Because I customized KDE to show close/(un)maximize/minimize on the left and most importantly always on top on the right, except GNOME apps show only close and only on the right and the rest require a right-click, this is so annoying.

Basically, I want this :

To become this :

Thanks

I don't know what causes this, but, randomly, my touchpad becomes laggy, the pointer is delayed when I move it.

The problem goes away out of nowhere and then comes back. Was anyone able to solve this? I attached my neofetch output.

The schedule for conf.kde.in is out!

Explore the KDE community—who they are, what they do, and why it matters, learn about Digital Independence: Your Roadmap to Seamless Self-Hosting, Embracing FOSS in EdTech, and much more.

Check the program here: https://conf.kde.org/event/8/timetable
Don't forget to register: https://conf.kde.org/event/8/registrations/28/

Stay tuned for more updates on what is happening on Day 3.

#cki2025 #KDE

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After many twists and turns, I'm happy to announce the release of KleverNotes 1.2.0.

What's New:

• New file structure that perfectly mirrors what you see in the sidebar. Ability to change the color and icon of each item.
• New drawing page with more features.
• "Copy" button in the code block.
• New bottom bar for switching between notes and tasks.
• Improved page turn animation.

Bug fixes, including but not limited to :

• Pressing V without a modifier while an image is in the clipboard does nothing (as expected).
• Preventing the use of a "/" to name an item, as it would create a directory.
• Various rendering issues.

This version is smaller than expected, but I think it was more than time to release it. Other (small) features will be added with version 1.3.0, and I hope to have time to develop them a little faster this time around. I hope you will enjoy this version nonetheless.

As always, I'd love to hear from you!

Link to the repo : https://invent.kde.org/office/klevernotes

Mirrors : https://download.kde.org/stable/klevernotes/1.2.0/klevernotes-1.2.0.tar.xz.mirrorlist

Valve's Steam Deck updates to Plasma 6.2.5!

The games console has a slow update cycle to guarantee stability for users, but #Valve announced yesterday that both the #Arch base system and the #Plasma desktop environment are being updated to new preview releases.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/529841158837240756

#SteamDeck #SteamOS #Steam #gaming #linux

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The new episode of "This Week in KDE Apps" is out covering among other things a massive amount of improvements to KDE's personal information management suite (email, calendar, contacts, etc.), new levels in KDE's educational activity collection GCompris, fixes for Amarok, and digiKam's just released version 8.6.0.

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/03/17/this-week-in-kde-apps/

#apps #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

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digiKam, KDE's full-featured photo management software, releases version 8.6.0.

You can look forward to a smarter face management tool, an improved auto-tagging system that identifies elements in your images, fully automatic red-eye removal, and a new image quality feature that classifies images according to their aesthetic quality.

We also fixed 140 bugs!

https://www.digikam.org/news/2025-03-15-8.6.0/_release/_announcement/

#photography #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

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Hi everyone! I recently created a custom service menu for the Dolphin file manager, but unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be working as expected.

My goal is to have a menu to convert image file formats quickly with image magick.

Here is the .desktop file I managed to arrange

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
Name=Convert Image
Icon=gtk-convert
MimeType=image/png;image/jpg;image/jpeg;image/ico;image/heic;image/svg;image/webp;
Actions=topng;tojpg;toico;towebp
X-KDE-Submenu=Convert Image

[Desktop Action topng]
Name=To Png
Exec=sh -c 'FILE="%f"; DIRECTORY="$(dirname $FILE)"; FILENAME="${FILE%.*}"; magick "$FILE" -format png "$DIRECTORY/$FILENAME.png"'

[Desktop Action tojpg]
Name=To Jpg
Exec=sh -c 'FILE="%f"; DIRECTORY="$(dirname $FILE)"; FILENAME="${FILE%.*}"; magick "$FILE" -format jpg "$DIRECTORY/$FILENAME.jpg"'

[Desktop Action toico]
Name=To Ico
Exec=sh -c 'FILE="%f"; DIRECTORY="$(dirname $FILE)"; FILENAME="${FILE%.*}"; magick "$FILE" -format ico "$DIRECTORY/$FILENAME.ico"'

[Desktop Action towebp]
Name=To Webp
Exec=sh -c 'FILE="%f"; DIRECTORY="$(dirname $FILE)"; FILENAME="${FILE%.*}"; magick "$FILE" -format webp "$DIRECTORY/$FILENAME.webp"'

When I right-click on an image my custom menu item appears as expected. However, when I click on the menu item, nothing happens. There are no error messages or any indication of what might be going wrong.

I made sure the .desktop file is executable and the sh script works when using it on the command line, so I'm out of ideas for what could be going wrong.

