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Marcus Nestor of 9 to 5 Linux reported on Thursday that KDE announced a suite of software which includes three years of support for KDE Plasma 6.6 LTS and related KDE software.
“The KDE Project, Kubuntu Focus, and Techpaladin Software announced today a new project for those who need long-term support (LTS) for the KDE Plasma desktop environment and related KDE applications called the “bulletproof” KDE suite,” the article states.
The KDE Project dropped LTS support for the KDE Plasma desktop environment, but “they teamed up with Linux hardware vendor Kubuntu Focus and Techpaladin Software to provide three years of bug and security fixes for the KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop environment series through Kubuntu 26.04 LTS,” according to the article.
“They called it the ‘bulletproof’ KDE suite, and the idea is to provide companies, public institutions, and professionals that need long-term support for the KDE Plasma and KDE apps with the capability and stability they require to replace proprietary software with software that respects their autonomy, privacy, and security,” the article says.
Gnome shares future vision for Shell
Bobby Borisov of Linuxiac on Wednesday wrote an article regarding Gnome sharing its vision for the future of the Gnome Shell.
The article states that Gnome designers outline long-term ideas for Gnome Shell, including editable Quick Settings, improved search, Mosiac tiling, and a transparent panel.
“The designers of Gnome have given a glimpse of the direction the Gnome Shell experience might take in the coming years, presenting a set of ideas that include minor interface improvements as well as more ambitious changes to window management,” the article states.
“A very tangible idea relates to the search interface of Gnome Shell,” the article continues. “Currently, when you type in the Overview, the entire view is replaced by search results; Gnome, however, wishes to change this by introducing a search overlay that springs from the search field and appears above the current Overview, thus retaining the spatial relationships among the various Shell elements.”
This is not merely a mockup, says the article. “Dev says that there has been recent progress toward implementing it, and the improved search experience is expected to be included in Gnome 51 this fall,” the article states. “In the longer term, GNOME also hopes to make the search results more capable, possibly by providing file previews, allowing multiple actions for individual results, introducing filters, and including other features similar to those found in tools such as Alfred and Raycast.”
And that’s all for today. Don’t forget: Distro of the Week appears Wednesday – and it’s always a good one on hand – and Bits and Bobs will return with news over the weekend on Monday.