Novedades de accesibilidad en Plasma 6.8
Ya han pasado 2 semanas y Plasma 6.8 ya está en todos mis equipos. Es hora de empezar el repaso a sus novedades, algo que creo que me llevará un tiempo porque como no siguen una temática determinada he decidido comentar la novedad y ampliar con aspectos relacionados con la misma. Para empezar os presento las novedades de accesibilidad en Plasma 6.8, un aspecto que está muy presente en la Comunidad KDE (fue uno de sus objetivos principales hace unos años), y después os pondré un listado de algunas de las cosas que tiene el entorno de trabajo de KDE para dar accesibilidad a sus usuarios.
Novedades de accesibilidad en Plasma 6.8
Según leemos en la Wikipedia:
La accesibilidad es el principio que permite el uso o acceso de un objeto, lugar o experiencia por cualquier persona, independientemente de sus capacidades técnicas, cognitivas o físicas.
En términos de Software esto se concreta diseñándolo para que que cualquier usuario pueda percibir, comprender, navegar e interactuar con una aplicación, plataforma o sistema operativo, sin importar sus capacidades sensoras, motoras, cognitivas o los dispositivos de asistencia que utilice.
La Comunidad KDE lleva, con mayor o menor acierto, intentando que esto sea así para sus usuarios y creo que, versión a versión, van afinando este importante aspecto de su sistema.
En Plasma 6.8 sigue esta mejora y en palabras de los desarrolladores:
Como parte de nuestro continuo esfuerzo por ofrecer control digital para todos, la nueva función «clic por inmovilidad» permite enviar un clic del ratón cuando el puntero deja de moverse. Diseñada especialmente para usuarios con problemas de movilidad, ya no se necesita una aplicación externa para usar el sistema de esta manera: ¡ya viene integrada!
Y como he dicho, aprovechando la entrada he realizado una selección de algunas de las opciones de accesibilidad que trae el escritorio Plasma:
- Campana del sistema y campana visible: Permite configurar alertas sonoras tradicionales, así como una notificación visual en pantalla. Cuando se activa, la ventana puede invertir sus colores o cambiar a un color personalizado durante una duración ajustable en milisegundos. Útil para usuarios que tienen dificultad con las alertas auditivas.
- Teclas Pegajosas (Sticky Keys): Facilita el uso de combinaciones de teclas modificadoras. Permite pulsar teclas como Shift, Ctrl o Alt de forma secuencial y soltarlas antes de la siguiente tecla, interpretándose como si se hubieran presionado simultáneamente. Ideal para quienes usan el teclado con una sola mano.
- Teclas de bloqueo con aviso sonoro: Emite una señal auditiva al activar o desactivar teclas de bloqueo (Bloq Mayús, Bloq Num y Bloq Despl). Ayuda a saber el estado de estas teclas sin necesidad de mirar los indicadores LED del teclado.
- Slow Keys (Teclas lentas): Exige mantener una tecla presionada durante un tiempo determinado para que el sistema la acepte, evitando pulsaciones accidentales. Incluye retroalimentación sonora cuando se pulsa, se acepta o se rechaza una tecla.

- Bounce Keys (Teclas de rebote): Ignora repeticiones involuntarias o doble pulsación muy rápida sobre la misma tecla, previniendo que aparezcan caracteres duplicados en documentos o campos de texto.
- Lector de pantalla Orca: Soporte dedicado para el lector de pantalla Orca, estándar en entornos Linux. Ofrece arranque automático tras iniciar sesión y un atajo predeterminado (Meta+Alt+S) para activarlo o desactivarlo rápidamente después de loguearse.
- Zoom a pantalla completa: Ampliación total del escritorio con los atajos Meta++ (acercar) y Meta+- (alejar). El factor de escala y el comportamiento del seguimiento del puntero son configurables en la sección de accesibilidad.
- Efecto «Magnifier» (lupa flotante): Alternativa al zoom tradicional: crea una ventana de aumento de tamaño fijo que sigue al cursor del ratón. Recomendado cuando se necesita una ventana de zoom de dimensiones constantes en lugar de ampliar toda la pantalla.
- Inversión de colores: Efecto del gestor de ventanas KWin que invierte los tonos de la pantalla completo o parcial. Sirve para reducir la fatiga visual o mejorar el contraste para usuarios con dificultades de lectura.
- Asistencia para localizar el puntero del ratón: Plasma incluye ayudas para encontrar el cursor cuando no se ubica fácilmente en pantalla. Simplemente mueve de una lado a otro el puntero.
- Modo de zoom con puntero fijo (Plasma 6.6.0+): Nuevo modo introducido en Plasma 6.6.0 donde el puntero nunca sale del centro físico de la pantalla; el escritorio se desplaza a su alrededor. Evita movimientos bruscos de la vista durante el uso del zoom.
- Pantalla de bloqueo accesible: El bloqueo de sesión de Plasma está diseñado para ser accesible, respetando configuraciones básicas de accesibilidad y temas visuales del sistema.
- Navegación por teclado: Gestión extensiva de atajos globales para navegar sin ratón. Cubre el acceso al lanzador de aplicaciones, paneles, gestión de ventanas y escritorios virtuales. Todo el flujo de trabajo puede completarse usando únicamente el teclado.
Lanzado Plasma 6.8, Edición del 30.º aniversario
La Comunidad KDE publicó hace unas semanas Plasma 6.8 una versión que supone otro paso firme en la evolución positiva que está siendo la rama 6. Prueba de ello es que todas sus versiones anteriores (del 6.0 al 6.7 ) han sido escritorios 100% funcionales y que ya nadie se plantea si el salto a la nueva tecnología tiene riesgo.
