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I am not sure whether this is the right community for this question, so please let me know if it's better to ask somewhere else:

I am getting a message, saying,

The issuer certificate of a locally looked up certificate could not be found.

How do I solve this? (I am running on Debian).

At first Instead of my SDDM I would just see an after image of what was last displayed on screen. But if I typed in my password and pressed enter, it would let me in just fine. Then after following some suggestions from users in r/Kubuntu I've made a bit of progress. Now when I boot up my computer instead of the SDDM being invisible, it now doesn't load at all, from there I switch to tty3 then back to tty2 and then log in through the terminal. After that I run startplasma-wayland and then I have access to my desktop. The post where all this went down - https://www.reddit.com/r/Kubuntu/comments/1nvreuo/sddm_not_rendering/

Does anyone know a fix? I would like to be able to see my login screen.

Here's my specs in case that would help - https://i.imgur.com/XtC43zw.png

And here's my journalctl output after booting and launching plasma - https://pastebin.com/nnGsWebd

As a community-driven flavor of Ubuntu, Kubuntu continues its mission to deliver the cutting-edge KDE software ecosystem on top of Ubuntu’s rock-solid foundation. This interim release, aligned with Ubuntu’s six-month cycle, packs in the freshest updates to Plasma, Frameworks, and applications, ensuring a smooth, performant desktop experience for millions of users worldwide.

Building on the Ubuntu 25.10 base released today by Canonical, Kubuntu 25.10 introduces Plasma 6.4 as the flagship update, alongside Qt 6.9, KDE Frameworks 6.17.0, and the latest KDE Gear 25.08 suite.

We’ve also upgraded to Linux kernel 6.17 for enhanced hardware support and efficiency. Whether you’re a developer, creator, or everyday user, this release emphasizes Wayland adoption, modern security, and seamless integration with the open source world.

Kubuntu remains completely free to download, use, and share—empowering our global community to innovate without barriers. Download it now from kubuntu.org/getkubuntu

Plasma 6.5 will be officially released on October 21st, but today it enters its final testing phase.

https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/plasma/6/6.4.90-6.4.91/

If you have a spare machine and want to help improve it, grab it and help us squash some bugs.

WARNING: This is Beta software and not considered stable for everyday use.

Plasma improves accessibility for colorblind users, you can set up slideshow wallpapers easier, and enjoy a more modern Add Connection dialog.

Plus tons of other stuff...

I was recently using Gnome with Pop OS and decided to switch to CachyOS with KDE, as I had seen that it was one of the best in terms of customization. But when using KDE, I realized that I was missing something that Pop OS implemented by default, which was the tiling system

So I decided to do some research and see if I could implement a solution that would suit my workflow, and that's how “Fluid tile” was born

Fluid tile is a script for kwin that manages windows by adapting to the custom mosaic (Super + T). You can also configure it to your liking:

• Maximize or not maximize the window when it opens

• Maximize or not maximize the last window on the virtual desktop when it closes

• Automatically create new virtual desktops

• Remove empty virtual desktops

• Blacklist apps that you don't want the script to apply to

I'd like you to take a look and tell me what you think or any bugs you find. Thank you

WORKFLOW (How it works)

When a window is opened, it is expanded by default, if another window is opened and there is space the new window is moved to the widest layout, If there are other layouts with the same size, the one closest to the top left corner of the desktop will take priority. When a window is closing, If only one window remains on the desktop, It will be expanded. Finally, if the desktop is empty, remove the desktop.

Example

If you still observe issues, ping me on mastodo carl@kde.social

like to automatically open and put an application

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.kde.social/post/4473608

Grab the ISO, install it on your second computer (or vm) and help us make it the best Linux distro for everyone!

https://kde.org/linux

Harald Sitter, project leader, is speaking about KDE Linux at this very instant at Akademy:

https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/rcbiuoaaQnpveHbZjT3PsX

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.kde.social/post/4473606

Join the live stream and take part in shaping the future of the KDE Community.

Room 1: https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/n2E9nPbmQVbFmDjjm4SQMJ

Room 2: https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/rcbiuoaaQn

"This week in Plasma" tells us how drawing tablets with touch rings get native support under Plasma, how the modest clipboard has become the coolest thanks to "favorites", and how KRunner knows what you mean even if you mistype stuff.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.kde.social/post/4473591

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