{"id":233034,"date":"2026-04-08T03:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/glass-ui-is-making-a-comeback-on-linux-thanks-to-kde-contributors\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T00:35:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:35:56","slug":"glass-ui-is-making-a-comeback-on-linux-thanks-to-kde-contributors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/glass-ui-is-making-a-comeback-on-linux-thanks-to-kde-contributors\/","title":{"rendered":"Glass UI Is Making a Comeback on Linux Thanks to KDE Contributors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Glass UI Is Making a Comeback on Linux Thanks to KDE Contributors<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/news\/kde-plasma-oxygen-air-comeback\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-04-08 03:45:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: itsfoss.com<\/a><\/p>\n

KDE Plasma’s two classic themes, Oxygen<\/strong> and Air<\/strong>, are making a comeback. A group of KDE contributors is actively restoring both ahead of the Plasma 6.7<\/strong> release, which is scheduled for June 16, 2026.<\/p>\n

Both themes trace their roots back to the KDE 4 era<\/strong>. Oxygen shipped as the default theme from KDE 4.0, defined by its dark tones and glassy aesthetic. It held that spot until KDE 4.3<\/strong>, when Air took over as the default, bringing a lighter look built around transparency and white as its base color.<\/p>\n

While Oxygen stuck around into the Plasma 5 and 6 eras, it did so in an increasingly broken condition, and Air eventually got dropped from Plasma entirely.<\/p>\n

Now, both are getting a second shot thanks to the restoration effort led by KDE contributor Filip Fila, alongside the original Oxygen designer Nuno Pinheiro and several other KDE developers.<\/p>\n

On the Oxygen side, the panel has been fully reworked<\/strong> and is now orientation-aware, so vertical panels actually behave correctly. A minimized window indicator and a proper switch design were both missing entirely and have now been added.<\/p>\n

Similarly, adaptive opacity is now supported and enabled by default, and the color scheme bug that was causing readability issues in widgets like System Monitor has been fixed.<\/p>\n

Air needed its transparency restored to match its original KDE 4 character. That is done now, with blur added behind widgets, improving readability and visual appeal in the process. The panel has also been reworked, a new header and footer design has been added, and Air now has its own switch SVGs.<\/p>\n

Why now after all this time?<\/strong> Well, KDE’s 30th anniversary coincides with the Plasma 6.7 release, and the people behind this want to ship these historically significant themes for the occasion.<\/p>\n

As of writing, 26 of 40 checklist items have been completed (linked below), with some pending work including gradient banding fixes in Oxygen, missing SVGs for checkmarks, radio buttons, toolbar, and menubar items…<\/p>\n

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