KDE Sets Ambitious Goals for 2026 and Beyond
KDE Connect reveals the goals for the Linux desktop darling, with one of those goals long overdue.
If you take a gander at the KDE Invent board, you'll see three cards listed under Selected: KDE for Enterprise and Deployments, Better Documentation, and Next Generation Styling for KDE.
These are the three primary goals for 2026 and beyond, but what specifically are these goals?
The KDE for Enterprise and Deployments card lists things like support for single sign-on (SSO)-based accounts and logins, better LDAP integration, password expiry support, decent network printer settings, documentation that is up to date for sys admins, and configuration support to allow more admin-based control. Each bullet point in this list is clearly pointing toward better security, easier administration, and improved stability/performance for features required by large organizations.
The Better Documentation card states, "To be useful, documentation needs to be short, relevant, maintainable, unique, and translated. KDE's docs need attention to achieve those ideals." It also indicates that many of the user documents look as if they're "from the 90s."
The Next Generation Styling card outlines two goals. The first goal is for those working on the design of Ocean, and the second is for those working on the Union theming engine. The Next Generation Styling card states that "Both of these projects are ongoing, so progress is already happening. However, we want to unite the community behind these efforts to make sure that we end up with a really unified styling system, along with the capabilities to allow designers to create great styles."
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