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KDE

@kde.org

Plasma 6 will be landing in your #SteamDeck with your next #SteamOS update.🕹️

store.steampowered.com/news/app/167...

#gaming #console #steam #valve #plasma6

May 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM

KDE

@kde.org

Update your Steam Deck! Now with KDE Plasma 6.2.5!

www.steamdeck.com/en/news

#Plasma6 #opensource #freesoftware #gaming #linuxgaming

May 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM

KDE

@kde.org

Plasma 6.7 is out!

You can look forward to easier menu customization, better control over your mics, and, as for virtual desktops, you get keyboard navigation and the much anticipated feature of having separate virtual desktops on different monitors.

kde.org/announcement...

#Plasma6 #desktop

June 16, 2026 at 12:04 PM

KDE

@kde.org

A KDE Klassic Bounces Back!

The Bouncy Ball widget is now available for #Plasma6 thanks to Filip Fila's crazed night of coding.

https://
filipfila.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/bouncy-ball-will-always-bounce-back/

#bounces #ball #pointless #cats

January 25, 2026 at 12:21 PM

KDE

@kde.org

This Week in Plasma brings an easier way to customize you launch menus, better screen recordings, and improvements to Plasma's calculator.

blogs.kde.org/2025/03/22/t...

#Plasma6 #freesoftware #linux #opensource

March 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM

KDE

@kde.org

KDE Plasma 6.4.5 is out!
 A bugfix release with smoother panels, better widget behavior, and improved stability across the board.

kde.org/announcement...

#KDE #Plasma6 #Linux #FOSS #BugFix

KDE Plasma 6.4.5, Bugfix Release for September - KDE Community

FIXME

kde.org

September 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM

KDE

@kde.org

In today's issue of "This Week in Plasma", Mr. Vader says...

blogs.kde.org/2026/03/21/t...

#FreeSoftware #desktop #Plasma6 #OpenSource #RoundCorners

Darth Vader, in a menacing stance threatens:

"I HAVE ROUNDED THE CORNERS — PRAY I DON'T ROUND THEM ANY FURTHER."

Nuff said.

March 21, 2026 at 1:04 PM

KDE

@kde.org

"This week in Plasma" covers how KRunner now sees in color, the disk widget finds errors in your drives, Spectacle gets a spectacular overhaul, and much, much more!

blogs.kde.org/2025/03/01/t...

#desktop #Plasma #Plasma6 #opensource #freedesktop

March 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM

KDE

@kde.org

Nate Graham lays out the state of Plasma's X11 session, the short term plans, and how things will go in the future.

pointieststick.com/2025/06/21/a...

#Plasma6 #X11

June 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM

KDE

@kde.org

"This Week in Plasma" brings the news that Plasma 6.4’s enters soft feature freeze, Dolphin and other KDE apps "New File" and "New Folder" dialogs get a visual overhaul, and that the file transfer process now inhibits suspend, among many other things.

blogs.kde.org/2025/05/10/t...

#Plasma6

May 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM

KDE

@kde.org

"This Week in Plasma" brings the news that...

The Digital clock widget gets the Vietnamese lunar calendar, highlighted items get rounded corners, and the Favorites section in the app launcher menu gets all flashy 📸... Among many other things.

blogs.kde.org/2026/02/28/t...

#Plasma6 #desktop #Linux

February 28, 2026 at 10:32 AM

KDE

@kde.org

In "This week in Plasma": you will be able to configure the rotatable dial on drawing tablets in Plasma 6.5, the Welcome Center gets accessibility improvements, and automatic wallpaper transitions linked to you day/night cycle are coming soon:

blogs.kde.org/2025/07/12/t...

#Plasma6 #opensource

July 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM

KDE

@kde.org

"This week in Plasma" brings wallpapers that transition from light (during the day) to dark (when the sun goes down), better search results in Discover, visual polish for the Audio Volume widget, and tons of other stuff!

blogs.kde.org/2025/05/24/t...

#eyecandy #plasma6 #opensource #freesoftware

May 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM

Rizitis 🐟

@rizitis.bsky.social

#Slackware64-current #Plasma6

September 25, 2026 at 5:18 PM

KDE

@kde.org

Plasma 6.8 #Beta 1 is here! Testers, ready your machines!

kde.org/announcement...

Help us find all the #bugs and squash them before the final release on October 14th, KDE's 30th #birthday.

Report bugs to: bugs.kde.org

#KDEat30 #Plasma6 #testing #desktop #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

A screenshot of Plasma 6.8 Beta, showing the Discover software manager/store, and System Settings. Overlaid is Konqi, the KDE dragon, doing experiments with beakers and test tubes and stuff.

September 10, 2026 at 4:45 PM

KDE

@kde.org

For those interested Plasma Big Screen for Smart TVS, yes, it also gets an update...

kde.org/announcement...

so you can better enjoy... well... your big screen.

#SmartTV #TV #BigScreen #Plasma6 #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

Plasma Big Screen main view, with a big clock up top, and popular apps along the bottom.

Plasma Big Screen's remote control friendly settings app

Plasma Big Screen showing the list of available apps with big icons you can easily click on with your remote.

June 17, 2026 at 8:13 AM

KDE

@kde.org

"This Week in Plasma" brings you windows with rounded corners (which can be made square again if you wish), adjustable sidebars for Discover and System Monitor, and the work in progress to improve KRunner's search results:

blogs.kde.org/2025/07/19/t...

#Plasma6 #opensource #freesoftware #desktop

A screenshot of KDE's Dolphin file explorer boasting round corners at the bottom... Because this is what you have been demanding all along, right? RIGHT??!??!

July 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM

KDE

@kde.org

"This Week in Plasma" is fixing all the things!!!

The team fixed 28% of all high priority bugs, added a page to System Settings that allows you to configure shared printers on Windows networks, reorganized KRunner’s buttons, and much more!

blogs.kde.org/2026/01/24/t...

#TWiP #Plasma6 #desktop

This screenshot shows the new configuration page in System Settings that llows your machine to access printers on Windows networks.

This screenshot shows how the position of the buttons have changed in KRunner.

January 24, 2026 at 9:33 AM

Rizitis 🐟

@rizitis.bsky.social

#xlibre #slackware current #linux #plasma6 #kernel 6.17.7-zen+ #pipewire

December 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM

linuxeasy.bsky.social

@linuxeasy.bsky.social

Nostalgia KDE? Klassik porta l’aspetto e diversi componenti del mitico KDE 3 direttamente su Plasma 6, sfruttando tecnologie moderne come Qt 6 e Wayland. #Linux #KDE #Plasma6 #KDE3 #OpenSource www.linuxeasy.org/klassik-ripo...

Klassik riporta il desktop KDE 3 su Plasma 6

Klassik ricrea l’esperienza KDE 3 su KDE Plasma 6 con Qt 6, Wayland, applet storiche, temi, decorazioni e componenti moderni.

www.linuxeasy.org

September 28, 2026 at 6:30 AM

KDE

@kde.org

"This Week in Plasma" brings the news that the second beta for Plasma 6.5 is ready for testing, the Emoji Selector understands your language, and we also get a glimpse into what is coming to Plasma 6.6:

blogs.kde.org/2025/10/04/t...

#Plasma6 #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #desktop #emojis