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Week 1 recap GSoC 2025 - setup

Friday, 13 June 2025
Intro One of the largest hurdles in any job or activity is getting your resources set up. Luckily for you, Krita has one of the most detailed and straightforward documentation for setup. In this blog I will go over my experience setting up Krita and provide quick links to answer all the questions you may have during set up. Read More

Gesture customization mini-sprint

Thursday, 12 June 2025
To briefly recap, Natalie Clarius and I applied for an NLnet grant to improve gesture support in Plasma, and they accepted our project proposal. We thought it would be a good idea to meet in person and workshop this topic from morning to evening for three days in a row. Props to Natalie taking the trip from far away in Germany to my parents' place, where we were kindly hosted and deliciously fed. Read More

This Week in KDE Apps: Pride Month, better MobiPocket performance and progress in Chessament

Sunday, 8 June 2025
Welcome to a new issue of "This Week in KDE Apps"! Every week we cover as much as possible of what's happening in the world of KDE apps. This week issue is a bit special as it is also covering the past week as last Sunday some other contributors and me were busy at the KDE booth at the Umweltfestival in Berlin. Read More

This Week in Plasma: Plasma 6.4 is nigh

Saturday, 7 June 2025
Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! Every week we cover the highlights of what’s happening in the world of KDE Plasma and its associated apps like Discover, System Monitor, and more. Read More

GSoC 2025: Krita Selection Action Bar

Friday, 6 June 2025
Intro Hi all! My name is Ross Rosales. I am a self-taught Software Engineer and former Registered Nurse with a background in the Emergency Deparment. Through the great community of KDE and Open Source I gained so much valuable experience that I apply in my everyday career and life. As I continue learning everyday, I want to share what I'll be working on over the next 12 weeks. Read More

GSoC 2025 Project Intro: Porting ISO Image Writer GUI to Kirigami and adding some glitter

Monday, 2 June 2025
Hi All ! Sun is finally out here in Vancouver 🌞 and GSOC 2025 has started. I will be working on porting ISO Image writer to Kirigami and adding some nice-to-have features. Read More

Revisiting X11 vs Wayland With Multiple Displays

Monday, 2 June 2025
The things I do for QA... A few years ago, I was among those who found Wayland too painful to use every day. Over time, I gave Wayland a try now and then. It finally got usable enough for me to switch to as my default a couple of years ago. Read More

This Week in Plasma: Plasma 6.4 stabilizes

Saturday, 31 May 2025
Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! Every week we cover the highlights of what’s happening in the world of KDE Plasma and its associated apps like Discover, System Monitor, and more. Read More

This Week in KDE Apps

Sunday, 25 May 2025
Welcome to a new issue of "This Week in KDE Apps"! Every week we cover as much as possible of what's happening in the world of KDE apps. This week we look at the usability improvements landing in NeoChat, and KClock; important bug fixes in Akonadi; performance improvements in KTorrent and new features in Kate and KRDC. Read More

This Week in Plasma: time-of-day wallpapers

Saturday, 24 May 2025
Welcome to a new issue of “This Week in Plasma”! Every week we cover the highlights of what’s happening in the world of KDE Plasma and its associated apps like Discover, System Monitor, and more. Read More