This new #OCR feature in #KDE is fantastic! 🎉 Sadly it's only for Spectacle for now but having OCR as a library is on the road map and I hope it gets added to Gwenview next. The built-in OCR in macOS Preview is so useful that I wondered why KDE still doesn't have it natively yet.

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/11/15/this-week-in-plasma-ocr-in-spectacle-and-many-ui-improvements/

This new #OCR feature in #KDE is fantastic! 🎉 Sadly it's only for Spectacle for now but having OCR as a library is on the road map and I hope it gets added to Gwenview next. The built-in OCR in macOS Preview is so useful that I wondered why KDE still doesn't have it natively yet.

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/11/15/this-week-in-plasma-ocr-in-spectacle-and-many-ui-improvements/

Query: I'm seeing more and more "I'm trying #linux" videos out there and most of them have people installing applications via the command line & I'm curious: does anyone have any theories about why this is? I know there are some contributors on here (thank you) and I'm really curious.

Is it a discoverability issue or are people just getting intrigued by forum posts with cli commands before installing? The stores on #gnome and #kde are so good at this point that I rarely don't use them.

Query: I'm seeing more and more "I'm trying #linux" videos out there and most of them have people installing applications via the command line & I'm curious: does anyone have any theories about why this is? I know there are some contributors on here (thank you) and I'm really curious.

Is it a discoverability issue or are people just getting intrigued by forum posts with cli commands before installing? The stores on #gnome and #kde are so good at this point that I rarely don't use them.

For anyone who missed it: Patrick Volkerding confirmed on LQ that Plasma 6 has been tested internally during every Slackware -current release cycle.

It hasn’t shown up in /testing (and might never), because KDE6/Qt6 is still going through heavy upstream churn — exactly the kind of instability that can break a system-wide upgrade. So Pat is keeping KDE6 out-of-tree until it’s truly ready.

Pat’s post:
🔗 https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/requests-for-current-next-15-0-15-1-a-4175706801/page603.html#post6600820

If you want to experiment with precompiled KDE6 for Slackware, check out the great community builds provided by r0ni.

🔗 https://slackware.lngn.net/#kde6
👤 @jloc0@mastodon.sdf.org

You can also download KDE6 from this community build as well:
🔗 https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/building-the-plasma6-for-slackware-current-in-the-ktown-style-a-build-based-on-the-alienbob%27s-ktown-4175735773/

So no worries our BDFL won’t disappoint.
Plasma 6 will arrive at the right moment: stable, polished, and with that classic Slackware quality. 😉

#Slackware #SlackwareCurrent #KDE #Plasma6 #Linux

#TIL left clicking on the desktop and typing activates krunner 😎

#tip #kde #plasma

I forced myself to use a #FreeBSD laptop ful-time this week and as a result - *Review Goose* now has great support for Linux and BSD platforms, as well as better Windows support.

The main improvements are auto-starting snixembed when necessary and dynamically generating icons with text: https://github.com/codeGROOVE-dev/goose - now tested with #KDE, #Gnome, #Hyprland and #XFCE

For anyone who missed it: Patrick Volkerding confirmed on LQ that Plasma 6 has been tested internally during every Slackware -current release cycle.

It hasn’t shown up in /testing (and might never), because KDE6/Qt6 is still going through heavy upstream churn — exactly the kind of instability that can break a system-wide upgrade. So Pat is keeping KDE6 out-of-tree until it’s truly ready.

Pat’s post:
🔗 https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/requests-for-current-next-15-0-15-1-a-4175706801/page603.html#post6600820

If you want to experiment with precompiled KDE6 for Slackware, check out the great community builds provided by r0ni.

🔗 https://slackware.lngn.net/#kde6
👤 @jloc0@mastodon.sdf.org

You can also download KDE6 from this community build as well:
🔗 https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/building-the-plasma6-for-slackware-current-in-the-ktown-style-a-build-based-on-the-alienbob%27s-ktown-4175735773/

So no worries our BDFL won’t disappoint.
Plasma 6 will arrive at the right moment: stable, polished, and with that classic Slackware quality. 😉

#Slackware #SlackwareCurrent #KDE #Plasma6 #Linux

I forced myself to use a #FreeBSD laptop ful-time this week and as a result - *Review Goose* now has great support for Linux and BSD platforms, as well as better Windows support.

