returned from IndiaFOSS'25, where I met KDE contributors who really encouraged me to join the community and told me that one can always learn while building. The first step, always, is to start. Then I got carried away with life until I saw "call to action" in my mailbox in January. It was about SoK'26. I had then recently set up Kubuntu and was in awe about what people can build out of passion and by collaborating with others. I felt mentorship was the way to get started. I explored the projects and found Task-3 under Lokalize as something that I can contribute to while learning new skills- programming in CPP, debugging, and exploring an old repo. Read More

Welcome to a new issue of "This WeekMonth in KDE Apps"! Every week (or so) we cover as much as possible of what's happening in the world of KDE apps. It's been a while since the last issue, so I'll try my best to summarize all the big things that happened recently. Read More

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! This week, in addition to the typical post-Plasma-release bug-fix spree, folks started working on UI improvements and features. Two notable examples are highlighted in the title, and found below: Read More

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! This week we released Plasma 6.6! So far it’s getting great reviews, even on Phoronix. 😁 Read More

Hey all! I'm CJ and I'm checking in with a midterm update on the Season of KDE task of automating data collection for the KDE promotional team. The first term of the two for this Season of KDE task has mostly been a learning experience of what does and doesn't work when it comes to scraping data from the web, laying down our toolset and approach to data collection. Read More

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! This week we put the finishing touches on Plasma 6.6! It’s due to be released in just a few days and it’s a great release with tons of impactful features, UI improvements, and bug fixes. I hope everyone loves it! Read More

Hey everyone! I am Siddharth Chopra, a second year engineering student at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. I'm really excited to be working on Marknote as a part of the Season of KDE program this year, under the mentorship of Carl Schawn. Read More