Stop Desktop Slop | LINUX Unplugged 686

KDE’s fight over AI generated code explodes at exactly the moment Plasma is making some of its biggest changes in years.
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• Going All-In on a Wayland Future (blogs.kde.org/2025/11/26/going-all-in-on-a-way…)
• KDE/kup: Backup scheduler for the Plasma desktop (github.com/KDE/kup)
• Sovereign Tech Fund Invests Over €1 Million in KDE Software Development (kde.org/announcements/sovereign-tech-fund-inve…)
• KDE and AI, and you, and me – Adventures in Linux and KDE (pointieststick.com/2026/09/23/kde-and-ai-and-y…)
• What would it take? A lovable, sovereign, AI-native KDE - YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=n8eTZk6xoZQ)
• What Even is Ocean? (anditosan.wordpress.com/2026/05/31/what-even-i…)
• Akseli Lahtinen on Union for QtWidgets (akselmo.dev/posts/union-qtwidgets)
• StyleKit talk at Akademy 2026 (media.ccc.de/v/kde2026-14-stylekit_a_common_qm…)
• Framework Laptop 12 (frame.work/laptop12)
• KDE Linux at 2: what we've learned and how it can help you (media.ccc.de/v/kde2026-50-kde_linux_at_2-what_…)
• QA infrastructure in KDE (media.ccc.de/v/kde2026-53-qa_infrastructure_in…)
• KDE at 30: What Are the Colored Blobs Telling Us? (planet.kde.org/kevin-ottens-2026-09-19-kde-at-…)
• KDE: The Documentary TRAILER — The Story of Free Software Underdogs (youtube.com/watch?v=P74996RVvXA) — Full Film Coming October 14th
• What's Happening in KDE Remote Desktop — Improved Unattended Mode and More (planet.kde.org/david-edmundson-2026-08-25-what…)
• This Week in Plasma: Bi-Directional RDP Clipboard Sync (blogs.kde.org/2026/08/15/this-week-in-plasma-b…)
• This Week in Plasma: So Many Ways to Click and Scroll (blogs.kde.org/2026/09/04/this-week-in-plasma-s…)
• This Quarter in KDE Digital Sovereignty: Q2 2026 (blogs.kde.org/2026/08/06/this-quarter-in-kde-d…)
• KDE for Enterprise Needs a Strong PIM Infrastructure (planet.kde.org/kevin-ottens-2026-07-21-kde-for…)
• Framework's Fedora KDE Plasma Laptop 12 Guide (guides.frame.work/Guide/Fedora+KDE+Plasma+Desk…)
• systemd 262 (github.com/systemd/systemd/releases/tag/v262)
• A review canary in systemd's contributor instructions (github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/73aa9523)
• Linux Live Update documentation (docs.kernel.org/core-api/liveupdate.html)
• LUO userspace API (docs.kernel.org/userspace-api/liveupdate.html)
• memfd_create(2) (man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/memfd_create.2.h…)
• FluxCast (fluxcast.dev) — Miracast/WFD ecosystem platform with .deb and AUR packages.
• github.com/noblepayne/fluxcast-flake
• JB Gulf Coast Meetup Room (matrix.to/#/#jb_gulfcoast_meetups:matrix.org)
• Nixarr (nixarr.com) — Media Server Nixos Module
• Nixflix (kiriwalawren.github.io/nixflix) — Nixflix is a declarative media server configuration manager for NixOS
• git.deuxfleurs.fr/Deuxfleurs/garage — S3-compatible object store for small self-hosted geo-distributed deployments.
• Pick: Cliparr (cliparr.dev) — Cliparr is a streamlined media clipper that allows you to quickly create and download clips from the media currently playing on your Plex or Jellyfin server, or from a local video file opened directly in your browser.
• Cliparr: Plex and Jellyfin providers (github.com/TechSquidTV/Cliparr/blob/main/docs/…)
• Cliparr: local file or direct media URL (github.com/TechSquidTV/Cliparr/blob/main/docs/…)
• Cliparr: export settings (github.com/TechSquidTV/Cliparr/blob/main/docs/…)
• Cliparr: subtitles (github.com/TechSquidTV/Cliparr/blob/main/docs/…)
• Mediabunny — A complete JavaScript media toolkit for the browser (mediabunny.dev)
• KyleTryon/gifenc: fast GIF encoding (github.com/KyleTryon/gifenc)
• Pick: fdroidcl (github.com/Hoverth/fdroidcl) — A command-line F-Droid desktop client
• github.com/jspadgett/space-elevator — Space Elevator gets you to orbit. What you do up there is your business.