The main improvements are auto-starting snixembed when necessary and dynamically generating icons with text: https://github.com/codeGROOVE-dev/goose - now tested with #KDE, #Gnome, #Hyprland and #XFCE

If anyone wants to adopt my app KomoDo, it's possible now: https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2025/#adopt-an-app

By adopting we mean this: Donate 50e, say in donation comment you want to adopt app + your name, and your name will be added to the app about section.

All the money goes to KDE so we can keep lights on and have conferences like Akademy which are super helpful for fixing bugs and getting things done!

#KDE #Linux #KomoDo

Laughs in Linux!

#Linux #Debian #Fedora #ArchLinux #Arch #Windows #Suckless #DWM #ElementaryOS #NixOS #Manjaro #Gnome #KDE #MATE #Meme #Memes #Humor

🎉 Trinity R14.1.5 Desktop Environment Released With Multi-Monitor Tiling

｢ The lightweight Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE), a continuation of the classic KDE 3.5 desktop designed for users who appreciate traditional layouts without the heavy footprint of modern desktop shells, has released version 14.1.5 — the fifth maintenance update in the R14.1 series — for anyone in 2025 looking to revisit that classic early-2000s desktop experience ｣

https://linuxiac.com/trinity-r14-1-5-desktop-environment-released-with-multi-monitor-tiling/

#KDE #linux #opensource

@david_chisnall Also, #KDE 6 devs:

"We have disrupted your muscle memory for taskbar context menu so we could place at the top 'Open new window' which is only relevant to 40% of GUI programs, displacing 'Move window to desktop N' which is relevant for 100%. We know that 23 years of habit can die hard, which is why we are doing this now – better late than never."

If anyone wants to adopt my app KomoDo, it's possible now: https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2025/#adopt-an-app

By adopting we mean this: Donate 50e, say in donation comment you want to adopt app + your name, and your name will be added to the app about section.

All the money goes to KDE so we can keep lights on and have conferences like Akademy which are super helpful for fixing bugs and getting things done!

#KDE #Linux #KomoDo

The GAFAM poster campaign library

This page hosts the translations and corresponding resources of the GAFAM poster campaign texts from the group action against GAFAM by @LaQuadrature.

Visit the library: https://library.gafam.info/

#BanWindows #BanMicrosoft #BanGoogle #BanChrome #BanGAFAM #NoGAFAM #Linux
#OpenSource #Firefox #ZenBrowser #FloorpBrowser #Privacy #RegainPrivacy #NoSpy
#Debian #Fedora #LinuxMint #Solus #Ubuntu #Gnome #KDE #Xfce #openSUSE #LibreOffice #FOSS #FLOSS #Environnement #FreeSoftware

The company I work at is hiring https://pointieststick.com/2025/11/07/techpaladin-is-looking-for-a-passionate-plasma-hacker/

#KDE #Linux

Hvis du vil gøre integrationen af AppImages* lidt mere smidig i dit Linux-skrivebordsmiljø, så kig lidt på "Gear Lever" - via... Flathub

Den kan bl.a. hjælpe dig med at flytte dine AppImages til en standardlokation og holde øje med, om der er kommet opdateringer.

https://flathub.org/en/apps/it.mijorus.gearlever
https://github.com/mijorus/gearlever?tab=readme-ov-file

*) stod det til mig, så var AppImages allerede 1st class citizens i KDE/Gnome - de er simpelthen en fornøjelse at arbejde med.

#linux #kde #gnome #opensource

The GAFAM poster campaign library

This page hosts the translations and corresponding resources of the GAFAM poster campaign texts from the group action against GAFAM by @LaQuadrature.

Visit the library: https://library.gafam.info/

#BanWindows #BanMicrosoft #BanGoogle #BanChrome #BanGAFAM #NoGAFAM #Linux
#OpenSource #Firefox #ZenBrowser #FloorpBrowser #Privacy #RegainPrivacy #NoSpy
#Debian #Fedora #LinuxMint #Solus #Ubuntu #Gnome #KDE #Xfce #openSUSE #LibreOffice #FOSS #FLOSS #Environnement #FreeSoftware