A new experimental protocol, xx-fractional-scale-v2, has been proposed to address existing limitations with Wayland fractional scaling. A merge request for this protocol was opened today within Waylan...
AerynOS, the Linux distribution built from scratch and formerly known as Serpent OS, released its 2026.03 update this month. This new version integrates desktop environment advancements including GNOM...
Framework Computer, known for its modular laptops and the new Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo" Framework Desktop, has increased its support for the KDE community. This development was reported today by Phoro...
KDE's KWin compositor has initiated its journey toward integrating Vulkan support, with the first foundational code merged today. This effort aims to establish Vulkan as an alternative rendering backe...
Phoronix recently conducted tests on Ubuntu 26.04, comparing the performance of the KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop with its Wayland session against the default GNOME 50 desktop. The analysis indicated a notab...
KDE developers have integrated 3D LUT (Look-Up Table) support into KWin, the window manager and Wayland compositor for the KDE Plasma desktop environment. This new functionality is slated for the upco...
KDE Linux, serving as a reference platform for the KDE Plasma desktop, has received notable enhancements. These recent updates include the addition of Apple APFS file-system support, improving compati...
KDE Plasma 6.6 was released today, February 18, 2026. This version introduces new functionalities, including the ability to extract text from screenshots via Optical Character Recognition (OCR). The u...
KDE Plasma 6.5.5 was released today, serving as the fifth maintenance update for the KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment series. This update brings a collection of bug fixes and stability enhancements....
Manjaro 26.0 was released today, January 5, 2026, incorporating the Linux 6.18 LTS kernel. This update brings the latest long-term support kernel to the distribution. Key desktop environments in Manja...
KDE developer Nate Graham stated today that the KDE Plasma desktop's Wayland transition "nears completion" as 2025 concludes. In a recent blog post, Graham highlighted the progress made throughout the...
The PorteuX 2.5 Linux distribution is now available for download, featuring significant updates across its core components and desktop environments. This release introduces Flatpak support for enhance...
Development work this week for KDE Plasma 6.6 has confirmed the addition of proper screen mirroring support for Wayland sessions. This feature resolves a previous limitation where duplicating display ...