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📰 KDE gets €1.2m funding from the Sovereign Tech Fund KDE has announced it’s getting a €1.28 million grant from the Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) to help improve the Plasma desktop, KDE Linux and the communication frameworks used by both. The German government-backed fund, which sees its work as “strategic investments in the digital infrastructure of our economy and society”, will disburse €1,285,200 ($1,512,680) to KDE across 2026 and 2027. 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/kde-sovereign-tech-fund-grant #kde#linux#plasma

📰 KDE Plasma 6.6.5 Is Out Now to Improve Performance for NVIDIA GPU Users KDE Plasma 6.6.5 is now available as the fifth maintenance update in the KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop environment series with various improvements and bug fixes. 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-6-5-is-out-now-to-improve-performance-for-nvidia-gpu-users #kde#plasma

📰 KDE’s New CSS-Based Style Engine Union Is Coming to KDE Plasma 6.7 The upcoming KDE Plasma 6.7 desktop environment will finally introduce KDE's new CSS-based style engine called Union as a technical preview. 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/kdes-new-css-based-style-engine-union-is-coming-to-kde-plasma-6-7 #kde#plasma

📰Manjaro 26.1 Preview Released With GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6 & Xfce 4.20 Options The preview release of the Arch Linux powered Manjaro 26.1 is now available for testing... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Manjaro-26.1-Preview #arch#gnome#kde#linux#plasma

📰 EndeavourOS Titan Neo Is Out with KDE Plasma 6.6.4 and KDE Gear 26.04 EndeavourOS Titan Neo distribution is now available for download with the KDE Plasma 6.6.4 desktop environment, Linux kernel 6.19.12, and other changes. Here’s what’s new! 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/endeavouros-titan-neo-is-out-with-kde-plasma-6-6-4-and-kde-gear-26-04 #kde#kernel#linux#plasma

📰 AerynOS Gets New Branding and Updated Desktop Stacks AerynOS 2026.05 arrives with refreshed branding, GNOME 50.1, KDE Plasma 6.6.4, COSMIC 1.0.11, and Linux kernel 7.0.2. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/aerynos-gets-new-branding-and-updated-desktop-stacks/ #gnome#kde#kernel#linux#plasma

📰 Fedora Linux 44 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New Fedora Linux 44 distribution is now available for download powered by Linux kernel 6.19 and featuring the latest GNOME 50 and KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop environments, and many other enhancements. 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/fedora-linux-44-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new #fedora#gnome#kde#kernel#linux#plasma

📰 KDE Plasma 6.7 Enables Overlay Planes For Intel Graphics, More Performance/Efficiency KDE developers continued to land more feature changes for the upcoming Plasma 6.7 desktop release. It's a busy spring of fixes, optimizations, and shiny new features for Plasma 6.7... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.7-Intel-Overlay #intel#kde#plasma

📰 LXQt 2.4 Released With More Wayland Fixes/Improvements The LXQt 2.4 desktop released today for joining the modern open-source desktop party alongside the likes of the recently debuted GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, and others... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/LXQt-2.4-Released #gnome#kde#opensource#plasma#wayland

📰 Solus 4.9 “Serenity” Released with Linux 6.18 LTS, KDE Plasma 6.6, and More Solus 4.9 distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.18 LTS, Budgie 10.9.4, KDE Plasma 6.6, GNOME 49.5, and Xfce 4.20. 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/solus-4-9-serenity-released-with-linux-6-18-lts-kde-plasma-6-6-and-more #budgie#gnome#kde#kernel#linux#plasma

📰 KDE Plasma 6.7 Ready With Wayland Session Management, Other New Improvements KDE Plasma 6.7 enjoyed a lot of recent feature development work thanks to a developer sprint in Graz, Austria. Also because of that developer sprint, This Week In Plasma wasn't published last week and so in turn a new issue is now available to highlight the changes over the past two weeks... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.7-Session #kde#plasma#wayland

📰 A PHP Dev Just Solved a 20+ Year-Old KDE Plasma Problem No One Else Would KWin can now show different virtual desktops on each screen independently. 🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17319404/kde-plasma-per-screen-virtual-desktops #kde#plasma