Are there any logs I can check to get more information about what's failing? I'm using plasma 6.3.3 on Arch btw

Edit: To answer how to troubleshoot custom service menus (specifically .desktops) the desktop-file-validate cli utlility checks all the syntax errors and can provide solutions to what's wrong. For my use case though, using a script file for the Exec line and avoiding any double quotes was the practical way of assuring my service menu works.

v2.8, v2.9, v2.10 were all released recently after a few months hiatus (v2.7 was in Oct).

Most of the changes were bug fixes but v2.8 had new features too:

• New visibility mode: Intelligent Auto Hide (aka Intellihide / Dodge Windows): in this mode, the dock only hides itself when there's a window covering it or there's a maximized window.
• Supports LXQt (KWin) on Wayland: including special menu entries (e.g. Log Out), specific default launchers, setting wallpapers and separate config.
• Task icon: Allow cycling backwards through window applications with CTRL: so left-clicking cycles forwards and CTRL + left-clicking cycles backwards.

Crystal Dock is a cool dock (desktop panel) for Linux desktop, with the focus on attractive user interface, being simple and easy to customize, and cross-desktop support.

The current version (version 2) supports KDE Plasma 6 and LXQt (KWin) on Wayland. Other desktop environments will be considered when they run on Wayland and provide sufficient APIs. The previous version (version 1) supports KDE Plasma 5, GNOME, LXQt, Cinnamon and MATE on X11.

Repo

Screenshots

This Week in Plasma brings file transfer progress graphs, per-virtual-desktop custom tile layouts, improved KRunner search result ordering, and much more to your favourite desktop.

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/03/15/this-week-in-plasma-file-transfer-progress-graphs/

#Plasma #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #desktop #Linux

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Really hating all the crap being put into VS code and want a switch.

Im mostly working in C and some Python/Lua and just want to know if I can get parameter hints the same way I do in VS code. It’s a bummer to have to peek at the docs every time I forget what parameters something takes.

I like lightweight programs so Kate is my first thought but if it does t I’ll just go to Kdevelop. Currently using Geany for my really small projects or tests.

Bonus question, if I’m using raylib for game dev, how would those hints work (if at all) in Kate? If Kate is using an LSP for autocompletion, how would that work for a library like Raylib? Sorry I’ve never actually considered this all before now!

Thanks all

I just spent an hour trying to figure out how to format PHP in Kate and can't do it. I downloaded phpcbf.phar and it works on local files, naturally, but can't use it for remote files which is the majority of how I work (ftp through Dolphin.) So, I need one of two things (I think):

Some sort of tool I can use through Kate to format PHP file in the editor

or

Figure out if Kate is using a local folder for tmp storage of the file from ftp, and what that folder is.

I love Kate, but this is kind of a show stopper for me. I've got a workaround but it's several steps. In VSCode it's one keyboard shortcut, but I hate it, especially compared to Kate.

Today KDE is at #FOSSASIA in Bangkok!

Come visit our booth at the True Digital Park West, 111 Sukhumvit Rd, Bang Chak, Phra Khanong, #Bangkok 10260; chat with KDE contributors, try out bleeding edge software and grab some stickers to deck out your computer!

https://www.eventyay.com/e/4c0e0c27

#thailand #opensource #freesoftware #apps

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@Xerusion

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.abnormalbeings.space/post/83295

Text version of this video:
https://thelibre.news/kde-board-member-nate-graham-announces-for-profit-company-2/

Edit: I got answers on the Fedora forum and used this command in my parallels VM and restarted: sudo grubby --update-kernel=ALL --args=video=Virtual-1:3456x2234@120.

I'm trying to get a custom resolution & refresh rate in KDE Wayland. I can get 120hz working on X11 by getting a modeline with cvt 4112 2572 120 and using xrandr commands, but how about Wayland? Perhaps be done with kscreen-doctor?___

Title. Also what is this backends menu that has replaced the list of devices? version: kdeconnect-kde-master-4864-macos-clang-arm64.dmg

This Week in KDE Apps brings LSP Support in KDevelop, systemDGenie rewrite and big UI changes in Dolphin.

You can also look forward to changes in KStars, #Krita, #Kdenlive, KOrganizer, Merkuro, Kleopatra, Itinerary, Neochat, Kate, KDevelop, Okular, Kastsm Gwenview, and more.

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/03/09/this-week-in-kde-apps/

#freesoftware #OpenSource #apps

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I installed this maximized window gaps Kwin script on KDE 6. It works fine but I'm wondering if there's a way to show shadows when windows are maximized.

You're still in time to visit KDE's booth at #SCaLE22x!

Come see us at the #Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA, and don't miss the chance to try out the newest KDE software, grab some merch and chat with community members and contributors.

https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x

Last day today!

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #linux
#desktop

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