Internet Society

Community Snapshot—March

Around the world, our 130 chapters and special interest groups work locally, regionally, and globally to keep the Internet a force for good: open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy. Here is an overview of just some of their activities over the last few weeks.

9to5Linux

KDE 4’s Air Theme Making a Comeback, Oxygen Gets Major Revamp for Plasma 6.7

KDE officially removed the Air desktop theme with the release of the Plasma 6 desktop environment series in early 2024, but thanks to Filip Fila, Nuno Pinheiro, and Marco Martin, it is making a major comeback with widget transparency with a blur effect behind windows, which improves contrast and legibility.

PeaZip 11.0 Archive Manager Speeds Up File Browsing and Enhances Bookmarks

Coming two months after PeaZip 10.9, the PeaZip 11.0 release introduces a faster file browser by enabling virtual mode by default over 16K items for the GTK2 version, support for dropping items to the Breadcrumb bar and to the Tab bar, and improved zoom and fractional scaling.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: April 5th, 2026

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