NFC Integration for Plasma Mobile
Following the recent look at the state of GNSS API on Linux Mobile, I did a similar exploration of where we are with the Near Field Communication (NFC) stack.
Volker Krause
Thoughts on KDE, Qt, Free Software and software engineering.
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June/July in KDE Itinerary
Time for another bi-monthly update on what happened around Itinerary! Since the previous report there’s a new combined journey view, support for ride sharing services and new Apple Wallet pass formats, among many other things.
OSM Indoor Mapping Workshop 2026
Last weekend I joined an in-person workshop at HTW Berlin for discussing topics around mapping indoor spaces in OpenStreetMap.
XDG Desktop Portal Location API for KDE applications
In my last post on Android platform integration I had suggested increasing the focus on Linux on mobile phones, due to Google’s ongoing attempts to close down Android for us. I have to follow that myself then of course, starting with looking at the situation around location/positioning.
KDE Android News (June 2026)
Quite a few things have happened around the Android platform support for KDE applications in recent months, so high time for another update on that.
April/May in KDE Itinerary
Since the previous report two month ago, Itinerary got support for booking URLs, a newer foundation for its Android packages, and more detailed shared vehicle information.
FOSSGIS Community Meeting May 2026
Last weekend I joined parts of the FOSSGIS Community Meeting at Linuxhotel in Essen, Germany, focusing on topics related to organizing this year’s edition of the Open Transport Community Conference.
KDE Sprint and Grazer Linuxtage 2026
I spent the last week in Graz, Austria, attending a KDE sprint as well as Grazer Linuxtage.
FOSSGIS Conference 2026
Last week I attended this year’s FOSSGIS-Konferenz in Göttingen, Germany, focusing on public transport and indoor navigation topics.
February/March in KDE Itinerary
In the past two months since the previous report we added a new welcome screen, warnings about some potentially expensive mistakes and support for more data sources in Switzerland to KDE Itinerary, among many other improvements.