btw i will donate monthly, cause great work needs great support!

Hi!

Now that 6.8 is here and X11 is dropped, I have to figure out new scripts and workarounds to repair, approximate, or abandon long-standing workflows. I'm guessing there are others in the same boat.

I thought we could have a central thread to help each other find solutions to these issues.

My own status:

This white outline around steam looks totally out of place for me, it only looks good on dark mode, can i disable it?

I tried removing the window rules ALT+F3 -> Window settings, but it keeps resetting.

Plasma 6.8 has just arrived on my arch and I had to modify in the screen configuration the setting related to color precision to "prefer color precision" because the "prefer efficiency" one was making the screen gray flicker to a very bright white. Moreover the unlocking of lockscreen with fingerprint is not been presented anymore (it used to work perfectly before). Is anyone facing these issues? Is there a way to fix them?

Value for value. Donate!

We started a new repository under KDE in the playground area, intended as a space for exploring visual ideas, and more, and seeing where they lead.

We continue with the 7-day marathon of KDE versions as part of the celebration of the desktop environment project's 30th anniversary of its founding, featuring the fifth major release, KDE Plasma 5.0.0, which was released on July 15, 2014. This version is running on a July 18, 2014 snapshot build of KDE Neon GNU/Linux, which is the only downloadable bootable live CD I found that includes both KDE Plasma 5.0.0 and the KDE Plasma 5.0.x version series. The first versions of Linux distributions listed on DistroWatch that included a version of the KDE Plasma 5.x series were released with versions from the 5.1.x series, skipping 5.0.x. This was disappointing because there was at least one version of any Linux distribution—whether major, minor, or lesser-known—that included other x.0.x versions of the series according to my last check of DistroWatch. This release is particularly significant as it represents the first version after the KDE Software Compilation was split into KDE Frameworks and KDE Plasma.

Can i say somehow which one screen should be prior in the login screen?

Hey all!

I was at work, and walking by someone who had the macOS Sequoia "Macintosh" screen saver, and thought this could just as easily be replicated in KDE!

This sits in the background of the Lock Screen, everything is live (including the actual time that displays in the wallpaper, as that's an actual thing the "Macintosh" screen saver does). Elements and icons have been changed from Apple to KDE/Linux icons (and its easy to add your own).

More scenes will be coming soon, but here's the core list:

- KWrite with the KDE Manifesto being typed. Cursor clicks through different fonts and ruler spacings

- System Settings with a list of panels. The pointer changes the desktop pattern, blink rates, speaker volume, mouse tracking and key repeat, and opens the KDE menu.

- Control Center is an icon-only panel in the style of the System Settings, with its volume slider, pattern editor and circled menu-blink numbers.

- KCalc is the calculator in front of a Dolphin window.

- Icon Garden is a field of icons, including Tux and the KDE and Plasma logos, that dissolve into other icons.

github: https://github.com/Yosh145/retroplasma

KDE Store: WIP

This was tested using Fedora 44 and Plasma 6.7.5, please let me know if future/past versions don't work

Hey pals, is there a way to disable this giant virtual keyboard at login screen? I can't find any settings to do so.

I know I can hide it just clicking the "hide key" there, but it's annoying doing so every boot.

And when hiding it and clicking on the password field, it shows it again.

We continue with the 7-day marathon of KDE versions with the fourth installment, which is considered the worst major KDE release in the history of the desktop environment, KDE 4.0.0. This version is showcased in a copy of Kubuntu GNU/Linux 7.10 containing this desktop environment release, which is the only downloadable bootable ISO image available for a Linux distribution with KDE 4.0.0, aside from KDE Four Live 1.0 (based on openSUSE 10.3) and the KDE spin of Fedora 9 Alpha. Although KDE 4.0.1, the first maintenance release of this series, was released on the same day (February 5, 2008), this ISO was compiled on January 29, 2008 and included KDE 4.0.0 instead. I found this version and uploaded it to the Internet Archive. Various inconsistencies in the behavior of this major release led Linus Torvalds, the creator of GNU/Linux, to describe it as a "disaster" and switch to GNOME. Consequently, many Linux distributions, except Fedora and openSUSE, skipped version 4.0 and continued to use 3.5, which was a more mature and stable KDE version at the time.

One thing I've been missing from my OSX days is Artful - an app that rotated wallpaper through random paintings. Turns out, I like looking at paintings and the concept of lateral learning works well on me - I started to develop both connaissance and taste. However, OSX was terrible in every other way, so I switched to Linux and Sway. Fast forward ten years, thanks to LLMs, I could now recreate a similar thing on Sway. Happy days. But then one day my daughter saw it and said she wanted it too. Since it wouldn't be realistic to get her to use Sway, I needed a desktop environment usable by mere mortals where this could be achieved. KDE Plasma ticked the box and so it was done.

Now, I realise that many people here dislike projects where an LLM did the coding. And I must admit, this is 100% the case - I haven't even read any of it. Full test coverage, type checking and lints give me some modest confidence that the code is not complete garbage, but, ultimately, I have no idea. Having said that, the end result is working well and makes sense (the product of months of iterating and tweaking), has some genuine novelty beyond Artful and thus is worth sharing. So here it is: https://github.com/artemave/artwall

P.S. the demo is recorded on Sway, but it looks and behaves identically on KDE.

(SOLVED): I've tried to update my Plasma version to the latest 6.8.0 through the usual channels. First through Discover, then pkcon then - as a last try - apt dist-upgrade.

