This is a roundup of articles from the openSUSE community listed on planet.opensuse.org.

The community blog feed aggregator lists the featured highlights below from Feb. 27 to March 5.

Blogs this week highlight the openSUSE Board Election 2025 and Tumbleweed’s February monthly review to sound-reactive LED projects and whether data has weight. Blogs also highlight installing Fedora on the HP Z2 Mini, syslog-ng 4.11.0 packaging status, Obsidian for note-taking, the second Plasma 6.6 bugfix update, KDE Express podcast episodes, Linux Saloon discussions, and open-source playable world generation.

Here is a summary and links for each post:

Episode 70 of KDE Express: Plasma 6.6.1 and the United Nations

The KDE Blog highlights episode 70 of KDE Express with coverage Plasma 6.6.1 updates including Spectacle’s OCR capabilities, accessibility enhancements like grayscale filters and pointer tracking, KDE Connect modernization proposals, and new options for saving global themes and configuring WiFi via QR codes.

New Version Tracking through API and Automatic Labeling

The OBS Blog announces enhancements for a Foster Collaboration beta program as well as new features for package version management along with new status labels. These enhancements add a notification filter for version alerts and display last-synced timestamps to help developers monitor packages at a glance.

KDE Express Episode 69: Trinity Reloaded with Full Plasma

The KDE Blog presents episode 69 of KDE Express, covering the SonicDE fork of KDE Plasma for legacy X11 support, CachyOS adopting Plasma Login Manager, KDE Connect fixes for Bluetooth logging and more.

Data Has Weight But Only on SSDs | Blathering

The CubicleNate Blog explores a lighthearted science exploration rather than practical finding as he dives into the curious concept that data has mass on solid-state drives. Since SSDs store data by trapping electrons in floating gates via quantum tunneling, writing data adds electrons with measurable (though femtogram-scale) mass; this is in contrast with HDDs which merely rearrange existing magnetic polarity without gaining weight. A lighthearted science exploration rather than a practical finding.

New toy: Installing Fedora Linux on the HP Z2 Mini

Peter Czánik’s Blog continues the HP Z2 Mini series with a smooth Fedora installation on the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395-powered workstation. Despite Fedora not being listed on the HP data sheet, the graphical installer worked without issue and GNOME’s consistent cross-distro interface made the system immediately familiar. Steam and Need for Speed ran flawlessly, and initial AI acceleration configuration via Copr packages successfully detected the RyzenAI NPU5.

Sound-reactive Sideboard

Sebas’ Blog documents a living room IKEA sideboard turned into a sound-reactive LED centerpiece using an ESP32-based controller running the open-source WLED firmware. The setup uses WS2812B LED strips behind frosted plexi glass doors, processes audio via FFT on one core while rendering up to 200 FPS of LED effects on the other, all under 10W. The project also solved amplifier overheating with HomeAssistant-automated fan control and features a walnut wood finish.

Syslog-ng 4.11.0 Packaging Status

Peter Czánik’s Blog provides an overview of the packaging status for syslog-ng 4.11.0 across various operating systems and tracks which distributions have already made the release available as easy-to-install packages for users who prefer not to compile from source.

Second Plasma 6.6 update

The KDE Blog reports the second bugfix update for Plasma 6.6, delivered two weeks after the initial release. The post recaps Plasma 6.6’s flagship features including the new Plasma Keyboard for touch devices, OCR text extraction in Spectacle, the Plasma Setup wizard, per-application volume control via hover, emoji skin tone selection, QR code Wi-Fi scanning and more.

Compilation from the Free Software Foundation newsletter - March 2026

Victorhck compiles and translates the March 2026 FSF newsletter into Spanish as it highlights the FSF’s 40th anniversary. Highlights include the FSF’s opposition to Google’s mandatory developer verification proposal that threatens F-Droid, coverage of Americans destroying Flock surveillance cameras, and a report on Microsoft confirming it will provide BitLocker recovery keys to authorities under valid legal orders.

