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In the feedback about dropping X11 support, one very surprisingly common comment is from users saying they 'need' kgamma, a simple tool that allows the user to adjust the gamma, red, blue and green that gets drawn to the screen operating directly on the X server. On our Wayland session we have colour management that Continue reading Wayland pain points kgamma
If you've been around KDE, you've probably heard of Techpaladin Software We're a consultancy that works almost exclusively on KDE, improving KDE upstream while delivering the features and functionality our clients need. We're growing and looking for more developers to join the team. We're after experienced developers who are already familiar with KDE, C++, and Continue reading Techpaladin are…
When we first announced the transition to Plasma Wayland, one of Martin's slides from stated, 'It's done when it's done!' That talk was 15 years ago! Nothing in software is never truly 'done', but as announced previously we are finally at a point where we're ready to retire the X11 and put all our focus Continue reading EX-11: Prepping for Plasma s Last X11-Supported Release
This is a effectively a guest blogpost where I, as usual, take the credit for the work someone else has done. Last year ago set out making a home automation -- Desktop Linux bridge over the Christmas holidays. The idea is that if you're using home automation your PC that you're in front of has Continue reading Update on KDE Home Automation (KIOT)
I hate waiting for compilations. For day-to-day it may only be a minute or two, but once you start doing another task, the context switching distracts from what you were doing before and breaks everything up. Life is too short to be waiting for computers. Obviously the first answer is to have a faster machine, Continue reading Setting up distributed compilations with sccache
I'm writing this blog in the very very early stages of development because I'm 50% sure someone will link me to some existing library that Google failed to find. Varlink Varlink is an IPC mechanism that is gaining popularity in a few places across Linux. It's very simple, JSON blobs over a socket terminated with Continue reading Introducing QtVarlink
Activities' future is a bit unclear at the moment. It overlaps with functionality provided by other services and the user story for how it fits into the desktop is unclear at best. However we also have to acknowledge that some people use activities to create a workflow that works for them. Rather than taking a Continue reading Upcoming changes to Activities in Plasma 6.5
Plasma's login experience is an area that we know requires some improvement — it works OK in the basic case, but it's very barebones and doesn't handle anything beyond that. As a complete desktop experience, it's our job to provide support for the edge cases too. What we want Great out-of-box experience in multi-monitor and Continue reading # A Roadmap for a modern Plasma Login Manager
About Home Automation is mostly, as the name implies, about automation. The machine you're in front of all work-day has an awful lot of useful information that can be useful in your home management. I have a script lower my blinds if I turn on the camera during the afternoon as otherwise there's an annoying Continue reading Adding Home Automation to KDE
Whilst commit numbers aren't a perfect measure of anything whatsoever, they do still provide a good indication of whether a project is healthy or faltering. It's useful to keep an eye on them, and the start of the year is a good time to do that. I like graphs, everyone likes graphs, they need no Continue reading I measured KDE s commit stats and the results surprised me!