En otras palabras, Plasma 6 debería ser el entorno de trabajo a utilizar si te gusta el trabajo de KDE y, me atrevo a decir, si te gustan los entornos libres.

En palabras de sus desarrolladores:
Plasma 6.8 se lanza en un día muy especial: el 30.º aniversario de KDE. Hoy celebramos tres décadas de la comunidad KDE ofreciendo el mejor software libre y de código abierto del mundo.
Plasma 6.8 no es ninguna excepción, ya que ofrece mejoras en gran parte de la experiencia del usuario y también bajo la superficie.
La versión 6.8 se centra en impulsar Plasma hacia el futuro: incorpora cambios que notarás de inmediato, combinados con mejoras importantes, aunque sutiles, diseñadas para sentar las bases de décadas de servicio futuro.
¡Sumérgete y descubre cómo será el entorno de escritorio del mañana!
Lo cual os debería llevar al anuncio oficial del lanzamiento de Plasma 6.8 de la Comunidad KDE.
En los próximas entradas, como es habitual, más detalles.
La entrada Novedades de accesibilidad en Plasma 6.8 se publicó primero en KDE Blog.
Mi escritorio Plasma de octubre 2026 #viernesdeescritorio
Sigo con la iniciativa #viernesdeescritorio. Bienvenidos a mi escritorio Plasma de octubre 2026 con el que llegamos a las 76 entregas compartiendo «Mi escritorio» de forma mensual, aunque me he saltado el mes de septiembre de este año . Esta propuesta de mostrar nuestros escritorio es una gran forma de ver la enorme variedad que tenemos de organizar nuestros entornos de trabajo, una flexibilidad de la que carecen otros escritorios, sobre todo si miramos a los sistemas operativos privativos.
Mi escritorio Plasma de octubre 2026 #viernesdeescritorio
Esta va a ser la entrega número 76 en la que muestro mi escritorio Plasma 6 en público, lo cual es número nada desdeñable de entradas que sigue creciendo de forma constante, aunque como he dicho fallé el mes pasado.
De nuevo sobre mi ultrabook Slimbook Evo que estoy utilizando cuando me toca hacer estancias fuera de mi residencia habitual.. Este dispositivo tiene instalado un KDE Neon con Plasma 6.8.2 sobre una versión de KDE Frameworks 6.31.0 y una versión de Qt 6.11.1. El servidor gráfico es Wayland y el Kernel es 7.0.042-generic (64 bits).
La disposición no ha cambiado respecto a agosto, la barra de tareas la tengo en la parte izquierda ocupando todo ese espacio y contiene de arriba a abajo.
- Selector de escritorios virtuales
- Reloj digital
- Gestor de tareas solo iconos
- Bandeja del sistema
- Vista de escritorio
- Lanzador de aplicaciones.
Como fondo de escritorio he seleccionado el fondo de pantalla básico de Plasma 6.8, una ilustración llamada Hanabi creada por Krystian Zajdel, que no solo decora mi escritorio sino que conmemora el 30 aniversario del proyecto KDE .
Además, el fondo contiene el plasmoide Bare Weather, una de los mejores widgets meteorológicos que auna simpleza, interactividad y estilo.
El resultado de mi escritorio Plasma de octubre de 2026 es un entorno de trabajo oscuro y, como siempre, funcional que podéis ver en la imagen inferior (pinchad sobre ella para verlo un poco más grande).

La entrada Mi escritorio Plasma de octubre 2026 #viernesdeescritorio se publicó primero en KDE Blog.
#openSUSE Tumbleweed revisión de la semana 44 de 2026
Tumbleweed es una distribución de GNU/Linux «Rolling Release» o de actualización contínua. Aquí puedes estar al tanto de las últimas novedades.

openSUSE Tumbleweed es la versión «rolling release» o de actualización continua de la distribución de GNU/Linux openSUSE.
Hagamos un repaso a las novedades que han llegado hasta los repositorios esta semana.
Y recuerda que puedes estar al tanto de las nuevas publicaciones de snapshots en esta web:
El anuncio original lo puedes leer en el blog de Dominique Leuenberger, publicado bajo licencia CC-by-sa, en este este enlace:
Esta semana se ha publicado un total de 6 snapshots (1022, 1023, 1024, 1026, 1027, y 1028).
Estas son las actualizaciones más importantes de esta semana:
- KDE Plasma 6.8.1
- lame 4.0
- libzypp 17.38.17
- Linux Kernel 7.3.0
- llvm23 23.1.4
- MariaDB 13.0.2
- MozillaFirefox 158.0.1
- nano 9.3
- pciutils 3.15.0
- pipewire 1.6.10
- Ruby 4.0.9
- samba 4.25.1
- transmission 4.1.4
- VirtualBox 7.2.22
- zypper 1.14.102 (que ha conseguido que la caché del repositorio se cargue aproximadamente un 20% más rápido.)
Y para próximas snapshots, ya se están preparando las siguientes actualizaciones:
- GNOME 51.1
- Mesa 26.2.6
- Valkey 9.1.3
- Wayland-Protocols 1.50
- Hyprland 0.57.0
- Telegram Desktop 7.3.4
- Box2D 3.1.1
- kernel-source-longterm 6.18.55
- Swig 4.5.1
Si quieres estar a la última con software actualizado y probado utiliza openSUSE Tumbleweed la opción rolling release de la distribución de GNU/Linux openSUSE.