Episode 68 of KDE Express: esLibre2026 dixit editor. Editorial design with free software

The KDE Blog presents episode 68 of the KDE Express podcast, covering editorial design with free software and previewing the esLibre2026 event.

Tumbleweed Monthly Update - February 2026

The openSUSE News site publishes the February monthly review covering 17 snapshots. Major highlights include the arrival of Plasma 6.6 with its new on-screen keyboard and Spectacle OCR, KDE Frameworks 6.23.0 with LeakSanitizer memory safety fixes, Linux kernel 6.19.3 with a new listns() system call, GRUB2 2.14 strengthening boot workflows for immutable systems like MicroOS, Mesa 26.0.1 fixing gaming regressions and more.

Obsidian | The Quest for the Perfect Note-Taking Application

The CubicleNate Blog reviews Obsidian as a replacement for TiddlyWiki, praising its markdown-based local-first approach, extensive plugin ecosystem, cross-platform availability via Flatpak and AppImage, and seamless synchronization through Syncthing. While not an open source project, Obsidian is free to use and offers the combination of OneNote’s ease, TiddlyWiki’s power, and standard markdown formatting that the author had been seeking.

Voting Is Now Open for the openSUSE Board Election 2025

The openSUSE News site announces voting has opened for two Board seats for the openSUSE Board Election. Four candidates are on the ballot. Voting runs until March 8 with results announced March 9. All openSUSE Members received ballot links by email.

KDE Express Episode 67: Plasma in Virtual Reality Mode

The KDE Blog presents episode 67 of the KDE Express podcast and covers what’s new with KDE Plasma 6.6 (beta at the time) and highlights a winner of the “car of the year” uses KWin under the engine.

LingBot-World: Open-source “playable” world generation.

Alessandro’s Blog covers LingBot-World, the first high-capacity fully open-source interactive world model. Unlike passive video generation tools, LingBot-World lets users control a camera through AI-generated scenes in real time using W, A, S, and D keys. It achieves 16 FPS with emergent spatial memory that maintains object consistency even after 60 seconds off-screen. The project releases both source code and full model weights.

Linux Saloon 190 | News Flight Night

The CubicleNate Blog highlights episode 190 of Linux Saloon. The news flight night covered Bazzite tripling its user base in 8 months as gamers seek Windows alternatives, F-Droid’s open letter opposing Google’s mandatory developer verification, and broader discussions about changes to the Android ecosystem.

Linux Saloon 189 | Early Edition

The CubicleNate Blog highlights the return of Linux Saloon’s Early Edition monthly format. Discussion topics included the EU OS proposal for a standardized Linux desktop with Windows migration focus using KDE Plasma, Wayland and desktop environments for modern gaming featuring Bazzite and Nobara, and participants’ recent tech activities including seeking VMware alternatives.

The power of saying “No”

Victorhck reflects on the power of saying “No” in the context of free software and community participation. You may find wisdom in No.

Vietnamese lunar calendar and more rounded highlights – This week in Plasma

The KDE Blog covers the weekly “This Week in Plasma” update, which highlights Vietnamese lunar calendar support and more rounded highlight styles. The blog also covers performance improvements.

openSUSE Tumbleweed Weekly Review – Week 9 of 2026

Victorhck and dimstar report on the snapshots delivered in week 9. The review highlights updates including Linux kernel 6.19.3, PipeWire 1.6.0, Mozilla Firefox 148.0, Mesa 26.0.1, Poppler 26.02.0, QEMU 10.2.1, and DNF 5.4.0. It also covers the progress on the switch to systemd-boot as the default bootloader on UEFI systems to align with Tumbleweed to MicroOS.

My desk Plasma February 2026

The KDE Blog shares thoughts on the Plasma desktop setup, running on a Slimbook Kymera with KDE Neon.. The setup includes functional elements like a moon phase widget, system tray, virtual desktop selector, and a Valencian-language clock, all designed to create a dark yet highly organized workspace.

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