KDE Linux has advanced its development with infrastructure changes and security improvements during May. Contributor work focused on a new build process and package reductions.
Nate Graham released a progress report detailing work on the Linux distribution. Hadi Chokr updated the build system to use the kde-builder tool instead of Arch packages and mkosi. The changes make builds match developer workflows, increase distro independence and speed up processes via better caching. Security updates removed the Zen kernel, insecure modules, unused packages and AUR reliance. Other updates include automatic Flatpak app installation, replacement of KWalletManager with KeepSecret and .7z support in Ark. Testing improvements using openQA are also underway.
