FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA5 Now Available

https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-stable/2025-October/003330.html

For freebsd-update:

― "THE STEP OF UPDATING YOUR EXISTING SYSTEM FIRST IS NECESSARY …"

https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1nyu2ky/comment/nhx8x53/

Screenshots below are of a multi-desktop environment system that used pkg for the update from ALPHA4 to ALPHA5.

#alpha #Cinnamon #MATE #KDE #Plasma #SDDM #Firefox #FreeBSD #Foundation

FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA5 Now Available

https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-stable/2025-October/003330.html

For freebsd-update:

― "THE STEP OF UPDATING YOUR EXISTING SYSTEM FIRST IS NECESSARY …"

https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1nyu2ky/comment/nhx8x53/

Screenshots below are of a multi-desktop environment system that used pkg for the update from ALPHA4 to ALPHA5.

#alpha #Cinnamon #MATE #KDE #Plasma #SDDM #Firefox #FreeBSD #Foundation

I heard that KDE could use some fundraising campaign artwork, so calling all artists who may follow me:

• If you like KDE stuff like Krita or Plasma etc..
• And if you like Konqi and Katie

We could use some artwork: Drawings of Konqi and Katie for fundraising efforts. Here is a good example: https://community.kde.org/File:Konqui-donation-002.png

The promo folk will explain more what they need specifically, I'm mostly a messenger.

It is volunteer work (so very likely no payment) and the artwork will have to have permissive license such as CC-BY-SA. And I understand for many artists that's a lot to ask.. But you never know if you don't ask right?

There's different style campaigns for different holiday seasons. If you're interested, let me know here or my email, and I'll give out details how to contact the promo team. You can also chat with them directly through their Matrix channel: https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/promotion

Here's examples of various artwork we have: https://community.kde.org/Promo/Material/Mascots

Edit: I don't think there's participation limit either. 😊

And yes, this makes you a contributor to KDE! :)

#KDE #Linux #Krita

I heard that KDE could use some fundraising campaign artwork, so calling all artists who may follow me:

• If you like KDE stuff like Krita or Plasma etc..
• And if you like Konqi and Katie

We could use some artwork: Drawings of Konqi and Katie for fundraising efforts. Here is a good example: https://community.kde.org/File:Konqui-donation-002.png

The promo folk will explain more what they need specifically, I'm mostly a messenger.

It is volunteer work (so very likely no payment) and the artwork will have to have permissive license such as CC-BY-SA. And I understand for many artists that's a lot to ask.. But you never know if you don't ask right?

There's different style campaigns for different holiday seasons. If you're interested, let me know here or my email, and I'll give out details how to contact the promo team. You can also chat with them directly through their Matrix channel: https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/promotion

Here's examples of various artwork we have: https://community.kde.org/Promo/Material/Mascots

Edit: I don't think there's participation limit either. 😊

And yes, this makes you a contributor to KDE! :)

#KDE #Linux #Krita

I’ve just requested a #KDE stand for #FOSDEM. If we’re lucky, you’ll be able to see us there again this year :)

https://fosdem.org/2026/news/2025-10-03-call-for-stands/

I maintain that we need a "fall guy" group in the Linux desktop space to fund, develop, and openly release stuff that would get the Internet mad at existing players, so they typically avoid doing them.

Keeping in mind the intent is to push things forward while not caring about peoples' gut reactions (because technology is more nuanced than a gut reaction!), this could include…

#Linux #OpenSource #FreeDesktop #GNOME #FDo #KDE

@sjvn Just gave my 12-year-old #Apple #MacBook Pro a fresh life with Linux Mint. 🚀

On newer machines I go for #Ubuntu, but here I happily skipped #GNOME and went for #KDE. Smooth, fast, and still rocking ~2h battery life. Proof that old hardware can shine again! 💻✨

#LinuxLife #RetroTech #KDEPlasma #FOSSFTW #MintyFresh #LinuxOnMac #OldButGold #HackThePlanet #Linux #Mint

@jbz

The only thing that annoys me about #KDE is its wallet. But I will say, #KDE Wallet is 1000x better to deal with than GNOME's key-ring.

My distro is still on v5 so, in release 6, is the wallet easier to manage ? What I would like to see is never get prompted for a PW. With LUKs, I think wallet type applications on desktops should be history :)

Or why can't KDE generate a hidden internal PW for the wallet via "/dev/urandom" once if no PW exists. And we never get a prompt.

#KDE is now my favorite desktop — kokada
https://kokada.dev/blog/kde-is-now-my-favorite-desktop/

Hi, does anyone know how we can get the domain fa.kde.org from the #kde ?
I already emailed webmaster@kde.org to know about the requirements and process, but I haven’t received a reply yet.

Hi, does anyone know how we can get the domain fa.kde.org from the #kde ?
I already emailed webmaster@kde.org to know about the requirements and process, but I haven’t received a reply yet.

@nitot personnellement je voulais signer cette pétition, mais je ne le ferais pas car c'est continuer et pousser les utilisateurs dans la mauvaise voie. Aujourd'hui des distributions Linux sont matures pour le poste de travail. Il faut aider et pousser au remplacement des #windows10 par des #zorinos ou #debian #KDE #GNOME #lxde #xfce #mint et encore d'autres ! Tous mes ordinateurs fonctionnent avec Linux et tous ont plus de 8 ans et pour Surf, bureautique, messagerie, musique, retouche image, etc etc c'est suffisant. Il faut lâcher les #gafam et passer à autre chose.

Did you know that #KDE 's KRunner accessible via Alt+F2 hotkey(combination) can do simple math, convert units and currencies for you?

All of that offline. No need to query a web search engine or use a web browser at all, not to mention asking a large language model that'd probably give you wrong results at a million times higher computational, memory and energy cost than what this launcher does.

I love you, @kde ! Plasma is the best :D

#PSA #didyouknow #protip #Linux #PlasmaDesktop

Did you know that #KDE 's KRunner accessible via Alt+F2 hotkey(combination) can do simple math, convert units and currencies for you?

All of that offline. No need to query a web search engine or use a web browser at all, not to mention asking a large language model that'd probably give you wrong results at a million times higher computational, memory and energy cost than what this launcher does.

I love you, @kde ! Plasma is the best :D

#PSA #didyouknow #protip #Linux #PlasmaDesktop

KDE Plasma and applications on FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT

#FreeBSD #KDE #Plasma

Dammit. I was thinking of moving to Kubuntu since a German tech company was funding it, but they've shut down and the successor hasn't been able to keep things running smoothly

#linux #kde

Krita is a beautiful program

https://krita.org/

#kde #krita #plasma

Krita is a beautiful program

https://krita.org/

#kde #krita #plasma

You know that Windows 10 is end of life soon? If you are still stuck with a Windows 10 laptop, you can upgrade it to Linux! I'm joining a wonderful team at #KDE#AKADEMY to help you in a #EndOf10 installation party. Bring your laptop, we do the rest!

Not in #Berlin today? Good news - there are other events all over the world!

https://endof10.org/events/

You know that Windows 10 is end of life soon? If you are still stuck with a Windows 10 laptop, you can upgrade it to Linux! I'm joining a wonderful team at #KDE#AKADEMY to help you in a #EndOf10 installation party. Bring your laptop, we do the rest!

Not in #Berlin today? Good news - there are other events all over the world!

https://endof10.org/events/