Mantente actualizado y ya sabes: Have a lot of fun!!
Enlaces de interés
- ¿Por qué deberías utilizar openSUSE Tumbleweed?
- zypper dup en Tumbleweed hace todo el trabajo al actualizar
- ¿Cual es el mejor comando para actualizar Tumbleweed?
- ¿Qué es el test openQA?
- http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/
- https://es.opensuse.org/Portal:Tumbleweed
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Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2026/44
Dear Tumbleweed users and hackers,
This week saw the release of 6 snapshots (1022, 1023, 1024, 1026, 1027, and 1028).
We were able to check off quite a few items from last week’s outlook. Linux Kernel 7.3.0 arrived early in the week with snapshot 1022, quickly complemented by VirtualBox 7.2.22 to keep host modules happy. Ruby 4.0.9 landed with fixes for several regular expression CVEs, and HarfBuzz made the jump to 15.0.0. Following up on last week’s rollout of Plasma 6.8.0, KDE users also received a prompt first bugfix release with Plasma 6.8.1.
In addition, a couple of major version updates made their way into the distribution, most notably MariaDB 13.0.2 and LAME 4.0. Package management also got some welcome polish: libsolv 0.7.41 and zypper 1.14.102 arrived in snapshot 1028, making repository cache loading about 20% faster. Security updates rounded out the week with fresh releases for python-Pillow, Java, and Firefox.
These 6 snapshots delivered the following updates:
- bubblewrap 0.13.1
- e2fsprogs 1.47.4
- ethtool 7.2
- fwupd 2.1.9
- HarfBuzz 15.0.0
- java-25-openjdk 25.0.5.0
- KDE Plasma 6.8.1
- lame 4.0
- libsolv 0.7.41
- libzypp 17.38.17
- Linux Kernel 7.3.0
- llvm23 23.1.4
- MariaDB 13.0.2
- MozillaFirefox 158.0.1
- nano 9.3
- pciutils 3.15.0
- pipewire 1.6.10
- python-Pillow 13.0.0
- Ruby 4.0.9
- samba 4.25.1
- squashfs 4.7.5
- strace 7.3
- transmission 4.1.4
- VirtualBox 7.2.22
- xfsprogs 7.2.0
- zypper 1.14.102
With those updates out in the wild, let’s peek behind the curtain to see what is currently brewing across the staging projects:
- GNOME 51.1: Core desktop and applications have passed openQA testing in staging and are queued for release.
- Mesa 26.2.6
- Valkey 9.1.3
- Wayland-Protocols 1.50
- Hyprland 0.57.0
- Telegram Desktop 7.3.4
- ICU 79.1: Currently breaking nodejs24 (nodejs/node#66987).
- Box2D 3.1.1
- fmt 12.2.0: Still blocked by dnf5 plugin rebuild issues (boo#1285868).
- kernel-source-longterm 6.18.55: Waiting on VirtualBox driver updates to adapt to kernel API changes.
- Swig 4.5.1: YaST integration issues remain under investigation with libstorage-ng (boo#1275515).
My Journey to the openSUSE Asia Summit (oSAS) 2026 in Yogyakarta
Big Plushie of Gecko, photo by Luboš Kocman (lkocman)
This is the prologue of my journey.
Let me share my stories about mine in oSAS26. I'm thinking of joining oSAS next year, after oSAS25 in Faridabad, India. At the time, I was a first-time contributor to openSUSE, and sometimes I chatted with people in the openSUSE Bar. I'd already met a few people in openSUSE by then, like Douglas DeMaio (ddemaio) and Luboš Kocman (lkocman), and a few others from the Bar, Release Team and weekly meetings (Tuesdays and Thursdays). I was so happy when they told me the next oSAS is in Indonesia. I thought at the time that I should join the next one. So, as we're entering 2026, openSUSE Indonesia has confirmed that the next oSAS is going to be in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. I'm waiting for info about that and the CfP (Call for Papers) to submit as a speaker, since I can't just attend.
When I first started, I didn't have much recognition in the local community, so people at the time had no idea who I was. I know it's my fault for not showing them what I really look like and always presenting myself as a virtual influencer. But never mind; time flies. When I got accepted for my CfP, I immediately applied for TSP (Travel Support Program), and when that was also accepted, I contacted Douglas to see if he could get the TSP funds to me earlier, since I had planned everything for the trip. At the time, I asked for at least 100 EUR (about Rp. 2,000,000), but now the funds I have to manage are only 67 EUR (about Rp. 1,360,830). I'm working on my funding plan for that at the moment, and we talked about it until I finally decided to use EUR 52.48 (about Rp. 1,085,500). When my TSP money has been transferred to my bank account, I'll sort out the bus and accommodation booking right away. I'm keeping the rest of it in a separate account with a different bank. Then, as usual, I'll report the invoice to Douglas and get my travel ready. I know that TSP should be reimbursed at the end of the event, but since I told him I can't go with my own funding, he finally got back to me and is helping me out. So basically, I owe them funding for going to Yogyakarta, and now I'm paying for it by preparing the trip from Bandung via the DAMRI bus. The journey starts here.
Preparing the trip from Bandung to Yogyakarta.
September 30th, when I started the day with my parents at DAMRI Kebon Kawung, it was near KAI Bandung Station at the North Gate. 10.30 to 16.30, I waited for the bus, and I departed at 17.00.