I keep getting the same error:

dpkg: error processing package libglib2.0-0t64:i386 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed
dpkg: dependency problems prevent processing triggers for libglib2.0-0t64:i386:
libglib2.0-0t64:i386 depends on libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.22); however:
 Package libpcre2-8-0:i386 is not configured yet.

Any ideas?

SOLVED: I fixed the issue by removing the 32-bit packages.

sudo apt remove  libpcre2-8-0:i386 libpcre2-8-0:i386

How's that for an announcement?

So, yeah: Happy Birthday to us 🎂! Today KDE is 30 years old! And, boy, do we have treats for you!

First up: Plasma 6.8 - 30th Anniversary Edition is here!

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.8.0/

And it comes packed with new stuff.

Among other cool things, a new and improved remote desktop system, which is more performant comes with an exclusivity mode and shared clipboard; more calendars and keyboards for more cultures and languages; and better accessibility and usability features.

We're kicking off our traditional End of Year Fundraiser💸!

https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2026/

For the first day of our fundraiser, we are premiering the KDE documentary "A story of Free Software underdogs".

But of course there's more: look out for goodies, challenges, stories, never seen before art, adoptable stuff...

And get your new 5k 30th anniversary commemorative T-shirt.

Now available from

https://merch.kde.org/en-eur/products/the-5k-30th-anniversary-edition

Not sure about tag of this post

Does Gwenview apply more saturation to the image as it was viewed or something?

Hiya people, is there a guide or sth for how to make your own background? im specifically looking for a way to make one that changes depending on the time, already have the art!

Hey my KDE Kode of Konduct followers, welcome to the latest release of Wonderbrushed, and welcome to the latest version of Wonderbrushed, with... not that many new icons :| BUT, I have a fun surprise for all my fellow artists on this community, but ima tell you at the end, because social media algs reward me when people waste their time on my posts. First the changelogs:

Change-logs:

New Icons:

Creative:

• Aseprite
• LibreSprite
• PureRef
• New Audacity Icon
• OpenToonz

Browsers:

• Thorium
• Ungoogled Chromium
• Falkon
• qutebrowser

System:

• KCalc
• OpenRGB
• LocalSend
• EasyEffects

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed WiFi and Brightness icons not working
• Fixed Obsidian icon not working when installed with Flatpak

Wallpapers:

I've created Wonderbrushed's first, First-Party desktop wallpapers, Cookies, and as a part of a work-in-progress wallpaper pack, Solaris. ALSO, the surprise has something to do with wallpapers, so stay tuned.

LIFE: I have finally acquired a laptop that is actually not a potato with a horrible screen so I'm seeing colour in DCI-P3 for the first time. OLED!!!!!! Yaey! Also, this is my first post written in this laptop.

AND, The Big Announcement!!!

Wonderbrushed is holding its FIRST annual Wallpaper contest, where you can create wallpapers, and get a chance to get it included with the Wonderful Wonderbrushed Wallpaper Pack Add-on. And Discord members (def not marketing btw, but the discord also has fun perks like knowing the latest icons before the release, the ability to ask me anything, any time, and vote on variations of icons) get a Discord role so you can... flex on other people that you won. Yeah... Also, your name (and or Social Media Handle) is permanently placed in the Wonderbrushed Credits. Links to participate and the rules are down below.

Links:

Regular Stuff:

• GitHub Repo & (To download the pack and ask for new icons): https://github.com/Bhavneeth-Games/Wonderbrushed
• Progress Document (Read-Only): https://docs.google.com/document/d/11cmucEKU10CzprAu6dus4nY0vg-uqqjmq4IfRNkrbcI/edit?usp=sharing
• Recommendations Document (Legacy Document & will become Read-Only on the 23rd of Oct ): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pJRVsGnD2A6piIGx1AuWMM9Hve0UDZa99HjVQXT3BQU/edit?usp=sharing
• Style Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1suU30NlEcVg74R7MSZQnHzhpNOgUpcx3V_MTzEaHD7A/edit?usp=sharing
• Discord Community: https://discord.gg/47x6Vvs5FD

The Competition:

• Rules (PLEASE READ THOROUGHLY): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tVxFq_IaH_lzGigtd7DlT7dAfYLvUACT9goVsJlJUlw/edit?usp=sharing
• Google Forms Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tVxFq_IaH_lzGigtd7DlT7dAfYLvUACT9goVsJlJUlw/edit?usp=sharing

Bye friends, and have fun ;)

i cannot access bugs.kde.org and invent.kde.org to see the latest commits and respective bug reports from the latest plasma 6.8 complete changelog.

not using VPN or proxies, what causes this? perhaps there is something worth knowing?

I just want to maintain cohesion with my window decor.

We conclude the seven-day marathon covering various KDE versions as part of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the KDE desktop environment's founding (despite my omission of versions 2.0, 4.0, and Plasma 5.0, and the delay of this post to today, the project's actual 30th anniversary, for personal reasons I prefer not to mention) with the October 13, 2026 snapshot of the development branch of KDE Plasma 6.9 (6.8.80 at the time of posting) on KDE GNU/Linux, which, along with KDE Neon, serves as the desktop environment's official GNU/Linux distribution (KDE Neon being a fork of Ubuntu GNU/Linux, while KDE GNU/Linux is a fork of Arch GNU/Linux), on VirtualBox 7.2.20, the latest version of the virtualizer at the time of this post.

U looks good despite your age