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Work on the KDE desktop environment began 30 years ago. The team is celebrating the anniversary with parties, a major ...

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When we access websites, we usually use google.com or internal server hostnames, right? But in reality, the TCP/IP protocol ...

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Printing on Linux is now less painful than on Windows ...

The desktop environment KDE Plasma says goodbye to X11 on its 30th KDE birthday, integrates the backup tool Kup, and makes ...

KDE Plasma 6.8 was officially released on October 14, 2026, but availability through Linux distributions depends on their individual packaging and testing schedules. KDE publishes the upstream source ...

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Version 6.8 of the KDE Plasma desktop has been released. The The KDE project has timed the release to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Matthias Ettrich's email announcing the project: ...

UNIX baggage and inconsistent distro choices make everyday file actions feel like a chore of templates and terminals.