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

The below featured highlights listed on the community’s blog feed aggregator are from November 15 to 21.

Blog posts this week highlight KDE Plasma improvements, a translators’ meetup at LinuxDays, a new community-recognition app from Hack Week, a security advisory from the SUSE Security Team and more.

Blog posts this week highlight a wide range of community activity to KDE Plasma gaining new features, the KDE Slimbook VII launch, a Hack Week project about AI-driven Bugzilla triage and another on implementing SSH in Zig—plus. Plus coverage on the new Agama 18 release.

Here is a summary and links for each post:

12 months instead of 12 minutes

Jimmac shares the story behind the creation of the GNOME website’s distinctive 3D laptop hero image, which is a design crafted over the course of a year rather than generated quickly by AI. This labor-intensive, iteration-focused approach highlights a commitment to thoughtful design and craft in an era increasingly dominated by automated content generation and quick fixes.

KDE Slimbook VII: Updating the Ultrabook of the KDE Community of Valencian Companies

The KDE Blog highlights the latest update to the KDE Slimbook VII, which is a premium ultrabook co-developed with the Spanish company Slimbook and the KDE community. This iteration features upgraded hardware to include an AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 CPU, 16″ WQXGA display at 165 Hz, and up to 128 GB DDR5 with 8 TB NVMe storage. With every purchase, a portion of proceeds supports the KDE Community.

4th Annual Open Source Seminar (formerly the Annual GNU/Linux Seminar)

The KDE Blog covers the fourth annual open-source seminar on Nov. 29 November. The event will be streamed worldwide via BigBlueButton and YouTube. The event will feature live talks from various Spanish-speaking free software experts and cover topics like systems, servers, security practices, and personal experiences in GNU/Linux.

Hack Week Project Targets Bug Triage Automation

A Hack Week project aims to reduce developer time spent navigating Bugzilla using an AI-driven triage and reporting assistant. By integrating the Ollama LLM with Bugzilla, the tool’s aim is to analyze new changes, assign bugs to teams, and highlight actionable next steps without disrupting existing workflows. A successful implementation could help to streamline bug triage and improve development with openSUSE and other open-source projects.

The NGO founded by Bram Moolenaar, the creator of Vim, ceases operations

Victorhck’s blog reports on the closure of the ICCF Holland foundation, which is the nonprofit organization founded by Vim creator Bram Moolenaarnearly 30 years ago to support children in Uganda. The closure follows Moolenaar’s passing in 2023, but support efforts will continue through Kuwasha, which will take over long-term management of the projects and sponsorship programs.

Photo Cropping Tool, Sudoku in Kirigami, and Sprinting This Week in KDE Apps

The KDE Blog highlights recent developments in KDE Applications, including a new cropping tool in the Photos app that simplifies image editing with intuitive controls. Also included is news of Pumoku—a new Kirigami-based sudoku application in early alpha stage, which shows promise in its continued development.

Labels and Assignment Improvements

The Open Build Service team has introduced enhanced label-based filtering to help users manage packages, requests, and notifications more efficiently. It improves assignment workflows and makes it easier to track progress and responsibilities during package reviews and submissions.

Plasma 6.5 Third Update

The KDE Blog announced the release of Plasma 6.5’s third maintenance update. The update includes automatic switching between light and dark themes, scrollable panels for widgets and shortcuts, a new initial setup assistant, and global Wi-Fi password storage.

Published by Agama 18

Victorhck’s blog reports on the release of Agama 18, the modern web-based installer for openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. The update introduces a redesigned storage configuration page aiming to make disk setup clearer for new users while retaining advanced options for experts. The release also brings enhanced JSON configuration support (including local profile validation and incremental pattern management). The release officially drops support for the i586 architecture.

Crop tool in Photos, Sudoku in Kirigami and sprinting – This week in KDE Apps

The KDE Blog covers “This Week in KDE Apps” and highlights the KDE Photos and introduction of Pumoku, which a Kirigami-based sudoku application, as mentioned above.

Hack Week Project Aims to Implement SSH in Zig

A Hack Week project starting Dec. 1 will focus on completing a native SSH implementation written in the Zig programming language. The goal is to create a lightweight and flexible SSH stack that facilitates research and experimentation, such as testing post-quantum cryptography algorithms. The project already supports primitives, keys, certificates and much of the agent protocol, and is intended for research and experimentation.

How to explain the four freedoms of free software to kids and girls/children

Victorhck’s blog helps translate and adapt a guide to help parents and educators explain the four essential freedoms of free software to children through analogies. The guide can be used as a valuable educational tool to help foster the continuation of the free software culture and promote collaboration and digital ethics from an early age.

Releasing version 18 | Agama

The Agama 18 version was introduced in this blog from Nov. 17. Support for DASD (mainframe) devices were significantly improved and the release offers better management for multiple devices through the web interface.

Twentieth Update of KDE Frameworks 6

The KDE Blog announces the release of KDE Frameworks 6.20. This maintenance release delivers numerous bug fixes, performance improvements, and behind-the-scenes enhancements across multiple frameworks. Key fixes include enhanced security in KWallet with modern session management, reduced crashes in image format plugins (KImageFormats) when handling malformed files, and improved User Interface consistency in Kirigami for overlays and action toolbars.

OCR en Spectacle y muchas mejoras en la interfaz de usuario – Esta semana en KDE Plasma

The KDE Blog covers how Spectacle gains built-in Optical Character Recognition functionality to let users select and copy text directly from images or screenshots. Multiple user interface enhancements were made including improved theming for GTK 4 apps, better portal-based permission dialogs, and refinements to system tray and timer widget settings.

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