DAMRI Bandung Kebon Kawung, photo by me at Fediverse
AKHLAK posters at DAMRI Bandung Kebon Kawung, photo by me
At the time, I was also very unwell with breathing difficulties, and I had so much mucus that I was coughing constantly. Also, a few of the buses I got were in bad condition (especially the air conditioning, which made me feel even worse). The bus route I took was from Semarang to Magelang to Yogyakarta. Some people were getting on and off at Semarang and Magelang, but I was the only one actually going to Yogyakarta.
Arrived at DAMRI Yogyakarta, photo by me
UIN SUKA eastern gate, photo by me
October 1st at 03.00 in the early morning, I arrived at the DAMRI station in Yogyakarta and made my first Grab order directly to UIN Sunan Kalijaga (UIN SUKA), as I had promised my friend at GNU/Weeb. His name is Ammar Faizi, and he originally comes from Yogyakarta, but he is moving to Jakarta. We had arranged to meet at the Grand Mercure Hotel, which looks expensive but is actually very impressive. Before they opened the gate, I walked from UIN SUKA to the Circle K near the city border between Sleman and Yogyakarta. I also joined the bar when I told Gertjan Lettink (Knurpht) that I had arrived in Yogyakarta. He told me that Luboš was still on air. So, I am waiting until 08.00 morning while I am also listening to RRI Pro 3 (RRI's news channel). After that, I posted the opening stories on Instagram about my arrival in Yogyakarta.
First and Second day in Yogyakarta, before going to oSAS26
City border between Sleman and Yogyakarta, photo by me
UIN SUKA symbol, photo by me
After being greeted by the morning in Yogyakarta, I went to UIN SUKA again to familiarise myself with the surroundings as a guest. After walking around the UIN SUKA complex, I decided to wait at the Grand Mercure Hotel, which Ammar and I had booked. I went to the gate to verify our booking, but since Ammar hadn't arrived yet, I waited in the lobby. At 10:30, I met Sendy at the hotel, and he asked me to follow him to find some food. It was the first time I had seen Sendy, and he gave me the food he had ordered for both of us. We parted ways when I went back to the hotel.
Inside the hotel at Grand Mercure, photo by me
At 2 pm, I finally met Ammar at the hotel, and we went to our booked room. I spent the day with him, and then at 19:00 we went to Klaten to meet our friend Ufal Salman at his biryani restaurant. We discussed so much with him, and it's my first time seeing the friends that I want to see. We returned to Yogyakarta at 22:00, after which I went to sleep, bringing my first day to a close.
Ammar's post at GNU/Weeb Social (Mastodon) regarding our visit to Klaten, sources here
October 2nd, Friday. We're still at the hotel having breakfast. At 09:00, I'm going to the mosque complex at UIN SUKA while Ammar is looking for the nearest mosque to the hotel to attend the weekly Friday prayer (you might have realised that I'm a Muslim with a Western-sounding name). After that, we're going to spend some time there. Then, I'm going to Garuda Spark to meet the guys from JogjaDev for a small meetup. I am going back to the hotel once the meetup has ended, and preparing with Ammar to see Indian businessman at Malioboro area, and we spend time with him (and his girlfriend that eventually are Chindo (Chinese Indonesian) woman from Sukabumi). We spent time there until 23.00. After we arrived at the hotel, Ammar was preparing for sleep while I was finishing my presentation.
The day has come. Third day in Yogyakarta, farewell with Ammar and the first day of the event.
October 3rd, D-Day for me. As I was finishing my presentation, Luboš suddenly joined the bar. I saw that he was already at the hotel in Yogyakarta that he had booked. He told me something that surprised me. What was it? He said that he was representing SUSE and wanted me to attend the next openSUSE Conference (oSC27). He wants me to attend as a speaker and discuss the conference, which is taking place in Prague, Czechia, in June 2027. I agreed with him, but I was worried about my exam schedule. After that, he left to finish his own presentation, and I finished mine. After that, I slept for two hours, and then morning came. Today is the last day I will see Ammar in person. I prepared to leave for the UIN SUKA complex. Before doing so, I said goodbye to him, telling him, as usual, that we would meet again, especially when I wanna go to Jakarta. After that, I had my last breakfast at the hotel before leaving for the UIN SUKA convention hall.
My last breakfast before going to the event, photo by me
As usual, I'm walking to the venue. While they were preparing, Estu suddenly warned me not to save my things. At first, he saw me as a stranger, before realising that I was the speaker at the event. After that, I saved my bag of clothes in the committee room and waited to meet people. A few hours later, I met some of the other speakers, including Luboš, Douglas, Simon, Sunny (Yan Sun), Segitz, and others. We took a picture together. Small trivia about this; for Luboš and Douglas I have meet with them many times in online and first time in person; but for like Sunny, Simon, Segitz, and others are really my first time.
It's the people I've met online who I'm seeing for the first time in person, photo by Luboš Kocman (lkocman)
A board, sorry if it looks ugly.Photo by me
The girls in traditional attire are about to open the ceremonies for oSAS26, photo by me
After that, we'll separate and enter the main room to open the event with our national anthems and ceremonies. We will then listen to a few opening speakers, such as Dhenadi from openSUSE Indonesia and Simon from the openSUSE Board team. There will also be keynotes from Mr Taufik, representing UIN SUKA, and Patrick from SUSE and the Gecko Foundation. Patrick is not attending in person, but will be appearing on video. After the keynotes and a massive photo for Day 1, I am preparing for my session to speak; the same applies to others like Segitz, Shobha, and others. Well, from 11:00 to 11:45, I am doing my first time speaking in a stand-up style, and talking about an introduction to GNU/Linux for the next gen and how to reduce dependency on proprietary software. I have a video of my session that helps you understand that; go ahead and watch it.
