datamation.com: Despite the conservatism of users, innovation hasn't died on the Linux desktop. It's just become very cautious in the last few year.

netrunner-mag.com: Battle royale, except we have no gentry, just the two seemingly and arguably dominant desktop environments for Linux.

• KDE Working in Wayland
• Wayland in Raspberry | Wayland in GNOME

fossadvocates.org: In part 1 of this piece, we looked at the GTK based options for Desktop Environments, and/or Window Managers. Today, we’re going to look at the Qt based options.

datamation.com: Virtual workspaces have been a feature of Linux desktops since their earliest days. Not only are they easier to set up than extra monitors, but they allow basic apps like web browsers and terminals to stay open full-screen while leaving plenty of working room. Here's how KDE, GNOME, Unity, Mate, Cinnamon and Xfce each implement virtual workspaces.

• Polish all the UI!
• Style the guide: A new HIG for KDE is in preparation

• theming plasma
• quick update on vivaldi hardware
• App stores: the disappointments

• Use different widgets on each desktop on KDE
• KDE Photo Slideshow running with slow transitions?
• My favorite linux terminal emulators
• mcdp: another terminal cd player
• 2 productivity-boosting extensions for GNOME 3
• Alternatives of 13 Most Commonly Used Windows Applications for Linux
• Humble Indie Bundle 8 has been unleashed to everyone!
• New cars in your garage with Stunt Rally 2.0
• print-manager updates in KDE 4.11
• CMUS (C* Music Player) – A Console Based Audio Player for Linux
• A SELinux policy for incron: the incrond daemon
• Who wants to develop OpenOffice for Tablet?
• Create secure remote backups using Duplicity – Tutorial
• The Most Dangerous Cheerio
• British English spell check in LibreOffice
• Announcing the Duplicate Finder

thelinuxexperiment.com: LibreOffice? Pfft. OpenOffice? Blah. KOffice? Dead for a while now. Calligra Suite? Now we’re talking!

ostatic.com: It was just last week we looked at some of the proposed features for upcoming KDE 4.11 as it neared soft feature freeze. Well, today some new information about KDE 4.11 came to light.

ostatic.com: It's been just a week since KDE 4.10.3 was announced, but 4.11 is already reaching its first milestone freeze. TSDgeos reminded developers today that the 4.11 Soft Feature Freeze happens in just one more week.

muktware.com: We just launched KDE Sutra, a KDE magazine by Muktware, to celebrate our 3rd anniversary. Aaron Seigo, the Plasma project leader, has written the introductory column for the magazine launch. Here I present to you Aaron Seigo!

netrunner-mag.com: In a galaxy far far away, long before there was Android en masse, long before touch was popular, I mean retro-popular, because we have been using the touch technology for at least two million years, long before there was any modern, simplistic interface for smartphones and tablets, there was KDE.

• Plasma Worskpaces 2 On Wayland, A Converged Shell
• The apps of KDE 4.10 Part IV: Amarok
• KDE is the most welcoming and warm community
• Good bye Notifications
• Dear KDE Community!
• Luminosity of Free Software, Episode 11

h-online.com: The road to Plasma Workspaces 2 has been laid out as the Plasma developers recently met in Nuremberg, Germany, to discuss their open issues around future developments.