By now, many have probably read Jonathan Riddell’s blog post yesterday about his departure from KDE and the events that led up to it. And today, an article has been published in ItsFoss about the topic that unfortunately seems to have misunderstood some of the details of Jonathan’s post. I didn’t want to have to … Continue reading A few corrections about the transition from Blue Systems to Techpaladin →...
I’m back from Akademy 2025 in Berlin, and what an experience it was. At this point, I’ve gotten a reputation as a “big picture guy”, so that’s what I’ll focus on here, rather than the details of my experiences in specific events. Lots of other folks are starting to write blog posts you can find … Continue reading Akademy 2025: something big is happening →...
Today I have something very exciting to share: the Alpha release of KDE Linux, KDE’s new operating system! Many of you may be familiar with KDE Linux already through Harald Sitter‘s 2024 Akademy talk about it (slides; recording), or the Wiki page, or its web page on kde.org. For everyone else, let me briefly explain: … Continue reading Announcing the Alpha release of KDE Linux →...
…might be the one you already have. I’m sure some of you are chucking over my realization of something so obvious! Yeah, fair enough. Perhaps this will at least burnish my KDE Eco credentials a bit. Last October, the loud fan noise, poor multi-core CPU performance, and at best 4-hour battery life of my daily … Continue reading The perfect laptop →...
This is a bit of a rant; feel free to skip it if you’re here for the KDE content. This isn’t the first time I’ve blogged about the dearth of truly great PC laptops out there, and I suspect it won’t be the last. I limit myself to a single computer for simplicity’s sake, so … Continue reading The hunt for a perfect laptop continues →...
Those of you upgrading to Plasma 6.4.1 (released yesterday) may notice a more substantive change than the type we typically make in bug-fix releases: The “highlight window” effect for Task Manager thumbnails is now off by default. This is the effect that makes other windows fade out when you hover over a window’s thumbnail. Why … Continue reading A slight UX change in Plasma 6.4.1 →...
X11 is in the news again, so I thought it would make sense to be clear about the Plasma team’s plans for X11 support going forward. Current status: Plasma’s X11 session continues to be maintained. Specifically, that means: This is actually not too bad; there are relatively few open and fixable X11-specific bugs (0.76% of … Continue reading About Plasma’s X11 session →...
I was recently interviewed by Jonathan Bennett of the FLOSS Weekly show! If you aren’t totally sick of my ugly mug yet, you can hear me talk about some of my favorite topics: KDE on hardware, onboarding people to Plasma, the importance of preserving readiness, and how difficult it is to actually install and uninstall … Continue reading Interview on FLOSS Weekly →...
With the release of the Lenovo Legion Go S gaming handheld, we’ve now got a real apples-to-apples comparison of how Windows 11 fares against Linux (specifically, SteamOS with KDE Plasma) on the same 1st-party supported OEM hardware in a gaming context. And the results are pretty devastating for Windows in terms of performance and battery … Continue reading SteamOS destroys Windows →...
A few days ago I returned home from a wonderful Plasma sprint in Graz, Austria. Between COVID-19 and there being no Plasma sprint last year in favor of the Goals mega-sprint, this was actually only my my third in-person Plasma sprint! So I was very excited to attend. There’s much to talk about! Sprints are … Continue reading Notes from the Graz Plasma sprint →...