Time flies, and my session is over. After that, I am going to the main room to attend Herpiko's session. He is behind the BlankOn revival project, and he will be talking about how to interact with people and build the right community. Herpiko's presentation looks interesting and is sure to be amazing. After his session, Luboš and I are leaving the main room to go to the BlankOn booths. You know what? He gave a “free lesson” on how to use the openSUSE Build Service to the people at the BlankOn booths. They learned what I did when I was just a user and random package maintainer.
Me and Luboš at the BlankOn booth, photo by officials
He was happy to tell the BlankOn guys how OBS works, and we're back in the main room for Luboš's session about openSUSE Kudos. He's introducing the Kudos recognition platform for openSUSE contributors to everyone in the room, and it instantly becomes popular among openSUSE Indonesia communities, and he looks happy after that. And then, I am skipping other sessions until we come to Sendy's session in the Main Room. Interestingly, Sendy brings up topics about gaming in openSUSE. While Sendy speaking, Luboš does something experiment to make the image that would be reassembly SteamOS with openSUSE software, based on Sendy's idea in the topics. It was a long story to tell you about this, so if you want to know about it, feel free to get in touch with Luboš Kocman (lkocman) and Sendy Aditya Suryana (SENDYYeah) to discuss it. I would like to maintain what Luboš was experimenting with, but since it's still not baked very well, I would like to start focusing on it after openSUSE Conference 2027 (oSC27) to maintain our experiment.
After Sendy's session is done, we're entering the light talks, the quiz games (which Luboš got first and he donated the prize to Siska's son; and I got third (also got shoes as the prize)), and it ends our Day 1 of the events. I forgot to tell you that I met with Robertus Chris (bruhtus), Aayaan Mateen (HimSec), Shobha Tyagi, and a few others at the time. After our day ended, we followed Luboš and Douglas to their hotel, which Aayaan also booked. You know, I also panicked that I hadn't booked my reservation. Also, I was sweating a lot at the time. So, Luboš and others are going to a public restaurant behind Circle K, and they are enjoying the meal. At the time, I was contacting my mom and introducing both Luboš and Douglas (actually, my mom wanted to say thank you so much, but since she doesn't speak English, she just smiled).
So, when it was 20:30, I went with Robertus to book my reservation, and it was my first time visiting the basic hostel, which is basically where I got scammed, but I don't care about it; at least I have time to rest.
My fourth day in Yogyakarta, and it's Day 2 for oSAS26
October 4th, we're preparing to go to the venue again for Day 2 with Robertus and as usual, we're meeting again with those guys. I don't have to tell you so much; Day 2 is also the last day for us at the event. The opening is the same, but this time we're going to the keynote, where Sunny will give the first keynote of the day, and she told everyone about her struggles to make openSUSE.Asia community happens. I have been inspired so much by her stories that it makes me even want to contribute more to openSUSE, both on the Release Team, the Translation Team, and others. After Sunny's session, Douglas took the stage, and it was his second keynote, where he reported on activities and funds at the Gecko Foundation to support the community.
Our photos at Day 2 oSAS26, photo by commitee
Photos of the woman during Sunny's session, photo by Luboš Kocman (lkocman)
After he's done speaking, we're taking pictures both during the Sunny session to show the woman and after Douglas's keynote session. And then, I am still in the main room to attend Simon's session about contributing to openSUSE Build Service to maintain the packages in the Factory. After Simon's session, I am going to room that I am attending three session at same room, between Didiet's session about Podman, Nayla's session about don't worry to use Linux, the lighter version of my topics, and Rithull/Prakash session about how openSUSE works. Sunny was also there for Nayla's session, and Douglas came when Rithull/Prakash's session was about to start.
Rithull and Prakash's session about how openSUSE works, photos by me
After those sessions, we're going back to the main room to see Yuki's session. He was a great guy, and he seems really professional when presenting rather than mine. At the time, I was trying to get him to speak in Japanese, since I had a chance to meet Japanese people. But I have no idea why Yuki answered someone's question after mine in Japanese, when he should have answered it in English. So, I had to translate what Yuki said. After that session, we're entering light talks and quiz games again (on Day 2, only locals are the winners at Day 2). After that, the committee announced that Dhenadi became the new leader for openSUSE Indonesia. As representatives for the openSUSE Release Team like mine, Luboš and others are happy to see Dhenadi become the leader of the Indonesian community. Time flies, and it has ended. Also, Estu and mine saying sorry each other because my negative thinking about Estu.
And then, we're coming to night dinner as the last time seeing those who cannot join One Day Trip. At 22:00, we went back to our hostel with Robertus, and we rested. Another small trivia here: at the time I couldn't sleep, we were chatting on the Telegram group. Until then, I finally fell asleep.
oSAS26 is concluded, and it's the fifth day in Yogyakarta (One Day Trip).
Our meeting point for One Day Trip, photos by me
October 5th, we're preparing again to join a one-day trip to a few places. We met Luboš and Aayaan; also, Douglas and Sunny (this time with her husband) are joining us. We are going to Sambisari Temple, Bantul, to see sea turtles, and then going to Kampung Batik, where we learn to make the Batik. I am also helping Douglas choose the Batik that he wants to buy. After that, we're going to a restaurant to eat goat satay, and it ends our day. It was my last day seeing Sunny and her husband, Douglas, Luboš, and others in person (for both Douglas and Luboš, I don't mind since we will meet again as usual, but for Sunny it was rare for us to see her in person again).
