10 KDE dragons turned up on our doorstep today looking for families to adopt them. Contribute €100 or more to our fundraiser and one of these amigurumi cuties will go and live with you!

https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2025/#adopt-a-kde-dragon

All Konqis are hand-reared with care and love by a kind lady from Barcelona and are all different and unique.

... Or a KDE Kaiju will adopt you🦖!

These three amigurumi monsters are also looking for families! Donate €200 and choose between the ferocious Konqisaurus Rex, Kinq Konq or Konqzilla:

https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2025/#-or-adopt-a-kde-kaiju

After nearly three decades of KDE desktop environments running on X11, the future KDE Plasma 6.8 release (due early 2027) will be Wayland-exclusive.

Read the FAQ in the link to find out what this means for you and the future of KDE.

As the "Days of Much Spending" near, many of the Plasma-powered hardware vendors have updated their models and have juicy offers for those of you in the market for new hardware.

With that in mind we have updated our hardware page with the latest models and links to the stores where you can find the best deals.

https://kde.org/hardware/

@kubuntufocus@mastodon.social has discounts of up to $150 on their devices.

And @slimbook@linuxrocks.online has recently released their KDE Slimbook VII and offer equally attractive discounts:

https://slimbook.com/en/blog/news-1/post/black-friday-deals-at-slimbook-490

Slimbook is also running the #KDEslimbook campaign where you post a photo of your current Slimbook device,and you can win a fun pack of merch:

https://linuxrocks.online/@slimbook/115582711535975285

The campaign ends December 2, so hurry!

• Better Waydroid integration (Waydroid is the virtual environment that let's you install and run Android apps)
• A faster and more convenient lock screen
• Halcyon and Folio, the two different interfaces you can choose from, improve blurs, navigation, and settings

And much, much more.

Loo forward to quality of life improvements in Kate, basic HDR support in Krita on Wayland, touch improvements in Photos, and much more.

This update fixes blurs and screencasts, solves a crash on #FreeBSD, improves usability and accessibility, and more.

Read the full report to discover all the work mentees have carried out to improve, Krita, Kdenlive, Cantor, KDE Linux, Karton, and more.

Read the full report to discover all the work mentees have carried out to improve, Krita, Kdenlive, Cantor, KDE Linux, Karton, and more.

Pick an app, donate €50 or more, and tell us about your choice in the comments:

You will appear as a supporter on the app's apps.kde.org page.

The first 5 apps up for adoption are:

• Tokodon:* KDE's native Fediverse client that works on your desktop and phone
• Knavalbattle: the classic game of battleship you can play against the computer or over the network
• digiKam: a powerful image/photo management software, ideal for people with massive collections
• NeoChat: talk over the free and federated Matrix chat platform with this app that works on your desktop and phone
• Kolf: another KDE classic—play minigolf on your desktop

Pick an app, donate €50 or more, and tell us about your choice in the comments:

You will appear as a supporter on the app's apps.kde.org page.

The first 5 apps up for adoption are:

• Tokodon: KDE's native Fediverse client that works on your desktop and phone
• Knavalbattle: the classic game of battleship you can play against the computer or over the network
• digiKam: a powerful image/photo management software, ideal for people with massive collections
• NeoChat: talk over the free and federated Matrix chat platform with this app that works on your desktop and phone
• Kolf: another KDE classic—play minigolf on your desktop

Checkout KDE's fundraiser as it enters its spookiest 👻 phase yet, and help us ward of tech hobgoblins and proprietary waifs that threaten your rights and freedoms.

https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2025/

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