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. 20 to 26.

Blogs this week highlight music and Saloons to NVIDIA GPUs and a Git workshop. Blogs also highlight Ubuntu and openSUSE installs on the HP Z2 Mini, KDE Plasma and Krita releases, syslog-ng 4.11’s new features, and openSUSE Tumbleweed’s latest snapshot updates.

Here is a summary and links for each post:

New Toy: Installing Ubuntu on the HP Z2 Mini

Peter Czánik’s Blog revisits and expands on a prior blog covered below about installing Ubuntu 24.04 as an officially supported Linux distribution for the Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395-powered HP Z2 Mini workstation. The 24.04 installer failed to run—while Ubuntu 25.10 installed successfully even from an openSUSE-branded USB stick.

How to Configure KDE Plasma’s “Only Icons” Taskbar Behavior

The KDE Blog explains how to switch the Plasma task manager to “Icons Only” mode for a minimalist desktop layout that displays application icons without window titles or progress indicators. The tutorial walks users through right-clicking the task manager panel, accessing Task Manager Settings, and selecting the “Icons Only” option under the Display Style dropdown.

Version 4.11.0 of syslog-ng Is Now Available

Peter Czánik’s Blog announces the release of syslog-ng 4.11.0 that now enables bidirectional integration with Kafka pipelines. The update introduces Elasticsearch/OpenSearch data stream support, OAuth2 authentication for cloud destinations including gRPC-based modules, load-balancer failover functionality, and more. Fedora 44/Rawhide and openSUSE Tumbleweed updates are expected shortly as the project maintains its commitment to broad platform accessibility.

Krita 5.3 and Krita 6.0 Betas Released

The KDE Blog announces the second beta releases of both Krita 5.3.0 and Krita 6.0.0, which features a completely rewritten text tool with direct canvas editing and OpenType support plus a new knife tool for splitting vector objects in the 5.3 branch. The 6.0 beta introduces foundational Qt6 migration with native Wayland support including color management, fractional scaling, and HDR on Linux.

First Update for Plasma 6.6 Released

The KDE Blog reports that the KDE Community delivered the first bugfix update for Plasma 6.6 one week after its release. The update builds upon Plasma 6.6’s flagship features including OCR text extraction in Spectacle, the redesigned Plasma Keyboard for touch devices, Plasma Setup assistant for post-install configuration and more.

New toy: Installing openSUSE Tumbleweed on the HP Z2 Mini

Peter Czánik’s Blog details his successful installation of openSUSE Tumbleweed on the compact HP Z2 Mini AI workstation after Ubuntu 24.04’s installer crashed and the machine’s finicky USB boot support rejected older flash drives, which requires a USB-C stick and BIOS adjustments including Secure Boot disablement before Linux would install. The Tumbleweed installer with its classic YaST interface worked flawlessly on the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395 hardware, though an unexpected snag emerged post-installation when GRUB2-BLS.

Git Workshop: The Premier Libre Collaboration Tool at LliureJam 2026 Valencia

The KDE Blog covers a Git workshop held at the LliureJAM 2026 event in Valencia, where participants learned about Git as a key free and collaborative version-control tool. The session taught fundamentals for software development, game creation, and documentation management. It was preceded by an install party offering GNU/Linux installation assistance, ad-blocking setup for mobile devices, and guidance on libre social networks.

Free Software Could Change the World of AI Music Overnight

The Assunto Nerd Blog discusses how open-source software is rapidly reshaping the landscape of AI-driven music generation. It highlights how combining open-source models like ACE-Step-1.5 with intuitive frontends such as ACE-Step UI, which allows users to generate full songs in seconds on consumer GPUs.

3 Native FPS Games for Linux

The KDE Blog highlights three free, open-source first-person shooters games available natively on Linux via Flathub. Total Chaos, Wolfenstein: Blade of Agony and The AMC Squad. All three titles offer substantial single-player campaigns with character progression systems while adhering to libre software principles.

Linux Saloon 188 | MX Linux 25.1 Distribution Exploration

The CubicleNate Blog highlights episode 188 of Linux Saloon. The discussion covered MX Linux’s unique positioning between traditional Debian stability and modern usability features, which includes MX Tools for system maintenance, snapshot capabilities via Timeshift, and seamless migration paths for former Windows users seeking a gentle Linux introduction. Participants also debated the distribution’s community-driven governance model and its pragmatic approach to balancing legacy hardware support with contemporary desktop expectations.

Installation of NVIDIA drivers on openSUSE and SLE (G07)

Stefan’s Blog explains how to install the G07 NVIDIA drivers on openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise, which covers both the Open and CUDA repository methods. Users on Tumbleweed, Leap 15.6/16.0, and all current SLE versions must continue using G06 drivers until G07 packages complete QA and become available through official update channels.

Plasma 6.6 Is Here – This Week in Plasma

The KDE Blog covers the official release of Plasma 6.6. The update delivers practical workflow enhancements including per-application volume control via task manager hover, emoji skin tone selection, QR code Wi‑Fi scanning, customizable global themes with automatic day/night switching, and four colorblind accessibility filters including a new grayscale mode. It also introduces smoother high-refresh-rate animations, expanded Wayland accessibility support, flexible virtual desktop options, and gaming improvements.

Librsvg Got Its First AI Slop Pull Request

The Federico’s Blog reports that the librsvg project received two so-called “AI slop” pull request on GitHub despite its code being developed in gitlab.gnome.org with the README warning not to send PRs to GitHub. Both PRs were closed by the submitter within minutes of creation. The author reported the submissions as spam.

openSUSE Tumbleweed Weekly Review – Week 8 of 2026

Victorhck and dimstar report on the six snapshots there were delivered. The review highlights updates including KDE Plasma 6.6’s official arrival in the repository, Mesa 26.0.0 final release, and glibc 2.43 integration—marking major milestones for graphics performance, desktop experience, and core system libraries.

What Windows Doesn’t Let You Do But Linux Does

introduces a video and discussion about capabilities that Linux offers which Windows typically restricts or complicates, aimed at users reconsidering Windows as support ends. The article highlights practical examples like replacing display servers, customizing window management behaviors down to the pixel level, packaging applications in multiple formats without vendor lock-in, and maintaining full control over when and how system updates are applied.

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