Jonathan Riddell

I had the pleasure of having an excellent white water kayak trip to Northern Norway in the Summer of 2026. Here’s some notes for my own benefit and anyone who is interested.

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RHEL is deprecating KDE

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By a strange coincidence the news broke this morning that RHEL is deprecating KDE. The real surprise here is that RHEL supported KDE all. Back in the 90s they were entirely against KDE and put lots of effort into our friendly rivals Gnome. It made some sense since at the time Qt was under a not-quite-free licence and…

Adios Chicos, 25 Years of KDE

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