Lemme share a few photos that came from Luboš's album and my album below.
Sambisari temple, photo by me
Luboš, Aayaan, Robertus, and me, photo by Luboš Kocman (lkocman)
Sambisari temple, photo by Luboš Kocman (lkocman)
Crowds at the beach, to make sea turtles free to the sea; photo by me
Preparing for the beach, photo by Luboš Kocman (lkocman)
Sunny (and her husband), me, and Aayaan are learning to membatik, photo by Luboš Kocman (lkocman)
Few people still membatik while I have already given up, photo by me
Photo at restaurant (I am already tired), photo by Luboš Kocman (lkocman)
My sixth day, I am leaving Yogyakarta and going back to Bandung (also, it's the epilogue of my journey stories).
After a one-day trip, I am going back to our hostel for the last day, and we're resting as usual. Also, on October 6th, it's time for me to say goodbye to Yogyakarta and to my friend who was helping me, Robertus. After we separate and say goodbye, I am going to Giliwangan to find my bus. And then, I am waiting at the pool for a whole day until my ticket to go back home is ready. You know, I see few things that is interested in Sinar Jaya Yogyakarta pool. See the photo below.
A joke word at the pool, photo by me
Sinar Jaya bus and shuttle, photo by me
After my waiting time is over, finally I am bording to the bus and going back to Bandung. October 7th, when I was awake, I figured that I am in Kendal for resting and I am choosing Soto Ayam plus Nasi as my breakfast at early morning, and after that we're continuing and after 04.30, I had arrived at Gedebage, Bandung. And finally, after a few days, I am going back to Bandung. First, after my arrival, I am going to Al-Jabbar mosque to take a bath and rest.
Al-Jabbar Mosque, photo by me
Cimincrang, Gedebang, Bandung; photo by me
After that, I am going to meet my parents, and finally I am going back to Bandung, and my journey ends here.
Going back home via Sapan Road, photo by me
Big Thanks and Farewell
Big thanks to every instance and person that I have mentioned in this article for bringing me a good experience for travel. Anyway, I will attend the openSUSE Conference 2027 in Prague, Czechia, as a speaker, and I want you to support me (by helping me with my passport, information about something in Europe, helping me to tell my family about my next journey, or anything that would be useful for me is appreciated) for the next journey. I'll see you there soon.
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Planet News Roundup
This is a roundup of articles from the openSUSE community listed on planet.opensuse.org. This community blog feed aggregator lists the featured highlights below from Oct. 23 - 29.
This week highlights five Tumbleweed snapshots for week 43 headlined by KDE Plasma 6.8.0, Qt 6.12.0, Linux Kernel 7.2.11 and PHP 8.5.12, which fixes the critical “PHP2Shell” vulnerabilities, along with the second Plasma 6.8 update, Agama 25, the announcement that esLibre 2027 will be held in Barcelona, the Akademy-es 2026 Madrid group photos, the start of the 2026 openSUSE Board Election, a guide to installing VMware Remote Console on Tumbleweed, the final days of Slimbook Days, Linux Saloon 225 and a GNU/Linux València gaming event.
Here is a summary and links for each post:
Last Days of the October 2026 Slimbook Days
The KDE Blog highlights the final days of Slimbook Days, running Oct. 19-31 with discounts across the Slimbook lineup. Baltasar Ortega notes that Slimbook tunes its Linux systems for full GNU/Linux compatibility and that component prices keep rising, so waiting for a short-term drop is unlikely to pay off. He also states that the post is not sponsored and that his relationship with Slimbook is that of a regular customer and friend.
esLibre 2027 Congress Will Be Held in Barcelona
The KDE Blog announces that the esLibre 2027 congress will take place in Barcelona on April 9 and 10 at the Historic Building of the University of Barcelona. It notes that the event is being organized with Barcelona Free Software and the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, recaps the conference’s history since 2019 and advises attendees to book accommodation early.
Second Plasma 6.8 Update
The KDE Blog announces Plasma 6.8.2, the second bugfix update to Plasma 6.8, released on Oct. 27, 2026. It recaps the 6.8 highlights, including the Hanabi wallpaper, Nepali calendar support, GTK4 decoration fixes, Discover’s AppStream previews, the redesigned Flatpak permissions page and DrKonqi improvements.
Install VMware Remote Console on openSUSE Tumbleweed
Nathan Wolf’s blog explains how to install VMware Remote Console (VMRC) on openSUSE Tumbleweed from a .bundle installer that requires root access. It notes that VMRC helps manage ESXi and vSphere virtual machines with features such as USB redirection and improves efficiency for users working in non-native Linux environments.
Official Group Photo of Akademy-es 2026 Madrid 20th Anniversary #akademyes
The KDE Blog shares the official group photo from Akademy-es 2026 Madrid, taken after Saturday’s talks in the Sierra de Madrid. Baltasar Ortega highlights the mix of familiar and new faces and says he is already looking forward to Akademy-es 2027.
Akademy-es 2026 Madrid 20th Anniversary Group Photo #akademyes
The KDE Blog shares a group photo from Akademy-es 2026 Madrid as the event closes with a hiking outing, showing attendees alongside cakes marking the 20th anniversary of Akademy-es and KDE’s 30th anniversary. Baltasar Ortega, who could not attend, describes the gathering as intimate and waits for the videos and presentation materials.
