Dev Stack
KDE Plasma 6.8 ships on KDE's 30th birthday without X11
KDE released Plasma 6.8 on October 14, 2026, its 30th anniversary. It retires the X11 session, ships the Kup backup tool and adds a dwell clicker.
Accessibility news and analysis
Accessibility covers technology that helps people with disabilities use computers, see, hear or move more easily. Stories range from Linux desktop features like custom pointer acceleration to medical devices such as retinal implants, and say who benefits and how.
New & Next
Science Corp implants PRIMA in first Stargardt patient
Science Corporation says its PRIMA retinal implant let its first Stargardt disease patient read a word by his second rehab session, after surgery in May.
Dev Stack
GNOME 51 ships reworked frame scheduling in Mutter
GNOME 51 arrived September 16 with smoother frame scheduling, FIDO2 passkey login, and one removal developers should note: legacy NVIDIA EGLStreams.
Dev Stack
GNOME 51 adds custom pointer acceleration profiles
GNOME 51, shipping September 16, 2026, lets users define a custom pointer acceleration curve instead of picking one fixed speed profile.
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