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Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

KDE discontinues Plasma LTS releases, reduces feature update to 2 in a year instead of 3, offers extended bug-fix support period:
news.itsfoss.com/kde-plasma-lt
(Well done, KDE! In my experience, the biggest issue with Plasma has always been the amount of annoying bugs and crashes, which kind of negated the experience for me, despite the cool extra features and the extensive customization options. However, this new strategy might pay off in the long term, and make Plasma a more stable experience.)

4MLinux 48.0 released with Linux kernel 6.12, updated packages, Kino (classic IEEE 1394 DV video editor) preinstalled, VVenC encoder:
betanews.com/2025/04/28/overco

Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) R14.1.4 released with emoji support, support for Ubuntu 25.04 and Fedora 43, tab support in KPDF document viewer, support for clickable links in calendar events, new wallpapers and color themes etc.:
9to5linux.com/trinity-desktop-

Tails 6.15 released with updated Linux kernel and Tor Browser, various bug and security fixes:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/5/

Linux kernel 6.15 RC4 released with various enhancements, bug fixes:
ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-6-1

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed update includes Linux kernel 6.14, post-quantum resistant OpenSSH, updated packages:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/5/

Ubuntu 24.04 is now compatible with Qualcomm DragonWing processors:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/ubuntu

(FOSS news in comment)

It's FOSS News · KDE Plasma LTS Releases Are Dead 💀The LTS releases of KDE Plasma are no more.
#WeeklyNews#News#Linux
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Aptivi

KDE Plasma 6.4 improves drag-and-drop for files

As we are getting closer to the soft freeze for the next version of KDE Plasma, which is v6.4, more features are being added to the desktop environment which is slated to be released this June. This release is going to be the most exciting version, hence the fact that there was an 18-year-old feature request (December 29th, 2007) posted on the bug tracker since the KDE 3 days.

Starting from this version of KDE Plasma, you can now configure the desktop environment via the Settings application so that you can now drag and drop files to a different folder on the same disk without asking every time. This saves time and effort, and this feature is demonstrated here.

To enable this setting, open the KDE settings, navigate to Workspace > General Behavior, scroll to Drag and Drop, and press on Move if on the same device.

Besides this one, there are various highlights that you can see in the blog article linked above, which coincides with how this version makes your user experience better, such as the following:

  • KWin’s full-screen zoom feature with a three-finger pinch gesture,
  • GPU usage monitoring in the System Monitor for AMD and Intel GPUs, and
  • Raw sensor data information in the Info Center.

For gamers, various improvements to the game controller joystick support have been added to this version of KDE Plasma.

Photo by Peter Kasprzyk on Unsplash

#KDE#KDE6#KDEPlasma
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Linux Is Best

Well, I am clueless. Because this should have worked:

# Load Bluetooth-related kernel modules at boot
  boot.kernelModules = [ "usb" "xhci_hcd" "btusb" "bluetooth" ];
``` 

Followed by
# 📶 Bluetooth Configuration

# Enable Bluetooth support
hardware.bluetooth.enable = true;

# Ensure Bluetooth is powered on when the system starts
hardware.bluetooth.powerOnBoot = true;

# Enable the Bluetooth service (systemd bluetooth service)
systemd.services.bluetooth = {
enable = true;
description = "Bluetooth service";
wantedBy = [ "basic.target" ]; # Start Bluetooth very early in the boot process
after = [ "sysinit.target" ]; # Bluetooth should be started after the system initialization
before = [ "network.target" "multi-user.target" "graphical.target" ]; # Start Bluetooth before networking, multi-user, and graphical services
};
```

My computer is an old Dell Precision T3610 and in the front of that case, I have a USB Bluetooth Adaptor. I believe the USB Bluetooth adaptor uses Realtek chipset. The actual keyboard is an Apple Bluetooth keyboard. It is model A1843 is that makes a difference.

I have no problem using my keyboard once logged in. The issue is logging in after a reboot (when greeted with SDDM). To login, I just connect a wire, but I would like to be wireless the whole time if possible.

#NixOS #Nix #Linux #Bluetooth #KdePlasma #KDE #Plasma
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Eduardo Medina

En un contexto de escritorio, el #BleedingEdge ha evolucionado hasta el extremo de ofrecer unos niveles de estabilidad que poco tienen que envidiar a un sistema estanco y además da la ventaja de tener un soporte de hardware actualizado.

La #inmutabilidad puede terminar dando incluso más fuerza al bleeding edge frente a los sistemas #Linux con software estanco, más viendo que #Silverblue me resulta bastante más estable que #Fedora Workstation. gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/kde-

GamingOnLinux · KDE Plasma drops LTS releases but will do extra bug fix releases, along with a new Steam-like hardware surveyBy Liam Dawe
#KDE#KdePlasma
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Mika

Another banger series of updates by #KDE - especially stoked by the new Animations (config) section, that alone is a huge boost to usability/intuitiveness of #KDEPlasma.

Heck, even some of the other updates are positive (and necessary) UI/UX improvements like highlighting newly installed apps in the app launcher, triggering DND when an app is in fullscreen mode (and focused), informing the user if the mic is muted when an application is trying to use it, and even adding a warning/disclaimer when a user tries to, 'presumably' configure the clipboard system tray icon alone without knowing that under the hood, it's actually affecting the service and why they might not want to do what they're doing (they have to fix this tho long term).

All in all, it's always a good time when Nate Graham is summarising these positive changes up :) NOW I look forward to the day when we'd have a dedicated settings page purely for configuring ALL touchpad gestures.. PLEASE. I'm happy all the drawing tablet folks are getting the love from KDE on #Wayland, but it'd be so nice to have this for the touchpad too considering how many people use these on laptops or even PCs with touchpad i.e. #Apple's Magic Trackpad. For now, these people need to rely on hacky workarounds like using #Touche/#Touchegg, which isn't even meant to work on Wayland (but somehow it does, without none of that one-to-one gesture goodness tho unfortunately).

RE: https://floss.social/users/kde/statuses/114403557090038351

Plasma's launcher adds a flair to newly installed apps
FLOSS.socialKDE (@kde@floss.social)Attached: 3 images This week in Plasma: #Plasma6 labels newly installed apps, checks whether your mic is muted, helps you run apps using your GPU, and much more. https://blogs.kde.org/2025/04/25/this-week-in-plasma-multiple-major-wayland-and-ui-features/
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Jure Repinc :linux: :kde:

Yay, finally all the pieces have come together and I have finally been able to compile Qt 6.9 and @kde Plasma development version (what is to be released as 6.4 in June) for my @bananapi BPI-F3, a RISC-V single-board (mini) computer. Plasma does start and run, but looks like QML/QtQuick applications (which includes the desktop itself) have rendering problems 😞 Qt Widget apps render/run just fine. Now to figure out where the problem is…

Screenshot of the development version of KDE Plasma 6.4 desktop runing on RISC-V mini SBC Banana Pi BPI-F3. Four windows are open: Konsole terminal emulator, Plasma Welcome, Dolphin file manager and Info Center showing system information. Also the application launcher menu is open. Desktop background is all white, panel and application launcher have no icons rendered, there is also almost no rendered content in Plasma Welcome window. Applications based on Qt Widgets render fine, those based on QML/QtQuick have rendering problems.
#Linux#KDE#KDEPlasma
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