Linux Saloon 225 | Vim Motions Tutor
Nathan Wolf’s blog recaps Linux Saloon 225, where Mike Chilson demonstrated DevsFTP and participants discussed backup solutions and their Linux experiences. The show invites community suggestions for future application topics and shares project links for continued learning.
openSUSE Board Election 2026 Begins
openSUSE News announces the start of the 2026 openSUSE Board Election, with three Board seats up for election and a target completion date of Dec. 1, 2026. It lists the timeline from nominations on Oct. 24 through results on Nov. 23 and explains how eligible members can stand for election and publish a platform.
Fixing All the Bugs, PiP and Performance – This Week in Plasma
The KDE Blog translates Nate Graham’s latest “This Week in Plasma,” covering the Plasma 6.9 work that followed the 6.8 release. It highlights Wayland Picture-in-Picture support enabled by default in KWin, per-screen-layout window size and position memory, browser integration improvements and a long list of Plasma 6.8.1 and 6.8.2 bug fixes.
Tumbleweed – Review of the Week 2026/43
Dominique Leuenberger and Victorhck detail the five snapshots (1016, 1017, 1018, 1020 and 1021) and major arrivals such as KDE Plasma 6.8.0, Qt 6.12.0, Linux Kernel 7.2.11, Mesa 26.2.5 and PHP 8.5.12, which fixes the critical “PHP2Shell” remote code execution flaws. They also cover curl 8.23.0, Mozilla Firefox 158.0, polkit 128, containerd 2.3.3, systemd 261.4 and Memtest86+ 9.00, and preview staging work on GNOME 51.1, Linux Kernel 7.3.0, Ruby 4.0.9, Go 1.27.3 and VirtualBox 7.2.22.
Gaming on Linux + Help and Installation Workshop, New Event Organized by GNU/Linux València
The KDE Blog announces a GNU/Linux València event on Oct. 30 at Las Naves in Valencia, starting with a 17:00 install and help workshop followed by an 18:30 talk on the past, present and future of gaming on Linux. The free event covers tools such as Wine and Proton, the Steam Deck and challenges such as anti-cheat support.
Agama 25 Released
Victorhck’s blog announces Agama 25, the first release after openSUSE Leap 16.1 and the start of work toward Tumbleweed, Slowroll and Leap 16.2. It adds a terminal in the web interface, an exit option before installation begins, searchable multi-select port selection and reduced reliance on YaST packages.
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Últimos días de los Slimbook Days 2026 de octubre
Hoy toca una entrada que debía haber hecho el 19 de este mes. Y es que estamos en lo últimos días de los Slimbook Days 2026 de octubre, unos diez días de descuentos muy interesantes para aquello que no pueden esperar al Black Friday, en un momento donde el mercado no para de aumentar los precios.
Últimos días de los Slimbook Days 2026 de octubre
En el mundo de las ordenadores de sobremesa o de escritorio la posibilidad de disfrutar de un sistema operativo libre es algo relativamente sencillo. De hecho, su conquista apenas tiene el problema del arranque y las tarjetas gráficas, el resto se soluciona rápido y bien (aunque las impresoras pueden ser un dolor de muelas).
No obstante siempre es de agradecer que algunas compañías como Slimbook se preocupen no solo de ofrecerte una alternativa que asegura su compatibilidad absoluta con los sistemas del GNU y el pingüino sino que te los afinen como solo los profesionales saben hacer (y si no me creéis os remito a este artículo donde un producto puesto a punto por los chicos y chicas de Slimbook barría en las pruebas de rendimiento a ordenadores en principio más potentes).
En esta ocasión aparecen en el blog por que este mes de octubre nos han preparado otras semana especial (como prepararon en abril) con descuentos, que han llamado Slimbook Days, un nombre que empieza a ser recurrente.
De esta forma, desde el 19 hasta el 31 de octubre tendréis la oportunidad de conseguir un modelo de la familia Slimbook con un descuento para utilizar en la web:

Una buena oferta si tienes pensado adquirir un nuevo dispositivo, teniendo en cuenta que el precio de los componentes sigue subiendo y no hay motivos claros para esperar una bajada a corto plazo. DE esta forma, los chicos y chicas de Slimbook no pueden asegurar cómo evolucionará el precio de cada equipo, pero el riesgo de que suba es más realista que la expectativa de que baje.
Como dicen ellos mismos:
Si ya tienes pensado renovar tu ordenador, Slimbook Days es una oportunidad para comparar las opciones disponibles y valorar la compra ahora.
Por cierto, y como suelo comentar en estos casos, esto tampoco es una entrada patrocinada. Mi relación con Slimbook es de cliente habitual, amistad e intereses mutuos (el dominio del mundo por parte de la filosofía GNU/Linux).
Más información: Slimbook
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Congreso esLibre 2027 se celebrará en Barcelona
Existen decenas de eventos del Software Libre: Akademy, Gaudec, Akademy-es, talleres de Linux Center, LAS, Flisol, etc. A casi todos les doy promoción en el blog y el de hoy no puede ser una excepción. Os me complace anunciar que el Congreso esLibre 2027 se celebrará en Barcelona, un evento que destaca por su apuesta por la Comunidad. Si podéis no os lo perdáis.
Congreso esLibre 2027 se celebrará en Barcelona
Los encuentros de desarrolladores y simpatizantes del Software Libre son una de las mejores cosas que suele ofrecer este mundo del conocimiento compartido, y el caso del congreso que promociono por primera vez en el blog no es una excepción.
