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KDE has a little utility called ksshaskpass that is invoked by SSH to prompt the user for credentials. It can then store them in KDE Wallet so you don’t have to type them again next time. The other day I had to set up an elaborate SSH configuration with jump hosts and what not and found that it…

This is a weekly update from my Google Summer of Code 2026 project with KDE, improving effect widgets in Kdenlive, a free and open source video editor. Combining two weeks here since the last post covered a lot of ground already. From research to implementationFollowing up from the last post, moved…

--> --> Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! This week we merged a number of features and UI changes that focus on user-friendliness — in addition to a nice crop of bug-fixes and performance improvements:<Notable new features Plasma 6.8 If you try to print using a printer that’s…

Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from July 31 to August 7. GNOME Core Apps and Libraries File Previewer ↗ A previewer companion for GNOME Files. Peter Eisenmann announces Since its “revival”, sushi, the previewer companion for nautilus, has seen a lot of activity. This…

Shortly after Apple launched the budget MacBook Neo, Dell announced their response, a new low-end XPS 13. Matching the Neo's current pricing, it starts at $699, or $599 with an educational discount. That discount is currently set to expire on November 2, and with the current component pricing…

On July 1st, the very first round of GNOME Fellowships started. This program finances contributors within the GNOME project through your donations. We, the fellows, will be giving you monthly updates about our work. This is the very first update from me. Short Introduction Hey, I’m Sophie. I have…

Week 28 This week's icon is for René Fouquet's project: Stencil: "Rename batches of files" Check out all weekly app icons created so far in the gallery and follow my icon creation adventures as they happen (including…

C API and Introspection I spent some time cleaning up the Rust C extension and the FFI layer to make it easier to consume from C and through GObject Introspection. One of the biggest changes was exposing the PitiviTimelineRuler instance type in the public headers instead of treating it as a generic…

For reports, presentations, and websites, I regularly need maps: a raster layer, contextual boundaries, a legend, and maybe a logo. Nothing requiring an elaborate page layout. And I often need more than one. For the COMBINED project, for example, I map the same study area in Rotterdam over and over.…

A Inteligência Artificial já está transformando a maneira como profissionais GIS analisam dados, automatizam processos e desenvolvem soluções geoespaciais. Neste curso, você aprenderá a aplicar IA generativa, agentes inteligentes e automação em ferramentas como QGIS, PostGIS, GeoServer e GeoNode,…

Hey, I’m Philipp. I’m a GNOME Design Team member and I have been contributing to GNOME design as a volunteer for several years. I’m excited to share with you that I have joined the Sovereign Tech Agency as a fellow for GNOME Design & Community Management. Check out the other fellows in the official…

Introducing Apache® Fluss, a lakehouse-native streaming storage for real-time analytics and AI, and Apache® Pony Mail, a web-based mail archive browser built to scale to millions of archived messages Wilmington, DE –  August 6, 2026 – The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the global home of open…

Firefox 153 ships the new publicSuffix WebExtensions API. This API lets extensions ask the browser for the registrable domain (eTLD+1) of a hostname. It uses the browser’s built-in, always-up-to-date copy of the Public Suffix List, removing the need for extensions to bundle and maintain a copy of…

How AI-assisted native prototypes changed what usability testing could show me.   If you’ve ever simplified an interaction just to make a prototype manageable, you’ve probably felt the tension between what you designed and what the prototype could actually support. The risk is that when a design…

Proxmox today announced their Proxmox Virtual Environment is now available for 64-bit ARM. I tested it on my Ampere Altra Dev Platform—the same machine on which I've <ooted Windows on Arm the first time, messed with multiple GPUs, and most recently tested Houdini's native arm64 support. Install…

SRFI 273 is now in final status. The original SRFI 253 established a basis for type-checked (or otherwise checked) data handling. But it lacked some quality-of-life features. This SRFI extends SRFI 253 to match existing implementation practice and common sense. Provided extensions are: …

I've been using the built-in 10 Gigabit Ethernet on my Mac Studio for a few years. It works fine: I can edit 4K video straight off my NAS over the network, and run backups at around 1 GB/sec. But... I want more. I upgraded my rack and my NAS to 25 GbE a couple years ago, and wanted to upgrade my…

I have uploaded Chez Scheme 10.4.0 to Debian unstable. It has been a few years since there was a new Chez Scheme version in Debian, and that is all on me. 😅 The new release builds fine on all architectures according to the build logs. In case you missed it, Chez Scheme got an infusion of energy…

**To receive Plus One directly to your inbox, sign up via the subscribe box below.** Community News The Conference Planners for the the ASF are very pleased to announce the redesign and launch of the new Community Over Code website! The new site will serve as the central resource and gateway for the…

Highlights from FOSS4G Europe in Timisoara! Read our recap on key sessions covering tech sovereignty, PROJ transformations, and open-source community connections.

Discover the final QGIS 3D crowdfunding results, featuring instanced 3D point rendering, anti-aliasing, adaptive tiling, and enhanced scene lighting.

Capture high-precision field data directly in Mergin Maps. Our new Network position provider feature enables seamless TCP/UDP connections to external GPS receivers.

Capture high-precision field data directly in Mergin Maps. Our new Network position provider feature enables seamless TCP/UDP connections to external GNSS receivers.

Capture high-precision field data directly in Mergin Maps. Our new Network position provider feature enables seamless TCP/UDP connections to external GNSS receivers.

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is home to more than 350 open source projects and initiatives, all powered by a vibrant, global community of contributors. Among these projects, Apache Iceberg has emerged as a cornerstone of modern data architecture, revolutionizing how organizations manage…