Welcome to the inaugural edition of This Month in KDE Linux hosted on blogs.kde.org!
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://blogs.kde.org/2026/08/03/this-month-in-kde-linux-july-2026/
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://blogs.kde.org/2026/08/03/this-month-in-kde-linux-july-2026/
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Any reason for Dosbox Staging vs Dosbox-X? I think X has more features last I checked. Menus for configuration are super nice, vs Staging I think still required editing a config file last I checked? Though perhaps that changed since I last used it. That said, I do think there were some things not supported by X that were supported by Staging. I’d probably recommend X first just for having menus vs requiring editing a config file for everything.
Staging just works for most DOS apps without fiddling with config files, which is what we want for a default. X is great for power users who need all the extra emulation stuff, but for launching a random .exe file Staging is the smoother experience.
That said, we could probably add an advanced tab later for people who want X instead. The helper tool is flexible enough to support multiple engines, so nothing’s set in stone.
Out of curiosity, how does it deal with the flatpak sandbox?
Especially considering a lot of flatpak apps have issues running Windows/DOS applications that require additional files in addition to the one they are currently running.
For example bottles will have issues running a standalone game executable because it won’t be able to find all the relevant files it requires in the same folder.
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After 8 months or more of KDE Linux… this thing is definitely heading in the right direction!
There’s been a lot of steady progress (e.g., my backups and printers are working now 
), I love all of the work re: OpenQA, and the immutable design. I’m rooting for this goal: KDE Linux — Pillar of KDE (#8) · Issues · Teams / KDE Goals / Goal Setting / 2026 · GitLab
Thank you so much to all the devs!
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Glad you’re happy!
Building a whole OS is hard; there are so many little things everyone expects to be in place for it to be of general utility. But we’re plugging away on it!