Se trata de esLibre cuya edición de 2027 se celebrará en Barcelona. Aunque el evento está en una fase de muy temprana de desarrollo ya tenemos claro algunos detalles: se celebrará en Barcelona, el viernes 9 y sábado 10 de abril en el Edificio Histórico de la Universitat de Barcelona (Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585)

En esta ocasión los promotores del evento cuentan con la ayuda en la organización del grupo Barcelona Free Software (muy vinculado con KDE) junto con la Facultat de Matemàtiques i Informàtica de la Universitat de Barcelona.

De momento no tengo más información pero si un consejo, si queréis asistir empezad a buscar alojamiento que lamentablemente la oferta es escasa y puede que elevada de precio conforme se acerque la fecha del evento.
Más información: esLibre 2027 en Barcelona
¿Qué es esLibre?
esLibre es un congreso anual (casi siempre) de carácter estatal en España que reúne a personas, comunidades y profesionales interesados en el software libre, el conocimiento abierto y la cultura libre (como las licencias Creative Commons, el copyleft y el dominio público).
Su primera edición se celebró en 2019 y, aún con el inconveniente de encontrarse con la pandemia, el éxito de la primera edición hizo que se continuara de forma online. Este es el resumen de las ediciones:
- esLibre 2019 (Granada): La edición inaugural se celebró en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenierías Informática y de Telecomunicación de la Universidad de Granada, sentando las bases del evento con una gran variedad de comunidades nacionales.
- esLibre 2020 (Online): Debido a la pandemia de COVID-19, el congreso se adaptó completamente al formato digital, organizando las salas virtuales a través de herramientas de código abierto.
- esLibre 2021 (Online): Se mantuvo el formato virtual y descentralizado, consolidando la participación a distancia a través de plataformas libres y con ponencias retransmitidas en directo.
- esLibre 2022 (Vigo): Supuso el regreso al formato presencial, organizada por GALPon y AGASOL, que hicieron posible la reunión en los espacios de MARCO y MUTA para celebrar estas jornadas de conocimiento libre.
- esLibre 2023 (Zaragoza): Tuvo lugar en las instalaciones de Etopia Centro de Arte y Tecnología, destacando por una amplia agenda de talleres prácticos y una fuerte implicación de las comunidades locales.
- esLibre 2024 (Valencia): Se celebró en la Las Naves y la Mutant atrayendo a cientos de profesionales y entusiastas del conocimiento abierto. Fue organizado por la asociación de usuarios GNU/Linux València. En esta edición la Comunidad KDE celebró su Akademy-es.
- esLibre 2026 (Melide, A Coruña): Celebrada en el mes de abril, fue la primera edición de carácter rural y descentralizado, organizada en el interior de Galicia por MELISA y GALPon con un gran éxito de asistencia en un entorno no urbano.
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Segunda actualización de Plasma 6.8
Me alegra compartir con todos vosotros la segunda actualización de Plasma 6.8, continuando así la serie de revisión de software que le dotará de más estabilidad, mejores traducción y resolución de errores. Estas actualizaciones son 100% recomendables y casi obligatorias para cualquier usuario ya que lo único que hacen es mejorar la versión sin comprometer sus funcionalidades.
Segunda actualización de Plasma 6.8
No existe Software creado por la humanidad que no contenga errores. Es un hecho incontestable y cuya única solución son las actualizaciones. Es por ello que en el ciclo de desarrollo del software creado por la Comunidad KDE se incluye siempre las fechas de las mismas siguiendo una especie de serie de Fibonacci.
Así que me congratula en presentar que hoy martes 27 de octubre de 2026, dos semanas después de liberar el código de Plasma 6.8 la Comunidad KDE presenta la segunda actualización de errores.

Más información: KDE
Las novedades generales de Plasma 6.8
Hoy es un buen día para recordar sus principales novedades:
- Sustitución del fondo de pantalla predeterminado: El fondo de pantalla Waterfall ha sido reemplazado por la nueva imagen Hanabi en la suite de estilos Breeze.
- Soporte para el calendario nepalí: Se ha añadido compatibilidad con el calendario nepalí (Bikram Sambat) dentro de la applet de calendario alternativo (Alternatecalendar).
- Mejoras en las decoraciones de ventanas GTK4: Se corrigieron problemas como el desbordamiento de botones y la eliminación de esquinas redondeadas inapropiadas en ventanas GTK4 que no utilizan CSD (Client-Side Decorations).
- Compatibilidad con decoraciones solo de sombra: La librería de decoración de ventanas y Breeze añaden soporte nativo para decoraciones basadas únicamente en sombras (shadow-only decorations).
- Avances y rediseño en Discover: Se añadió una nueva función de vista previa de AppStream (AppStream Preview Backend), además de incluir el estado de progreso como una sección ordenable en la lista de tareas.
- Ajustes en el menú de Bluedevil (Bluetooth): Se ha reubicado el botón de configuración para sacarlo del menú tipo hamburguesa, mejorando la accesibilidad para el usuario.
- Integración del buscador en la applet de sesiones de Kate: Se ha sustituido el campo de texto estándar por un campo de búsqueda dedicado (SearchField).
- Centrado de la ubicación en el widget del tiempo: Se ha optimizado el diseño en la applet del clima para centrar la etiqueta con la ubicación dentro del panel superior.
- Rediseño del panel de permisos para Flatpak: La página del módulo de control (KCM) para gestionar los permisos de Flatpak se ha migrado al nuevo formato de formularios (Forms).
- Mejoras en la experiencia de fallos (DrKonqi): Se renovó la interfaz gráfica del visor de volcados de memoria (coredump-gui) a módulos QML y se ajustó el seguimiento para registrar y notificar múltiples bloqueos o cierres inespera
Más información: KDE
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