30 Years of KDE: Inside Plasma 6.8, Wayland Switch, & more with Nate Graham & Aleix Pol

Описание: KDE is celebrating its 30th anniversary, Plasma 6.8 is right around the corner, and Akademy is bringing the KDE community together once again.

I sat down with KDE’s Nate Graham and Aleix Pol to talk about Plasma 6.8, the move to Wayland, what happens behind the scenes at Akademy, how KDE has evolved over the past three decades, and what the future could look like for one of Linux’s biggest desktop projects.

Links:
https://kde.org
https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/
https://pointieststick.com/2026/09/27...

Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:37 What Is KDE?
4:24 How Nate Graham & Aleix Pol Got Involved With KDE
10:35 How KDE Has Changed Over the Years
17:44 KDE's New Long-Term Support Approach
23:10 Akademy, Open Source & Digital Sovereignty
28:12 What's Coming in KDE Plasma 6.8
31:16 Favorite Plasma 6.8 Features
33:27 KDE Union & the Future of Plasma's Design
39:36 The Improvements in Plasma 6.8 You Won't Notice
47:02 Why KDE Plasma Is Moving to Wayland from X11
1:03:31 KDE's 30th Anniversary
1:06:21 KDE's Biggest Accomplishments
1:14:38 KDE's Biggest Mistakes & Lessons Learned
1:22:00 What Will KDE Look Like in 10 Years?
1:31:27 Closing Thoughts